Bharat Rakshak

I think you don't really 'get' India. * Hindu-Muslim friction, badmouthing of Muslims by Hindus and vice versa, concerns about power distribution, ideological conflicts and worries about survival etc. are always going to be there. But the essential nature of the Indian state is pluralistic and demo...

Your understanding of what is "prohibitive" to Porkies is seriously flawed. Nuking Mecca openly would only delight the Salafi jihadis who seek an armageddon, and are iconoclastic enough to raze all Islamic edifices themselves. I will certainly concede that I have a lot to learn about the ...

"our antics". I hold that statement beneath contempt. Kicking a bunch of Palestinians and Lebanese off their land after arriving in ships via the Med? ............... But really, it would be rational to place most of the current conflict's historic blame squarely on israeli/american shoul...

My comments assumes Scenario Two, which is exactly where i see your decision making process get hamstrung by "political" considerations. You have raised a scenario that has very different implications than a military FU and NFU discussion. Have you stopped to think why a jihadi would want...

What do you base this "no hesitation" on? Is this just your opinion? Or is there a published doctrine in place that would lend credence to your statement above? You have to understand the Indian subcontinent a whole lot better to realise that not everything is 'published'. Some things are...

Deterrence is just another human idea. It doesn't have to work. All the public drama stages as a part of deterrence is in someway only a part of the bigger picture. I am absolutely at a loss to see how deterrence does not have to work. In facing the threat of nuclear jehadism, you have an entity th...

There are two possible scenarios for an nuclear strike against India by the porkis. One: Unlikely: Via either their F-16's or the ding-dongs mated with nukes. Two: Most Likely: It is smuggled into India by the Kashmere "freedom fighters" with definite support from elements among Indian mos...

Can Pakistan's nuclear arsenal be pre-emptively destroyed by Indian forces in the event of nuclear escalation? I doubt it. If Pakistan does have several dozen mobile nuclear missiles targeted at India, it is unlikely that India will be able to neutralize them before several or even most can be arme...

A political consensus to launch a first strike against a moslem nation requires that your governments (both the liberals and conservatives) set aside oft-practised minority appeasement policies. I doubt your liberal Congress that is heavily dependent on moslems will muster the political will to do ...

......you can rest assured that India would not hesitate to pre-empt it with all means at its disposal including nukes, no matter what its doctrine says ( FU or NFU ). I disagree with most of your reply but especially the above. However, as always, i am willing to learn and be corrected. What do yo...

Sadler, GOI has stood up and fought wars and won them in face of strong opposition. It is foolish for someone to say that a nuclear retaliatory strike does not have political consensus. Even in case of First Nuclear Strike - I am not quite aware of the policy... the PM of India has the needed autho...

Israel will most certainly cease to exist in its current form and it will give jews no pleasure to wreak such devastation across the islamic world. But, that is EXACTLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN. Sadler sad to say I doubt it, If what you were to be true, then TS Pakistani Nukes and its proliferation would n...

From a rank outsiders' perspective, two items are missing from this discussion. First, does India have the political consensus and the institutional mechanisms to launch a speedy retaliatory strike or a time first strike? If so, then Two, can India make such a FU/NFU policy credible in the mind of i...

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I have always been very impressed with the quality of posters here on BRF and their knowledge base. Even so, this book sounds truly impressive. Please accept my congratulations. I usually buy through Amazon. If you know of perhaps a cheaper avenue (at 20 pounds, it aint exactly cheap) to buy the boo...

Maybe India need not specifically mention China, but what it has to do is to state that India will hold ALL individuals, organizations AND countries accountable that in its sole determination were responsible for any detonation on Indian soil. And not confine it just to Pakistan. Sounds like the pe...