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Friday, December 26, 2008

Indian missiles can trigger N-conflict

India’s ballistic missiles can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads that would lead to a nuclear conflict in the region in case of a war between India and Pakistan, reports the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a renowned US magazine.

The size and composition of India’s nuclear arsenal is difficult to determine because all of its delivery systems can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads, according to the report prepared by key American defence experts Robert S Norris and Hans M Kristensen.

It says that if India launches such missiles in case of a war with Pakistan, this could easily be mistaken by the latter for a nuclear strike and could prompt an immediate response, adding that this could result in a nuclear conflict in South Asia.

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