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India also has nuclear weapons, unlike South Korea and Taiwan, so there is a strong deterrence effect.
by pkd 4y ago
India also has nuclear weapons, unlike South Korea and Taiwan, so there is a strong deterrence effect.
- yumraj 4y agoDeterrence yes. But, it all depends on whose finger is on the button and whether they are rational or simply driven by an ideology of hate. If and when the finger changes, all bets are off.
- barelysapient 4y agoSure, if the handful of people who control such weapons act rationally. Of course, 'acting rationally' isn't exactly something humans are known for... Especially when faced with adverse social pressures or fanatical religious adherence.
- lenkite 4y agoIndia also has a clearly stated and un-ambiguous "No First Use" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_first_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_first_use rule. Our neighbour China also has this rule. All the recent border flare-ups with China haven't even involved fire-arms because no commander on either side wants escalation. The border lines have been literally maintained by sticks and fists. Any escalation there would be an utter nightmare. So even if the media plays it up, at the local commander level, there is a lot of internal mitigation that goes on. However, any border flare-up with our other neighbour - Pakistan always causes a lot of anxiety, because there are a LOT of hot-heads in the Pakistan Army who have a dream of taking Kashmir by force by any and all means necessary. You don't even have to take my word for it - just listen to what they explicitly state. And read the books their Generals have published.
- pkd 4y agoI am aware of the intricacies - I am Indian :) Regardless of everything, my comment was pointing out the obvious difference between the other examples and India-Pak dynamic.