India's response during any nuclear attack will be heavy: IAF Chief

[Toramana]

New Delhi, Jul 26 - IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal P V Naik today said India followed a 'no-first-use' nuclear policy but warned its response would be "very heavy" in the event of any nuclear attack on the country.


"Our nuclear policy is of no first use. It also talks about a very heavy response in case of a nuclear attack. It talks about a retaliatory and hard response, our policy talks about that," Naik, who demits office this Sunday, told a press conference.


Naik was responding to a query on the new Pakistani tactical nuclear missile 'Nasr' which is touted to be a 'game-changer' in future warfare.


He did not agree that the new missile will be a 'game-changer'.


"Tactical or strategic, it is a nuclear weapon. So, obviously our response would be absolutely violent as per our existing policy. I don't think it is a game-changer," he added.


Pakistan recently successfully tested 'Nasr', a short-range nuclear capable ballistic missile which can hit targets in the range of 60 kms.


Asked if there was any need to be concerned over the assessment in some quarters that Pakistan had an edge over India in terms of the nuclear warheads, the IAF chief said, "there is no need to be worried on this."


Meanwhile, responding to a query on the role of HAL, Naik said that the aerospace PSU had provided great support to the IAF in the last 50-60 years.


He said already some steps were being initiated by the Government to streamline the procedures in the company for "improving the quality". PTI



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[Talal]

Thats a pretty intense statement to make over a single missile test..as far as Nasr is concerned, i dont know whether its a game changer or not but it definitely gives the Cold-start doctrine something to think about


FYI: these kinda statements are a norm between the two countries

[sthek]

^^

Actually that statement was given in response to pakistani newspaper carrying news about testing 24 nuclear warheads in a year(which i highly doubt about plutonium plant)

about nasr with range of 60km would be suicide would pakistan blow up their own country?? while indian army entering pakistan,with increasing gap in defence budget pakistan can't match up with India,so they are desparate to go nuclear way.

Already india has tested Prahaar missile with the range of 150 kilometers for Cold start,As far as nuclear Wahead is concerned Agni-V will be ready by december mainly for defence agains't china

[MostafaM]

How about running water, electricity, water treatment plants and feeding the poor instead of this stupid "winky comparison" on a political and military level?

[sthek]

How about running water, electricity, water treatment plants and feeding the poor instead of this stupid "winky comparison" on a political and military level?

security should be highest priority for any country.

Having said that india's defence budget is just 3 percent of total GDP,there is more then enough budget for development but unlike china, india moves at slow pace lot of corruption from minister level to lower government employee,india has contracts close to 150 billion usd for civilian nuclear technology for next 10 years, majority of power geneartion comes through coal only 3percent from uranium,also india is working thorium reactors and has highest deposits of thorium in the world,recently large reserves of uranium mines were in found south india but we need technology from west

dunno much about pakistan defence budget,last time i checked their defence budget was much higher then their budget on education

[Talal]

^^

Actually that statement was given in response to pakistani newspaper carrying news about testing 24 nuclear warheads in a year(which i highly doubt about plutonium plant)

about nasr with range of 60km would be suicide would pakistan blow up their own country?? while indian army entering pakistan,with increasing gap in defence budget pakistan can't match up with India,so they are desparate to go nuclear way.

Already india has tested Prahaar missile with the range of 150 kilometers for Cold start,As far as nuclear Wahead is concerned Agni-V will be ready by december mainly for defence agains't china

actually it wasn't, Army chiefs dont respond to the garam masala in the news-papers.

And yes Pakistanis are exactly that stupid that they made a new 60km mark missile when they already have Hatf-1B with 100km range

So no Nasr wasn't made to perform suicide missile tests inside Pakistani territory, rather given your cold-start doctrine where you guys say you will be able to mobilize specialized units within four days to launch surgical strikes in Pakistan. The purpose of this missile was to inflict maximum damage using small enough nuclear warheads to those units within the Indian territory. Its main advantage is indeed the size of the nuclear warhead it carries, its too small to wipe out a city, but it is big enough to take care of those cold-start units.

Its other main purpose which i think is even important than its battlefield advantage is that it will act as a very formidable to the proponents of your cold-start doctrine. As per India, in case of a terror attack on your soil your army would like to perform surgical strikes within the Pakistani territory to strike these so-called terror camps and the aim of these strikes would be to take care of these camps before the scenario escalates to a full-blown war where the possibility of using nukes is almost guaranteed. So what Nasr does is that it lowers that nuclear threshold very considerably.

The entire point of cold-start doctrine is to "punish" Pakistan without us going nuclear, however with Nasr that is impossible since Nasr a nuclear missile will be our frontline weapon against these units so essentially the possibility of a nuclear war at a much earlier stage is much higher.

And last of all, Prahaar isnt a reaction to Nasr..DRDO was working on it as an independent project. Prahaar can't carry a nuclear warhead so its about as useful as a Smerch, and Nasr is a multi-tube ballistic missile so there ya go

plus as per the reports range on Nasr can be increased

[unknownprince]

what good has Pakistans weapons and nuclear capability done for them? Zero zilch.

To the world, instead of protecting "their" citizens, they allow them to be targeted by drones, and instead of defying the US, they at times shudder.

With all those weapons, they make those weapons look useless.

The point of being a nuclear power is so that you can have a deterrent, and also not get pushed and bullied around, not serve the US at every moment.

It is clear now that the so-called generals pocket blood money.

[Talal]

whatever u say boss

[sthek]

actually it wasn't, Army chiefs dont respond to the garam masala in the news-papers.

