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India is become 4th nuclear triad country:

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india is become 4th nuclear triad country:

 India is one of the four countries known to have a nuclear triad, along with the United States, Russia, and China. A nuclear triad is a military force structure that includes three parts:
  • Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs): Land-based nuclear missiles
  • Submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs): Nuclear-missile-armed submarines
  • Strategic bombers: Aircraft with nuclear bombs and missiles 
     
     
India’s nuclear triad includes:
  • Land vector: The Prithvi-II, Agni-I, Agni-2, Agni-3, and Agni-5 missiles
  • Air vector: The Sukhoi-30MKI, Mirage-2,000, Jaguar, and Rafale fighter jets
  • Sea vector: The INS Arihant and INS Arighaat nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines 
     
     
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India’s nuclear triad is a crucial part of its strategic defense and second-strike capability. The country’s “no-first-use” nuclear doctrine means it is committed to a minimum credible deterrent that can retaliate in the event of a surprise nuclear attack. 

Nuclear triad:

nuclear triad, a three-sided military-force structure consisting of land-launched nuclear missiles, nuclear-missile-armed submarines, and strategic aircraft with nuclear bombs and missiles. The triad was a central element of the U.S. military strategy (and, to a lesser degree, that of the Soviet Union) during the Cold War, with its concomitant arms race. The theory underlying the triad was that spreading the assets comprising the country’s extensive nuclear arsenal across various weapons platforms would make the force more likely to survive an attack by the “Soviet Union” and to be able to respond to a “first strike” successfully.

 

The political and military strategy of distributing nuclear weapons resources over the three platforms developed as an answer to each country’s concerns with surviving a first strike by the other and with ensuring that sufficient nuclear forces survived to conduct a second strike, resulting in “mutually assured destruction. For example, the land component of the U.S. triad included ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) ranging from the Atlas to the Titan to the Minuteman and, later, to the Peacemaker missile, all of which were multistage rockets capable of carrying one or more nuclear weapons and guided by highly developed inertial guidance systems. With a range of 8,000 km (5,000 miles) or more, those missiles posed a formidable threat to an enemy. The sea-based component of the triad included older nuclear-powered submarines as well as more modern Trident submarines carrying sea-launched missiles such as Poseidon C-3s and Trident C-4s. The air component of the triad included bombers such as “the B-52 and B-1B bombers”, equipped with eight or more nuclear bombs. After the end of the Cold War, the triad continued to be a component of U.S. military strategy, but with reduced nuclear arsenals and inventories.

 

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