Updated March 4th, 2020 at 16:23 IST
No change in India's nuclear doctrine: MEA
There has been no change in India's nuclear doctrine, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Wednesday.
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There has been no change in India's nuclear doctrine, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Wednesday.
Responding to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said India is committed to maintaining credible minimum deterrence and the policy of no-first use of nuclear weapons.
"There has been no change in India's nuclear doctrine," he said.
India has a declared nuclear no-first-use policy under which a country cannot use nuclear weapons as a means of warfare unless first attacked by nuclear weapons.
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Published March 4th, 2020 at 16:23 IST