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Article: NUCLEAR DETERRENCE : Why separate rules for the U.S.?(India makes public its nuclear policy, and the United States and other nuclear powers should set the example by reducing armaments)(Brief Article)
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- October 8, 1999
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India has officially published its nuclear strategy, which it describes as that of minimum credible deterrence. This, in theory, is a reasonable policy, if any nuclear-weapons doctrine can be said to be reasonable. However, the details of the Indian policy, as set forth by India's National Security Council last August 17, merit the opposition Congress party's criticism that India is inviting escalation of the nuclear arms race with Pakistan.
Neither country can afford this, and neither needs it. The communal and territorial quarrels between them are unworthy of two intelligent nations. With respect to its Chinese neighbor, whose future is distinctly ...