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A3 and Credible N-Deterrence
A nice piece by Wilson John in The Pioneer today.Credible N-DeterrenceWilson JohnWilson JohnThe Agni III success will pave the way for a submarine-launched IRBM, which is what will make the theory of credible nuclear deterrence in India’s ‘No First Use’…
Sagarika, the Secret New Missile
India Today assistant editor Sandeep Unnithan has written an excellent box item on the hush-hush Sagarika missile programme (part of a very readable larger piece on the Agni-3 by Managing Editor Raj Chengappa) in the April 30, 2007 issue of…
Admiral Arun Prakash on the Need For Nuclear Submarines
Here’s Part IV of our ongoing interaction with Admiral Arun Prakash. In this, he tells us about his perceptions of deterrence and the need for a steady nuclear submarine programme:Admiral Prakash: Before jumping into this arcane region, let us get…
Admiral Arun Prakash on DRDO, Obsolesence and Self-Reliance
I reproduce here excerpts from Adm Arun Prakash’s article Planning For Tomorrow’s Navy: The Challenges in Retrospect, written for the December 2006 issue of FORCE magazine on the unique DRDO-Navy symbiosis, DRDO’s shorsightedness, it’s obsession with technology demonstration rather than…