India’s Nuclear Submarine: Unnecessary, Destabilising and Expensive
Suvrat Raju | The pursuit of nuclear-armed submarines reflects a security assessment that is becoming increasingly irrelevant
Suvrat Raju | The pursuit of nuclear-armed submarines reflects a security assessment that is becoming increasingly irrelevant
We strongly condemn India’s recent acquisition of a nuclear-propelled submarine close on the heels of the recent flight-test of another nuclear-capable missile. Brandishing these tools of mass destruction as guarantees of national security while ignoring the issues of real safety, security and well-being of the Indian people demonstrates a perverse pathology.
We have been wondering what is there in that sealed cover handed over to the Court on KKNPP petitions. Here is a source suggesting a secret annexure in the Indo-Russian agreement about a nuclear submarine..
Rapid militarism across South Asia is likely to continue in the New Year and beyond as simmering tension between its two larger member states – nuclear rivals India and Pakistan – persists. The neighbours have been to war three times since independence in 1947 and fought an 11-week-long border skirmishRead More