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But the massive growth of China's military capabilities has in turn provoked some of its neighbours to embark on their own asymmetric responses. Chief among these is India. When India's long-range Agni missiles go into serial production, Delhi will be able to target every part of Chinese territory with nuclear weapons. Similarly, India plans to put nuclear missiles on submarines, so that it will have the classic "triad" of nuclear capabilities - land-based missiles, air-based weapons and submarine-borne weapons.
That kind of nuclear arsenal cannot be disabled in an adversary's first strike. For as far in the future as you can imagine, China will have more nuclear warheads and more missiles than India, but India will have a fully functional nuclear deterrent against China.
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But the massive growth of China's military capabilities has in turn provoked some of its neighbours to embark on their own asymmetric responses. Chief among these is India. When India's long-range Agni missiles go into serial production, Delhi will be able to target every part of Chinese territory with nuclear weapons. Similarly, India plans to put nuclear missiles on submarines, so that it will have the classic "triad" of nuclear capabilities - land-based missiles, air-based weapons and submarine-borne weapons.
That kind of nuclear arsenal cannot be disabled in an adversary's first strike. For as far in the future as you can imagine, China will have more nuclear warheads and more missiles than India, but India will have a fully functional nuclear deterrent against China.
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