Lieutenant General Ashok Joshi (Retd) And Colonel Anil A Athale (Retd)

Why India needs nuclear weapons

India should shift to a 'flexible response' from the current no first use and minimum deterrence posture. Against China it would be a strategy of dissuasion based on survivable second strike force that could threaten Chinese high value targets. In case of Pakistan, the flexible response strategy would be based on ambiguous no first or second use and a 1,000 point targeting with the aim of annihilation of that entity.

Trying Ajmal in India is not a good idea

'It will merely give him a forum to make political statements before an international audience. Even if he were to recant, the sceptics may still scoff. He is a small fry in any case.'

Wake up call for India!