India’s nuclear strategy shifting from Pakistan to China, says report
An analysis of India’s nuclear forces published in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists suggests that the focus of Indian nuclear strategy has been shifting from Pakistan to China. The Indian posture, according to the study has likely been reinforced after the 2017 Doklam standoff “India’s nuclear strategy, which has traditionally focused on Pakistan, now appears to place increased emphasis on China and Beijing is now in the range of Indian missiles,” authors Hans M. Kristensen and Matt Korda have noted. Kristensen is the director of the N…
Army to Test Fire Agni-I Missile on Thursday
BALASORE: The Strategic Forces Command (SFC) of Indian Army is all set to carry out a fresh user trial of 700-km range nuclear capable missile Agni-I from a defence base off the Odisha coast on Thursday. The missile was earlier planned to be tested on Wednesday. Defence sources said as the missile has already been inducted in the armed forces, this will be a limited stock production (LSP) test for which the missile has been randomly selected from a bunch of missiles. The test will be conducted from the Wheeler Island test faci…
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