Strategy in the Second Nuclear Age: Power, Ambition, and the Ultimate Weapon

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INDEX abandonment, fear of Japan and, 100–101, 109 South Africa and, 38–39, 44, 205 advanced technology vessel (ATV), India and, 142, 161, 163, 166–68 Afghanistan, 148, 186 African National Congress (ANC), 37, 43 Agni missiles, 139, 141, 167, 174 Agosta-class submarines, 170 Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, 210 Ahmed, Samina, 215n5 air forces China, 65, 68 India, 141 Japan, 122 Pakistan, 184, 189–90 South Africa, 40–41 Akula-class submarines, 176 Alagappa, Muthiah, 229 Albrecht, Holger, 204 Allison, Graham, 118–19 al-Qaeda, 148, 193–94 Al-Rodhan, Khalid, 222n61 ambiguity Iran and, 201–24 South Africa and, 42–43 ANC. See African National Congress Angola, 37, 42, 45 antisubmarine warfare (ASW), 170 apartheid, and South African psychology, 37–51, 205 Argentina, 203, 205, 218n28 Arihant, 161, 163, 166–68, 172 Armaments Corporation of South Africa (Armscor), 40, 43–45 armies China, 55, 64–65, 68–70 India, 182 Iran, 210–11 Japan, 105–6 South Africa, 40–41 arms control, second nuclear age and, 6 Armscor. See Armaments Corporation of South Africa Arunachal Pradesh, 146 Asia, 5, 229 Aspara reactor, 135 ASW. See antisubmarine warfare asymmetrical deployment, Iran and, 213 asymmetrical deterrence situation, 84–85, 95 Atoms for Peace, 135, 206 ATV. See advanced technology vessel Australia Group, 155 Babur missiles, 170 ballistic missile defense (BMD), United States and, 71–72 Bangladesh, 149, 182 bin Laden, Osama, 193 – 245 – blackmail, nuclear, South Africa and, 37–38, 43–46 Blair, Dennis, 94 Blasko, Dennis, 55 BMD. See ballistic missile defense Boeing, 143 Botha, P. W., 38, 40, 42–46, 205, 217n25 Bracken, Paul, 5–6 BrahMos missiles, 142, 168 Brazil, 203, 205, 217n17, 217n20, 218n28 Brodie, Bernard, 3, 17 Brown, Gordon, 7 builddown, 6–7 bureaucratic politics and Indian nuclear strategy, 133–80 Weber on, 133–34 Burgess, Stephen F., 37–51, 221n51 Bush (George W.) administration, 19, 25, 143 Canada, 207 capabilities, 227 China and, 64–68, 211–12 India and, 141–45, 164–68 North Korea and, 86–88, 91–94 Pakistan and, 183–86 Carter administration, 44, 121 Cartwright, James, 87 Chase, Michael S., 53–80 Chiang Kai-shek, 121 China, 7, 53–80 capabilities of, 64–68, 211–12 Cold War and, 54–55, 234–35 drivers of, 70–71 and force size, 227 fundamental logic and, 237 history of nuclear strategy in, 54–58 India and, 133, 135, 144–46, 148, 152, 154, 173–75 and intellectual dimension, 230–31 Japan and, 99, 102–3, 107–8, 110, 115–16, 121 North Korea and, 93 as nuclear power, 4–5 Pakistan and, 136, 175 and South Africa, 41 Clausewitz, Carl von, 1, 228, 231 close protection, China and, 71 club, nuclear definition of, 4 North Korea and, 88 Cold Start Doctrine, 149–50, 154, 188–89 Cold War China and, 54–55, 234–325 and deterrence theory, 17 Japan and, 104–5, 109, 117 and nuclear strategy, 1–5 second-tier powers and, 234–35 combat use of nuclear weapons, 2 calibrating deterrence of, 28–29 246 INDEX combat use of nuclear weapons (continued ) deterrence of, 23–24 Pakistan and, 186–90 possibility of, 238 command and control China and, 70 India and, 139–40, 140f, 144, 176–77 North Korea and, 93 Pakistan and, 187, 192–94 communications India and, 144, 176–77 North Korea and, 93 complexity, and nuclear strategy, 3–7, 231 components, nuclear, security of, Pakistan and, 191–92 Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), 123, 136–37, 151, 205 Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials (CPPNM), 151–52 Cordesman, Anthony, 222n61–222n62 cost, North Korea and, 88–89 counterforce strategy, 28–29, 84 countervalue strategy, 29 North Korea and, 92 cover, nuclear weapons as calibrating deterrence of, 27–28 deterrence of, 23 CPPNM. See Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials credibility, 227 North Korea and, 86–89, 95 cruise missiles China and, 67 India and, 168 Iran and, 212 Japan and, 125–26 Pakistan and, 170 CTBT. See Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Cuba, 37, 42, 44–45 Danush missile, 164–65 decision making, psychological factors and, 39–41 Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), 141–45, 166 de Klerk, F. W., 46, 206, 217n24 Delhi-class vessels, 143 delivery systems Iran and, 211–13 Japan and, 124–25 North Korea and, 86–87 Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), 99–100, 109–10 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. See North Korea Deng Xiaoping, 55–56 denial, deterrence by, 82 deterrence, 2–3 calibrating, 24–29, 25t China...