And yes Pakistanis are exactly that stupid that they made a new 60km mark missile when they already have Hatf-1B with 100km range

So no Nasr wasn't made to perform suicide missile tests inside Pakistani territory, rather given your cold-start doctrine where you guys say you will be able to mobilize specialized units within four days to launch surgical strikes in Pakistan. The purpose of this missile was to inflict maximum damage using small enough nuclear warheads to those units within the Indian territory. Its main advantage is indeed the size of the nuclear warhead it carries, its too small to wipe out a city, but it is big enough to take care of those cold-start units.

Its other main purpose which i think is even important than its battlefield advantage is that it will act as a very formidable to the proponents of your cold-start doctrine. As per India, in case of a terror attack on your soil your army would like to perform surgical strikes within the Pakistani territory to strike these so-called terror camps and the aim of these strikes would be to take care of these camps before the scenario escalates to a full-blown war where the possibility of using nukes is almost guaranteed. So what Nasr does is that it lowers that nuclear threshold very considerably.

The entire point of cold-start doctrine is to "punish" Pakistan without us going nuclear, however with Nasr that is impossible since Nasr a nuclear missile will be our frontline weapon against these units so essentially the possibility of a nuclear war at a much earlier stage is much higher.

And last of all, Prahaar isnt a reaction to Nasr..DRDO was working on it as an independent project. Prahaar can't carry a nuclear warhead so its about as useful as a Smerch, and Nasr is a multi-tube ballistic missile so there ya go

plus as per the reports range on Nasr can be increased

Holy cow nasr is a tactical missiles not nuclear warhead

on other hand india is developing ABM we can easily manage short-medium range missiles from pakistan,it's the long range we are working,don't get fooled by indian media about nuclear test failure,india has developed lot of new variants of Agni in last two years in low profile do to fear of economic sanctions,india is going to develop 6000km agni V in december,10000km ICBM most probably next year

ABOUT PRAHAAR

Intially 2 regiments will be inducted after couple more tests and evaluating the beast hitting its targets at different ranges with different warheads.
BDL is considering the mass production of AAD which ofcourse has 90% commanality with Prahaar except mission computer,seekers and warheads.
So when ABM gets inducted, Prahaar will be inducted on the side as well. This also acts as a counterweight to confuse enemy which is AAD battery Vs Prahaar

Since PAD is a stop gap measure with limited induction, AAD induction will compensate untill PDV gets ready for Induction.
Lol... just realising how 250-350km range tactical SSM will be fullfilled? It might be a derivative of PDV right from begining itself. This way IA can completely take control of tactical ones and giving some space to nuclear prithvis ofcourse SS-250 and 350 ones. While SS-150s will be continues to use for testing others sub-systems.

As of today, there are over 500 Prithvi-150`s.IA is desperate of using that invetory, so that new ones can be inducted in numbers.Incase of anywar with PAK, IA will be emptying its warehouses of P-I`s.

[unknownprince]

whatever u say boss

How come Iran has more influence than Pakistan? How come the US is afraid of Iran despite the fact Iran has not got nuclear capability yet? Pakistan I think has more weapons capabilities than Iran, but Iran has more influence.

how come the US was allowed to conduct a raid into Pakistan?

How come Pashtuns are killed by drone attacks?

The outcome of this war is coming to a close.

There is no purpose for FATA and KP to be a part of Pakistan, especially when the Pakistani state allows the people there to be killed by drone attacks.

[afgpower]

go india!

[Talal]

Holy cow nasr is a tactical missiles not nuclear warhead

on other hand india is developing ABM we can easily manage short-medium range missiles from pakistan,it's the long range we are working,don't get fooled by indian media about nuclear test failure,india has developed lot of new variants of Agni in last two years in low profile do to fear of economic sanctions,india is going to develop 6000km agni V in december,10000km ICBM most probably next year

ABOUT PRAHAAR

Intially 2 regiments will be inducted after couple more tests and evaluating the beast hitting its targets at different ranges with different warheads.
BDL is considering the mass production of AAD which ofcourse has 90% commanality with Prahaar except mission computer,seekers and warheads.
So when ABM gets inducted, Prahaar will be inducted on the side as well. This also acts as a counterweight to confuse enemy which is AAD battery Vs Prahaar

Since PAD is a stop gap measure with limited induction, AAD induction will compensate untill PDV gets ready for Induction.
Lol... just realising how 250-350km range tactical SSM will be fullfilled? It might be a derivative of PDV right from begining itself. This way IA can completely take control of tactical ones and giving some space to nuclear prithvis ofcourse SS-250 and 350 ones. While SS-150s will be continues to use for testing others sub-systems.

As of today, there are over 500 Prithvi-150`s.IA is desperate of using that invetory, so that new ones can be inducted in numbers.Incase of anywar with PAK, IA will be emptying its warehouses of P-I`s.

yes i did anticipate the rest of your useless rant, you guys do jump ship rather quick. This discussion is about Nasr and Prahaar, and Nasr is a nuke-capable MTBM/BRBM



and yes about prahaar it cannot carry any other warheads except conventional ones so your boys at DRDO will have to cook up something other than AAD copies

you wanna continue this we can goto defence.pk, i know most of you indian fellas come from there

[sthek]

^^

lolz wiki

[Talal]

There is no purpose for FATA and KP to be a part of Pakistan, especially when the Pakistani state allows the people there to be killed by drone attacks.

like i said evil Pakistan eh

you are free to tell people of peshawar to start a movement by the way

[Talal]

^^

lolz wiki

Prahaar Tactical Missile - a knol by Vijainder K Thakur

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/article1709352.ece

read up the analysis part ? thats an indeon source btw