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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by F117nighthawk: 12:28pm On Jan 11, 2020
Ibrahimmrfish:

Hateful beast what have religion got to do with an accident? The same USA also also made same mistake in 1988 so we should blame Christianity for that? So people are so beyond redemption.
It's because of bastard like u I came up with the hard truth,that religion of yours u claim to worship is a devilish,dead and animalistic in nature, a religion that glorify violence, it's good a country like the US is there to silence and checkmate your barbaric fate
No wonder karma is fighting back
That's why the middle east is full of unrest even amongst it's so called Arab countries, so much hatred and enmity amongst them
Today it's ISIS, yesterday it was TALIBAN, years back it was AL QAIDA, we don't know know the one the devilish fate will raise tomorrow

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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by lexy2014: 12:29pm On Jan 11, 2020
Okemmuo1:


I didn't know he's a lair, I was wasting my time arguing with him.

What exactly did I lie about. Can u pls state d lie? If u can't do that, what does that make u?

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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by Okemmuo1: 12:30pm On Jan 11, 2020
Lighthammer:

Things like this is inevitable,at a time when tension is high and they are probably expecting retaliatory strike from the united snakes of america,and according to them,it the plane was turned towards one of iran military installations,not iran fault,blame the united snake of america who started this whole shii


You still believe what Iran is saying?
Why should we believe the plane was heading towards one of their military bases;

They should release the black box
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by lexy2014: 12:30pm On Jan 11, 2020
Ibrahimmrfish:

And did Iran say that they will not compensate the families of the victims?

Oga, pls I don't understand ur question. Did u read what I wrote at all?
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by Ibrahimmrfish(m): 12:32pm On Jan 11, 2020
philip0906:

You joker! America saying Iran made an error, is simply an indictment on the Iranian military and the more reason they wouldn't allow them to access nuclear weapons.

In war and naking the world safe, people will die. Stop trying to be clever by half. You terrorist, before Isis was cut into pieces, people died. In confining terrorists to certain parts of the world and reducing their ability to inflict severe damage, people will die.

The USA is my USA. They are the police of the world and have done a good job in keeping the world safe, else terrorists like Iran, Osama, Isis, Taliban, Hezbollah would have been in every country causing severe damage more than what we have today.
The whole reason for the existence of Hezbollah is to liberate Southern Lebanon from Israeli occupation. As for Osama and Isis you can thank your god,the USA for their creation. Hezbollah is also a political party in Lebanon and have a huge support from the Christian population of Lebanon, the Christian party in Lebanon is also a partner and there are Christians in their fighters.As for nuclear weapons, who are USA to dictate the countries to have nuclear weapons? So is OK for USA to have 4000 nuclear war-head but not OK for Iran to have 1.If i call you a slave now,you will angry.
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by lexy2014: 12:33pm On Jan 11, 2020
valo25:


You are simply a pathetic Muslim pro terrorist. How can u say u don't know when Saudi oil facilities was hit by Iran backed terrorist.?

How can u say you don't know the countess times Iran backed hezbolla constantly fires at Israel....

You are big twister of world event

I really don't know what u are getting offended about. How did I twist world events? Can u pls provide d evidence of d twisting? I asked questions. I didn't say I know or don't know. If u have d answers to d questions I asked, pls answer. Stop crying as if I took your lolly pop

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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by imam07: 12:35pm On Jan 11, 2020
Lighthammer:

Things like this is inevitable,at a time when tension is high and they are probably expecting retaliatory strike from the united snakes of america,and according to them,it the plane was turned towards one of iran military installations,not iran fault,blame the united snake of america who started this whole shii
yes we will blame the united snake for d crash not united state of America. Kai i imagine how some people reason in this country. If we find this guy, you will see is a muslim guy. US kill a single terrorist your were all shouting blue murder everywhere. Iran and its reactions has killed more than 200 innocent souls and u hv not said anything against iran. Cant your see you a stupid idiot. Why am i sharing a country with these fools. Why?

