NEW DELHI – Indian Defence Minister threatens Pakistan of a second strikenuclear bogey through newly inducted submarine in Indian Navy arsenal.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that Indian Navy’s “second strikecapability” as a nuclear deterrent is “most significant”.
“Second strike capability” is an assured capability of an armed force torespond to a nuclear attack with its own nuclear weapons.
Addressing the Navy personnel on aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya, Singhsaid, “I am aware that after the Pulwama attack, when the country respondedeffectively through strikes on terror camps in Balakot, the Western Fleetwas immediately deployed in a strong posture in the northern Arabian Sea.
This degraded the ability of our adversary to deploy and ensured they didnot attempt any misadventure at sea. In this context, the role of IndianNavy to have a credible ‘second strike’ capability as a nuclear deterrent,is most significant.”
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The Defence Minister’s remarks come just days after Pakistan Prime MinisterImran Khan, in his maiden speech at the UN General Assembly, drummed uphysteria over nuclear war while targeting India over Kashmir.
India had hit back saying the “threat of unleashing nuclear devastationqualifies as brinksmanship, not statesmanship”.
Tensions between the two countries have spiked since the abrogation ofArticle 370. But India has maintained that it is an internal issue.
