The sobering reality is that nuclear danger has not gone away. Regional deterrence relationships are being tested by border tensions and military modernisation of adversaries.
India had a nuclear research programme at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, months before the US’ test. Eight decades later, it is light years away from that early vision.
In an unclassified threat assessment paper, US' DIA says Islamabad sees New Delhi as an ‘existential threat’ & will push its development of nuclear weapons to offset India.
The French president’s address comes a day before an emergency European Council summit in Brussels where leaders will discuss the war in Ukraine & defence of the continent.
Sanctions had first been imposed on the NDC in 1998 by Bill Clinton. And they were waived after 9/11 to enable counter-terrorism cooperation with Pakistan.
The New York Times reported last week that some unidentified Western officials had suggested that US President Joe Biden could give Ukraine nuclear weapons.
Moscow's existing doctrine says that Russia may use nuclear weaponry in event of nuclear attack or attack threatening its existence. It has accused the West of using Ukraine as proxy against Russia.
Armenia has procured significant defence equipment from India, including artillery guns, multi-barrel rocket launchers, air defence system, sniper rifles, weapons locating radars, anti-drone weapons.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
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