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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by Mescana22(m): 12:36pm On Jan 11, 2020
timesup234:
god has no wrath. Stop being an idiot. god dont exist and if he does then he is a bastard


Only a Fool says there is No GOD
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by valo25: 12:39pm On Jan 11, 2020
lexy2014:


I really don't know what u are getting offended about. How did I twist world events? Can u pls provide d evidence of d twisting? I asked questions. I didn't say I know or don't know. If u have d answers to d questions I asked, pls answer. Stop crying as if I took your lolly pop

Lop... Ur last line was funny thou....

But my advice is that you concentrate on romance or economy since you don't hv interest in world politics. Or better still face local politics sections...

No one hv tum to keep detailing events after event just to convince you.... Nairaland is not a job. We are all working to earn living and not making a duty to prove to someone not naturally interest in world politics...
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by lexy2014: 12:44pm On Jan 11, 2020
philip0906:

You joker! America saying Iran made an error, is simply an indictment on the Iranian military and the more reason they wouldn't allow them to access nuclear weapons.

In war and naking the world safe, people will die. Stop trying to be clever by half. You terrorist, before Isis was cut into pieces, people died. In confining terrorists to certain parts of the world and reducing their ability to inflict severe damage, people will die.

The USA is my USA. They are the police of the world and have done a good job in keeping the world safe, else terrorists like Iran, Osama, Isis, Taliban, Hezbollah would have been in every country causing severe damage more than what we have today.

How is acknowledging that iran made an error an indictment? If u make an error is that an indictment? Has d US not killed its own troops and ally troops by what it called "friendly fire"? Is that an indictment on the "US military and the more reason they wouldn't allow them to access nuclear weapons"? U really getting desperate.

I thought u justified d US shooting down a passenger plane in 1988 as a result of non advanced technology and sophistication. Y can that "advanced technology and military sophistication" prevent civilian deaths? How can u justify killing 60 civilians because of one man in d name keeping d world safe? By killing 60 civilians, it shows that d US hasn't made d world safer. It shows that d safety of many civilians can't be guaranteed by d US.

If d US is your US, then u should be an American citizen which I very much doubt that u are. When u look at d emergence of d Islamic govt in Iran, d Taliban, Osama and ISIS, u will see that d US is only suffering for its intervention in places where it shouldn't have. All these entities are products of US global politics

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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by philip0906(m): 12:45pm On Jan 11, 2020
Ibrahimmrfish:

[s]The whole reason for the existence of Hezbollah is to liberate Southern Lebanon from Israeli occupation. As for Osama and Isis you can thank your god,the USA for their creation. Hezbollah is also a political party in Lebanon and have a huge support from the Christian population of Lebanon, the Christian party in Lebanon is also a partner and there are Christians in their fighters[/s].
Rubbish!!

As for nuclear weapons, who are USA to dictate the countries to have nuclear weapons? So is OK for USA to have 4000 nuclear war-head but not OK for Iran to have 1.If i call you a slave now,you will angry.
Yes America can have nuclear weapons because we trust them to use it for what it should be used for.

Iran on the other hand, an extremist who wants to quickly go and enjoy his 77 virgins with allah, might mistakenly pull the trigger on the nuclear weapon.

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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by madapcmod: 12:46pm On Jan 11, 2020
I'm sure they were shouting Allawuakbomb! When they fired the missile, thinking they have hit USA real hard.

Bunch of Terrorist and aggressive neophytes

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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by lexy2014: 12:47pm On Jan 11, 2020
valo25:


Lop... Ur last line was funny thou....

But my advice is that you concentrate on romance or economy since you don't hv interest in world politics. Or better still face local politics sections...

No one hv tum to keep detailing events after event just to convince you.... Nairaland is not a job. We are all working to earn living and not making a duty to prove to someone not naturally interest in world politics...

U are still crying because u haven't been able to answer d questions that I asked u:

lexy2014:


I really don't know what u are getting offended about. How did I twist world events? Can u pls provide d evidence of d twisting? I asked questions. I didn't say I know or don't know. If u have d answers to d questions I asked, pls answer. Stop crying as if I took your lolly pop

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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by philip0906(m): 12:48pm On Jan 11, 2020
lexy2014:


[s]How is acknowledging that iran made an error an indictment? If u make an error is that an indictment? Has d US not killed its own troops and ally troops by what it called "friendly fire"? Is that an indictment on the "US military and the more reason they wouldn't allow them to access nuclear weapons"? U really getting desperate.

