India's Military Modernization

Strategic Technologies and Weapons Systems

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ISBN:

9780199451623

Publication date:

16/02/2015

Hardback

276 pages

223x149mm

Price: 795.00 

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ISBN:

9780199451623

Publication date:

16/02/2015

Hardback

276 pages

First Edition

Rajesh Basrur, Bharath Gopalaswamy

Belonging to the Oxford International Relations in South Asia series, this volume is the second part of a two-part project on Indian military modernization. While the first part focused mainly on India's conventional military modernization, the second part analyses the country's progress in advanced technologies:  cruise missiles, nuclear weapons, anti-satellite weapons, missile defence, and information-based warfare.  

Rights:  World Rights

First Edition

Rajesh Basrur, Bharath Gopalaswamy

Description

Development of defence strategies in India has been slow and uneven due to the absence of a clear direction from the highest levels of government and the non-inclusion of the military in strategic decision-making. Focusing on the relative strengths of the state and society in this area, this volume provides a comprehensive assessment of the current situation and points to policy-relevant adjustments and changes necessary to future-proof India’s defence preparedness. It also maps both continuity and change in India’s evolving strategic capabilities. Belonging to the Oxford International Relations in South Asia series, this volume is the second part of a two-part project on Indian military modernization. While the first part focused mainly on India’s conventional military modernization, the second part analyses the country’s progress in advanced technologies:  cruise missiles, nuclear weapons, anti-satellite weapons, missile defence, and information-based warfare.    South Asia has acquired a strategic role and importance in the rapidly evolving global and political scenario. The present series analyses foreign and security policies in the region. 

First Edition

Rajesh Basrur, Bharath Gopalaswamy

Table of contents

List of Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Rajesh Basrur and Bharath Gopalaswamy
 
1. Innovation in Strategic Technologies: India's Experience
in a Conceptual and Historical Context
Kartik Bommakanti
 
2. The Skewed Balance: Technologists' Dominance
in India's Military Modernization
Bibhu Prasad Routray
 
3. India's Nuclear Weaponization: Warheads, Delivery Systems, and Doctrinal Compatibility
T.S. Gopi Rethinaraj
 
4. India's Operational Nuclear Policy: The Gap between
Theory, Practice, and Credibility
Gaurav Kampani
 
5. Changing Priorities for the Indian Military in Space
Victoria Samson
 
6. India and Space Security
Bharath Gopalaswamy
 
7. Indian Options for an Eff ective Ballistic Missile
Defence System
Probal Kumar Ghosh
 
8. Cruise Missiles in India: Key Operational and
Technological Issues
Kalyan M. Kemburi and Richard A. Bitzinger
 
9. Adaptation of Information Superiority in the Indian
Armed Forces
Jaganath Sankaran
 
Index

Notes on Editors and Contributors 

First Edition

Rajesh Basrur, Bharath Gopalaswamy

Features

  • Analyses a wide range of contemporary issues related to nuclear weaponization and space security: cruise missiles, nuclear weapons, anti-satellite weapons, missile defence, and information-based warfare
  • Will be an interesting read for anyone wanting to understand India's growing importance in the global political scenario
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First Edition

Rajesh Basrur, Bharath Gopalaswamy

First Edition

Rajesh Basrur, Bharath Gopalaswamy

Description

Development of defence strategies in India has been slow and uneven due to the absence of a clear direction from the highest levels of government and the non-inclusion of the military in strategic decision-making. Focusing on the relative strengths of the state and society in this area, this volume provides a comprehensive assessment of the current situation and points to policy-relevant adjustments and changes necessary to future-proof India’s defence preparedness. It also maps both continuity and change in India’s evolving strategic capabilities. Belonging to the Oxford International Relations in South Asia series, this volume is the second part of a two-part project on Indian military modernization. While the first part focused mainly on India’s conventional military modernization, the second part analyses the country’s progress in advanced technologies:  cruise missiles, nuclear weapons, anti-satellite weapons, missile defence, and information-based warfare.    South Asia has acquired a strategic role and importance in the rapidly evolving global and political scenario. The present series analyses foreign and security policies in the region. 

Table of contents

List of Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Rajesh Basrur and Bharath Gopalaswamy
 
1. Innovation in Strategic Technologies: India's Experience
in a Conceptual and Historical Context
Kartik Bommakanti
 
2. The Skewed Balance: Technologists' Dominance
in India's Military Modernization
Bibhu Prasad Routray
 
3. India's Nuclear Weaponization: Warheads, Delivery Systems, and Doctrinal Compatibility
T.S. Gopi Rethinaraj
 
4. India's Operational Nuclear Policy: The Gap between
Theory, Practice, and Credibility
Gaurav Kampani
 
5. Changing Priorities for the Indian Military in Space
Victoria Samson
 
6. India and Space Security
Bharath Gopalaswamy
 
7. Indian Options for an Eff ective Ballistic Missile
Defence System
Probal Kumar Ghosh
 
8. Cruise Missiles in India: Key Operational and
Technological Issues
Kalyan M. Kemburi and Richard A. Bitzinger
 
9. Adaptation of Information Superiority in the Indian
Armed Forces
Jaganath Sankaran
 
Index

Notes on Editors and Contributors