Weapons of mass destruction: options for India
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Thousand Oaks, Calif. Sage 2004
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PART I. THEORY OF EFFECTIVENESS -- - The nuclear dimension - Pran Krishan Pahwa -- - The effectiveness of chemical agents - B.S. Malik -- - The effectiveness of biological agents - Raja Menon -- - PART II. THREATS TO INDIA -- - Formal and non-formal nuclear threats - M.S. Mamik -- - PART III. CURRENT INTERNATIONAL REGIMES -- - The nuclear non-proliferation regime - Matin Zuberi -- - The chemical and biological weapons regimes - Arundhati Ghose -- - PART IV. INDIA'S NEGOTIATING POSITIONS -- - The nuclear non-proliferation regime in crisis - Matin Zuberi -- - Trends in the CWC and BTWC: implications and options for India's security interests - Arundhati Ghose -- - PART V. INDIA'S OPTIONS -- - Protection against chemical agents - B.S. Malik -- - Protection against biological and toxin warfare - Raja Menon
Nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, or Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), present a serious danger in today's world. This pertinent and topical volume takes a hard-headed look at the threat that India could face from these weapons. A great deal of literature exists on international regimes and their attempts to curb the proliferation of WMD. For a number of years the national effort seemed to be confined to relying solely on these international regimes to ensure the safety of the nation. This book is groundbreaking in that it concentrates more on the protection of society and the armed f
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