Rahul K Bhonsle
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A civil nuclear energy renaissance is underway at present. Governments worldwide are reconsidering the role of nuclear power for generation of electricity due to growing energy demand, pressures and obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and rising oil prices, among other things. Public and political opposition to nuclear power is also decreasing because of the growing awareness about its benefits. In 2005, India’s Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, ...
Nuclear disarmament is a complex issue. The nuclear weapons states (NWS) have made these weapons an important part in their national security architecture. The experts have asserted that nuclear wars are not winnable. Security establishments and strategic experts state that the elimination of nuclear weapons will jeopardize the security of their countries. So ran the arguments when banning and proscription of the chemical weapons were under discussion. As in that ...
This book is a modest attempt to fill this gap by placing in perspective the policy on defence and security by the security establishment and its manifestation into capabilities to meet the current and emerging challenges. The book is divided into four parts. In part I the key defence and security policies, their translation into Armed Forces and Security doctrines, the budgetary support provided and the technology environment for implementation has been covered ...
The present work of the author seeks to analyse the happenings of the past few years to prognosticate the security threats that may come about in 2006 in all their dimensions-terrorism, conventional and nuclear. Thus this is an all encompassing work that looks at India’s security challenges in the current year as the country seeks to take its rightful place in World polity of a resurgent regional power. The author has provided definitive conclusions which can ...
Multiple terror attacks struck Mumbai, India's financial capital on the night of 26 November 2008. A shocked nation was paralysed by a series of simultaneous assaults in South Mumbai, traditional hub of the metropolis at a time when revelers were out on the streets and the common man preparing to go to bed. Many realized that got up in the wee hours of 27 November 2008 to learn that schools and offices were closed for the day. These attacks in the heart of Mumbai ...