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Title Weapons of mass destruction : options for India / editor, Raja Menon.

Publication Info. Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; New Delhi : Sage, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (278 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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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Subject Weapons of mass destruction.
Weapons of mass destruction -- India.
India -- Military policy.
India -- Defenses.
HISTORY -- Military -- Biological & Chemical Warfare.
Military policy. (OCoLC)fst01021386
Military readiness. (OCoLC)fst01021419
Weapons of mass destruction. (OCoLC)fst01173041
India. (OCoLC)fst01210276
Added Author Menon, Raja.
Other Form: Print version: Weapons of mass destruction. Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; New Delhi : Sage, 2004 9780761933014 (DLC) 2004015318 (OCoLC)55846502
ISBN 9788132103387 (electronic bk.)
8132103386 (electronic bk.)
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