I thought u justified d US shooting down a passenger plane in 1988 as a result of non advanced technology and sophistication. Y can that "advanced technology and military sophistication" prevent civilian deaths? How can u justify killing 60 civilians because of one man in d name keeping d world safe? By killing 60 civilians, it shows that d US hasn't made d world safer. It shows that d safety of many civilians can't be guaranteed by d US.

If d US is your US, then u should be an American citizen which I very much doubt that u are. When u look at d emergence of d Islamic govt in Iran, d Taliban, Osama and ISIS, u will see that d US is only suffering for [/s]its intervention in places where it shouldn't have. All these entities are products of US global politics
Nonsense!

America is doing a perfect job of keeping terrorists confined and making the world a safer place.

The only people who have problem with that are terrorists like you.

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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by Ibrahimmrfish(m): 12:54pm On Jan 11, 2020
philip0906:

Rubbish!!


Yes America can have nuclear weapons because we trust them to use it for what it should be used for.

Iran on the other hand, an extremist who wants to quickly go and enjoy his 77 virgins with allah, might mistakenly pull the trigger on the nuclear weapon.
OK,now see.So a Muslim nation can not have a nuclear weapon.Sorry to bust your bubble,i am sure your ignorant @ss don't know that Pakistan which is also Muslim country have about 200 and still increasing it.Extremist ignorant donkey.No one should have nuclear weapon, but if some have it,then every one should also have.

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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by lexy2014: 12:54pm On Jan 11, 2020
philip0906:

Nonsense!

America is doing a perfect job of keeping terrorists confined and making the world a safer place.

The only people who have problem with that are terrorists like you.

Am sure u can prove that am a terrorist. I would also like u to prove how I have become a problem to d US. I would really love if u could do that.

In trying to "make d world a safer place", d US has inadvertently created all these entities that u call terrorists. How is that making d world a safer place? Or can u prove that these entities u refer to as terrorists didn't emerge as a result of US global interventionists politics?

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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by abeeee(m): 12:56pm On Jan 11, 2020
Trump2020:

Another terrorist or sympathizer sighted
Ozwo if you don't understand what somebody is saying or you don't have something meaningful to bring from your head this year why don't you go help your step mother with the dishes before your fake father comes home cow
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by bptc10: 12:59pm On Jan 11, 2020
Ukrainian plane was not the only plane that left the airport that morning, Turkish airline and other planes left the airport almost same time, the truth is that Iran is rule by some stupid set of people
midnighter:
I said it. Flying a plane around that airspace at that point in time was extremely stupid. The airline should be ashamed of itself for taking such a crazy risk. What would they gain

The pilots wife warned him not to fly but he insisted on it.

What a waste
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by Ibrahimmrfish(m): 1:00pm On Jan 11, 2020
lexy2014:


Am sure u can prove that am a terrorist. I would also like u to prove how I have become a problem to d US. I would really love if u could do that.

In trying to "make d world a safer place", d US has inadvertently created all these entities that u call terrorists. How is that making d world a safer place? Or can u prove that these entities u refer to as terrorists didn't emerge as a result of US global interventionists politics?
Don't waist your energy trying to reason with people like him,they are fanatics and will support the devil himself as long as they see him hurting any one that is Muslim or middle eastern. Even if that middle eastern is not a Muslim.To they Trump is a defender of Christianity, which is funny.
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by bptc10: 1:01pm On Jan 11, 2020
where do you get your information that Pakistan has 200 warhead?
Ibrahimmrfish:

OK,now see.So a Muslim nation can not have a nuclear weapon.Sorry to bust your bubble,i am sure your ignorant @ss don't know that Pakistan which is also Muslim country have about 200 and still increasing it.Extremist ignorant donkey.No one should have nuclear weapon, but if some have it,then every one should also have.
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by Stanbaba30: 1:04pm On Jan 11, 2020
Its deeply saddening how innocent lives are taking by the stupidity if a country that craves for power and authority when they do not have direction. I pity the Iranian people, because they are capable of being annihilated by their own military. To bad.
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by abeeee(m): 1:05pm On Jan 11, 2020
Temptee101:


Mr ITK, tell me what you think you know that is happening.

