India's Submarine Deterrent and Asian Nuclear Proliferation

Joshi, Yogesh; O’Donnell, Frank

doi:10.1080/00396338.2014.941574

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“…These dangers add to the already fraught security landscape of South Asia (Mian and Ramana 2014;Ramana and Mian 2014;Hoodbhoy 2012;Ramana and Rammanohar Reddy 2003;Bidwai and Vanaik 1999). Many analysts have highlighted the many ways in which the move to sea has introduced a further element of instability into a region that has already experiences many military crises (Joshi and O'Donnell 2014;Rehman 2015;Clary and Panda 2017).…”

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Nuclear Submarines in South Asia: New Risks and Dangers

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Ramana

Nayyar

2019

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament

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The South Asian nuclear race is moving to sea, with India's government announcing that it has successfully put nuclear weapons at sea, and evidence suggesting that Pakistan is preparing to do so. This article traces India's decision to deploy nuclear-powered submarines, some armed with nuclear weapons, and the debate in Pakistan on the utility of nuclear-armed submarines and the possible acquisition of nuclearpowered submarines. The article then reviews the global history of submarine accidents, especially those where nuclear-powered submarines were involved, and looks in particular at the consequences of a potential naval reactor accident where radioactivity might be released into the environment. Such naval reactor accidents constitute a major but unappreciated challenge associated with the deployment of nuclear submarines in addition to new pathways for escalation to nuclear war that are more widely recognized.

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confidence: 99%