Theater Missile Defense and South Asia : a Volatile Mix
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Gregory Koblentz is a Junior Fellow with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Project at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. The missile competition in South Asia is on the verge of a new and dangerous phase that threatens to disrupt the delicate strategic balance of the subcontinent. India and Pakistan already have stockpiles of ballistic missiles, along with the associated launchers and trained personnel necessary to deploy them at short notice. Now reports have emerged that India plans to acquire a theater missile defense (TMD) system by 1998, based on Russian, Israeli, and indigenous technology and equipment. Pakistani defense officials have acknowledged that Pakistan would find such a development threatening and could respond by increasing its nuclear and missile capabilities.
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