Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Tests? Potential Test Ban Risks and Technical Benefits

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons.

India.

Pakistan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1996

Summary:

Discusses technical logic of Indian and Pakistani nuclear programs, describes how nuclear weapons work and each side's weapons program, explores possible links of Indian and Pakistani strategic goals to those programs, examines potential technical gains from testing and concludes that India may feel the stronger compulsion to test

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Indian and Pakistani Nuclear Tests?

Publisher Number:

CRS-1996-FND-0179

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