The Race For Military Power

THE nuclear and missile race in the subcontinent is the bugbear of the Western world, which does not tire in projecting Kashmir as the possible flashpoint for a nuclear war between India and Pakistan. Both have refused to sign either the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty or the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. India's indigenous missile programme has managed to produce sophisticated missiles like Prithvi, Agni, Nag, Akash and Trishul, while Pakistan has been heavily dependent on China for its M-11 missiles, though it has produced the Hatf I and Hatf II at home.