Typical market woman, you are at home but you know what is being sold at the market

Spits
You must be a very naive and uneducated person..........

...will you blame the United States for the hundreds of thousands of innocent souls that has been killed this way......


Do you know how many drone strikes has killed innocent persons.......

Oh you actually don't know........

If you don't know the United States is responsible for ousting over 54 democratically elected leaders and many of which led to death of these same leaders and their families some here in Africa and even in this same Iran...... The issues they have now started when the United States with the help of the CIA ousted mossagdeh who was a democratically elected pPrime Ministe........after powers was granted to the shah.....ayatollah ruholah khomeni headed the Islamic revolution that brought the current Iran to be while in exile....... So I hate it when fools that are just getting to know nothing talks just because internet is now easy to navigate and because any idiot can buy a phone and say rubbish online I hate it




Spits... On your parents head......
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by philip0906(m): 1:08pm On Jan 11, 2020
lexy2014:


Am sure u can prove that am a terrorist. I would also like u to prove how I have become a problem to d US. I would really love if u could do that.

In trying to "make d world a safer place", d US has inadvertently created all these entities that u call terrorists. How is that making d world a safer place? Or can u prove that these entities u refer to as terrorists didn't emerge as a result of US global interventionists politics?
No one cares if they are terrorists and blown their own people up. At the end of the day, they have been at the receiving end and have lost more of their people...so no one cares.

America on the other hand, is safe and secure from terrorists and helping the free world to also enjoy same. Israel in the middle east too, is doing a perfect job in keeping the blood thirsty allah worshipers, at bay.

So for all the world cares, the middle east can boil and blow up all the children of allah, na them know.

And yea, you're a terrorist because you have been supporting a rogue islamist nation.

