Pakistan's Low Yield Nuclear Weapons and Indian Option of Limited War
Since the publication of the Cold Start Doctrine by India in 2004, India had been preparing for launching a limited war against Pakistan. In the face of an Indian threat of limited war, Pakistan had no other option but to go for the manufacture of low yield nuclear weapons. With the introduction of the low yield nuclear weapons by Pakistan with an official announcement in 2015, Pakistan had been able to contain Indians from pursuing the path of limited war against it. This paper has looked into the role Pakistan's low yield nuclear weapons in dealing with the threat of limited conventional war under the Indian Cold Start Doctrine. Firstly, it has explored three Indo-Pak crises with limited war dimensions, which occurred subsequently in 2008, 2016 and 2019 and brought a fear of limited war on Pakistan's side. Secondly, it has explained the changing military doctrines of India and Pakistan and further highlighted the gap which led to the emergence of India's Cold Start Doctrine and Pakistan's low yield nuclear weapons. Third, it has looked at the role of Pakistan's low yield nuclear weapons in creating a roadblock in the Indian Cold Start Doctrine. Finally, it has given a discussion and summary.
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Nuclear Weapons, Limited War, Cold Start Doctrine, Pakistan.
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(1) Farooq Ahmed Leghari
Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan.
(2) Irfan Hasnain Qaisrani
Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Shaukat
Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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APA : Leghari, F. A., Qaisrani, I. H., & Shaukat. (2020). Pakistan's Low Yield Nuclear Weapons and Indian Option of Limited War. Global Political Review, V(I), 342-351. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).37
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CHICAGO : Leghari, Farooq Ahmed, Irfan Hasnain Qaisrani, and Shaukat. 2020. "Pakistan's Low Yield Nuclear Weapons and Indian Option of Limited War." Global Political Review, V (I): 342-351 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).37
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HARVARD : LEGHARI, F. A., QAISRANI, I. H. & SHAUKAT. 2020. Pakistan's Low Yield Nuclear Weapons and Indian Option of Limited War. Global Political Review, V, 342-351.
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MHRA : Leghari, Farooq Ahmed, Irfan Hasnain Qaisrani, and Shaukat. 2020. "Pakistan's Low Yield Nuclear Weapons and Indian Option of Limited War." Global Political Review, V: 342-351
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MLA : Leghari, Farooq Ahmed, Irfan Hasnain Qaisrani, and Shaukat. "Pakistan's Low Yield Nuclear Weapons and Indian Option of Limited War." Global Political Review, V.I (2020): 342-351 Print.
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OXFORD : Leghari, Farooq Ahmed, Qaisrani, Irfan Hasnain, and Shaukat, (2020), "Pakistan's Low Yield Nuclear Weapons and Indian Option of Limited War", Global Political Review, V (I), 342-351
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TURABIAN : Leghari, Farooq Ahmed, Irfan Hasnain Qaisrani, and Shaukat. "Pakistan's Low Yield Nuclear Weapons and Indian Option of Limited War." Global Political Review V, no. I (2020): 342-351. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2020(V-I).37