NRDC: Nuclear Notebook
India's nuclear forces, 2005
By Robert S. Norris and Hans M. Kristensen
September/October 2005 pp. 73-75 (vol. 61, no. 05) © 2005 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
India is in the process of becoming a full-fledged nuclear power with a wide variety of weapon systems deployed within three branches of the armed services. India's emerging triad of nuclear forces consists of the army's land-based ballistic missiles, the air force's air-delivered weapons, and the navy's sea-based surface-launched ballistic missiles, which may soon be deployed on its warships. The government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appears committed to continuing the policies of the previous government, which saw Pakistan and China as the main drivers for India's nuclear development, though national prestige may also be a factor. http://www.thebulletin.org/article_nn.php?art_ofn=so05norris