Weapons of mass destruction : options for India /

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 regime...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Menon, Raja
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; New Delhi : Sage, 2004.
Temas:
Weapons of mass destruction.
Weapons of mass destruction > India.
Armes de destruction massive.
Armes de destruction massive > Inde.
HISTORY > Military > Biological & Chemical Warfare.
Military policy
Military readiness
Weapons of mass destruction
India > Military policy.
India > Defenses.
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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