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TopicIndia's nuclear policy

Topic: India's nuclear policy

K-4 missile test in Bay of Bengal signals strategic shift from western to eastern front

This development determined the future course of India’s maritime strategy and ensured that policymakers and defence experts started reviewing the importance of the Bay of Bengal.

What’s the India-Pakistan civil nuclear facilities ‘non-attack’ pact that has endured armed hostilities

Signed in 1988 and brought into force in early 1991, NAA commits the two nuclear-armed neighbours to abstain from attacking each other’s civilian nuclear facilities.

Three sides of India’s nuclear security regime—and what more it needs

The 2019 cyberattack on Kudankulam Power Plant revealed new vulnerabilities—phishing, social engineering, and malware can disrupt control systems that manage nuclear operations.

‘Embedded in sovereign Indian state’ — Infosys Prize in Humanities winner on nuclear science in India

Dr Jahnavi Phalkey, historian of science and archivist, received the award for the year 2023 for her work in placing the history of Indian science and nuclear programme in a postcolonial context.

India doesn’t need to one-up enemies’ nuclear weapons. Its doctrine implies size doesn’t matter

In ‘Critical Mass’, R Rajaraman says India’s doctrine of Credible Minimum Deterrence shows matching the adversary’s arsenal shouldn't be the goal.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.