The report by the US experts states that the two-stage, solid-fuel, rail-mobile Agni-2 missile is probably targeted at western, central, and southern regions of China
DW: Is India turning its nuclear focus toward China?
India's nuclear policy is now believed to be placing a greater emphasis on China instead of focusing on archrival Pakistan. But this is not to be mistaken as a shift in the nation's nuclear doctrine, say experts.
A recent report by two top American experts that India's nuclear strategy is targeting China has drawn mixed responses from Indian experts and academics who maintain there is no cause for alarm about the country's nuclear position despite the changing geopolitical situation.
Published in the July-August issue of the digital journal After Midnight, the article claimed that India is busy developing a missile, which can target all of China from its bases located in southern India.
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Update: India modernising nuclear arsenal with eye on China: US experts (Times of India/PTI)
WNU Editor: Recent border disputes have only intensified the sour relationship that exists between the two countries. And while I believe India'd nuclear policy will always be focused on Pakistan .... and China's policy will be to get India on board with it's Silk Road project .... we do have a situation where China is expanding its military footprint near the Indian border, and India is developing missiles that can reach deep into China.
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