Arighat Commissioning Revives Debate Over ‘No First Use’ Policy

Real impetus for India’s expansion of its second-strike capability is, in fact, the significant growth of the Pakistani and Chinese navies in the Indian Oceanby Abhijit SinghIndia has just inducted its second indigenous nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), the INS Arighat. Unlike INS Arihant, India’s first SSBN that served primarily as a technology demonstrator, the Arighat is a more
Real impetus for India’s expansion of its second-strike capability is, in fact, the significant growth of the Pakistani and Chinese navies in the Indian Oceanby Abhijit SinghIndia has just inducted its second indigenous nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), the INS Arighat. Unlike INS Arihant, India’s first SSBN that served primarily as a technology demonstrator, the Arighat is a more
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