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010 _a 00045883
020 _a0833027743 (hardbound)
020 _a0833027816 (paperback)
020 _a0833032542 (electronic bk.)
020 _a9780833027818
020 _a9780833032546 (electronic bk.)
027 _aRAND/CB-675/1
027 _aRAND/MR-1127-AF
035 _a(Sirsi) a425918
037 _bCopies may be obtained from the booksellers or the publisher. Published by RAND.
037 _cOnline only
040 _aCstmoR
_cCstmoR
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050 0 0 _aUA840
_b.T45 2001
100 1 _aTellis, Ashley J.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aIndia's emerging nuclear posture :
_bbetween recessed deterrent and ready arsenal /
_cAshley J. Tellis.
264 1 _aSanta Monica, CA :
_bRAND,
_c2001.
300 _axxx, 885 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Project Air Force."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 767-862) and index.
520 _aOn May 11, 1998, after a hiatus of more than two decades, India conducted a series of nuclear tests that signaled a critical shift in its strategic thinking. Once content to embrace a nuclear posture consisting largely of "maintaining the option"--i.e., neither creating a nuclear arsenal nor renouncing its right to do so--India is now on the threshold of adopting a posture that, while stopping short of creating a ready arsenal, will take as its goal the establishment of a "minimum but credible deterrent," known as a "force-in-being." This book examines the forces--political, strategic, technological, and ideational--that led to this dramatic policy shift and describes how New Delhi's force-in-being will be fashioned, particularly in light of the threat India faces from its two most salient adversaries, China and Pakistan. The book evaluates in detail the material, infrastructural, and procedural capabilities India currently possesses as well as those it is likely to acquire in its efforts to meet the needs of its evolving force-in-being. Finally, the volume concludes by assessing the strategic implications of India's posture both on the South Asian region in particular and on the global nonproliferation regime in general.
530 _aAlso available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aDeterrence (Strategy)
650 0 _aNuclear weapons
_zIndia.
651 0 _aIndia
_xMilitary policy.
710 2 _aProject Air Force (U.S.).
_bStrategy and Doctrine Program.
710 2 _aRand Corporation.
710 1 _aUnited States.
_bAir Force.
856 4 1 _yOnline Access
_uhttp://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1127/
999 _c598539
_d598539