India follows a declared No First Use (NFU) policy, committing to use nuclear weapons only in retaliation to a nuclear attack. Pakistan, however, does not follow NFU and keeps policy deliberately ambiguous in mind India’s conventional military superiority
ndia on Monday slammed Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir for his latest remarks on Islamabad’s “nuclear prowess,” asserting that New Delhi would not yield to “nuclear blackmail.”
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal urged the international community to note the “irresponsibility emanating from such threats.”
“India has made it clear it will not give in to nuclear blackmail. We will continue all necessary steps to safeguard our national security… Nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan’s stock-in-trade,” he said.
Warning about the risks of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal, he added: “It reinforces doubts about the integrity of nuclear command and control in a state where the military works hand in glove with terrorist groups.”
“It reinforces doubts about the integrity of nuclear command and control in a state where the military works hand in glove with terrorist groups.”
Jaiswal called it “regrettable” that such statements were made from the soil of a “friendly third country” — the United States.
On Sunday in Tampa, Florida, Munir reportedly said, “If we go down, we will take down half the world.” He also threatened India over the Indus Waters Treaty: “We will wait for India to build a dam, and when it does so, we will destroy it with 10 missiles.” This was Munir’s second visit to the US in under two months.
This was Munir’s second US visit in less than two months
India and Pakistan both maintain nuclear arsenals developed in the backdrop of their complex security environment.
India follows a declared No First Use (NFU) policy, committing to use nuclear weapons only in retaliation to a nuclear attack. Pakistan, however, does not follow NFU and keeps policy deliberately ambiguous in mind India’s conventional military superiority
