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Which of the following statements is true about India's Nuclear programme? |
Only for military purpose and to dominate. "No first use" and only for peaceful purposes. To create a Nuclear market in South Asia. Non-credible minimum nuclear deterrence. |
"No first use" and only for peaceful purposes. |
The correct answer is Option (2) → "No first use" and only for peaceful purposes. "No first use" and only for peaceful purposes is the correct statement about India's Nuclear programme. India conducted a series of nuclear tests in May 1998, demonstrating its capacity to use nuclear energy for military purposes. Pakistan soon followed, thereby increasing the vulnerability of the region to a nuclear exchange. The international community was extremely critical of the nuclear tests in the subcontinent and sanctions were imposed on both India and Pakistan, which were subsequently waived. India’s nuclear doctrine of credible minimum nuclear deterrence professes “no first use” and reiterates India’s commitment to global, verifiable and non-discriminatory nuclear disarmament leading to a nuclear weapons free world. |
