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Is India’s nuclear doctrine a viable one? (150 words)

  • UPSC 2013
  • 10 marks
  • India and the Nuclear Question

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India made its doctrine public in the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) statement of 4 January 2003, building on the 1999 draft of the National Security Advisory Board. A doctrine is viable if it deters, stays credible to adversaries and can be sustained at bearable cost. India's passes the first and third tests; the second…

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