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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by Ken4Christ: 1:08pm On Jan 11, 2020
It's just like saying I shot my son thinking he was an armed robber. There were more Iranians in that plan than any other nationals. Retaliation will happen when they least expect it.
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by Ibrahimmrfish(m): 1:08pm On Jan 11, 2020
bptc10:
where do you get your information that Pakistan has 200 warhead?
WORLD NEWS
MARCH 1, 2019 / 1:44 PM / 10 MONTHS AGO
Factbox: India and Pakistan - nuclear arsenals and strategies
Zeba Siddiqui
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - This week’s conflict between India and Pakistan, which involved air strikes in each other’s territories for the first time by the two nuclear-armed nations, has sparked fears of a nuclear confrontation.
Below is a look at their nuclear capabilities:
COMPARABLE ARSENALS
India has much stronger conventional armed forces than Pakistan, but both countries have comparable nuclear arsenals.
Pakistan has 140-150 nuclear warheads compared to India’s 130-140 warheads, according to a 2018 report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
They are comparable in the sense that both have the capability to strike each other’s territories and cause immense damage and massive loss of life.
India’s nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine “INS Arihant” became operational last year, giving the country a “nuclear triad” – the ability to launch nuclear strikes by land, air and sea.
Pakistan is working on sea-launched cruise missiles to complete its own triad.
Pakistan has longer-range nuclear weapons, such as the Shaheen 3 missile that can reach India’s Andaman Islands near Southeast Asia. India is developing long-range ballistic missiles able to strike targets across China.
“I think the most important thing to take away about the nuclear capabilities ... is that they both hold each other vulnerable, which means a nuclear conflict in South Asia would be devastating,” said Ankit Panda, an adjunct senior fellow at the Washington D.C.-based Federation of American Scientists.
“They can hit each other’s key urban centers,” he added.
DOCTRINE
India has a “no first use” policy, meaning it has pledged to not strike first. It aims to make retaliatory strikes so powerful that an opponent would be unable to strike back.
Pakistan has not stated a “no first use” policy and there is little known about its nuclear doctrine.
“Pakistan tends to use its nuclear capabilities to act as a deterrent for any kind of military intervention by India,” said Grace Liu, a research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
“If there had to be a first use between India and Pakistan it would seem that it would be by Pakistan,” she said.
However, if faced with the threat of a nuclear attack, India could strike first. “You can always come back later and say ‘we had been provoked to this point’,” said Pervez Hoodbhoy, a prominent nuclear physicist based in Islamabad.
HISTORY
India and Pakistan have taken different paths to develop their nuclear arsenals.
India is believed to have sought nuclear capabilities after its defeat in a brief 1962 border war with China.
For Pakistan, weapons experts say it was the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 that led to the independence of Bangladesh and proved a turning point for Islamabad.
“Pakistan sees nuclear weapons as the only way to prevent a repeat of something like 1971 ever happening again, when its territory was effectively cut in half, with Bangladesh created out of what used to be East Pakistan,” said Panda.
Since then, the countries have engaged in an arms race that has outpaced traditional nuclear rivals. “I don’t think we see the level of tit-for-tat development between the U.S. and Russia that we do in the India and Pakistan programs,” said Liu.
AMBITIONS
India in recent years has developed solid fuel missiles in canisters that require warheads to be already fitted onto the missiles, increasing the turnaround time of the weapon. Previously, it said it kept warheads separate from missiles.
“That makes things a little bit easier to use if you’re India, but it also makes Pakistan worry more about India potentially breaking its ‘no first use’ pledge,” said Panda.
While Pakistan has been more vocal about its nuclear prowess, some analysts say, India – which is building nuclear plants for power generation – is more measured.
“India tries to be very, very careful and very, very secretive about the role of its nuclear weapons because making them public does not benefit the kind of status it seeks in the world community,” Panda said.
RISKS
The risk of rogue elements gaining control of nuclear weapons is higher in Pakistan, home to several militant groups, including some that have attacked its military facilities.
As for the threat of actual nuclear war, some experts say Pakistan sees the weapons more as a deterrent to prevent a situation from escalating.
“The core objective is to get international attention,” said Sadia Tasleem, a professor of defense studies at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad. “It’s about sending a signal that this option is being considered.”
“Nuclear weapons these days are maintained mainly to avoid asymmetry,” said Air Marshal V. Patney, an executive committee member at the New Delhi-based Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis.
Reporting by Zeba Siddiqui in NE
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by Ewedegubbler: 1:09pm On Jan 11, 2020
This is why China has banned Islam and branded it as mental illness. See the people wey wan get nuclear weapons, Their greatest problem is they always act with emotions instead of their head. They waste time shouting 'Al-kabar', 'death to infidels', 'death to American instead of strategizing and working on efficiency ...
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by philip0906(m): 1:09pm On Jan 11, 2020
Ibrahimmrfish:

OK,now see.So a Muslim nation can not have a nuclear weapon.Sorry to bust your bubble,i am sure your ignorant @ss don't know that Pakistan which is also Muslim country have about 200 and still increasing it.Extremist ignorant donkey.No one should have nuclear weapon, but if some have it,then every one should also have.
200 what? Missiles? Or what? grin

Gedifork man!
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by Empiree: 1:13pm On Jan 11, 2020
philip0906:

You petty terrorist!!

Iran that cannot differentiate enemy planes from civilian airplane, but wants to go to war with a more sophisticated country?

Irony is their citizens are the highest hit. Ediots!
as if you care so much about civilians?. Civilians have been killed in the middle East and around the world but you modafikas muted because it was not in your interest. Now bcus of your hatred for one side you suddenly care about civilians.

Anofia

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Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by Ibrahimmrfish(m): 1:14pm On Jan 11, 2020
philip0906:

200 what? Missiles? Or what? grin

Gedifork man!
Google is your friend, you can use it for other things not just nairaland and porn.
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by bptc10: 1:18pm On Jan 11, 2020
Does your respond confirm the 200 you mention?
Ibrahimmrfish:
WORLD NEWS
MARCH 1, 2019 / 1:44 PM / 10 MONTHS AGO
Factbox: India and Pakistan - nuclear arsenals and strategies
Zeba Siddiqui
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - This week’s conflict between India and Pakistan, which involved air strikes in each other’s territories for the first time by the two nuclear-armed nations, has sparked fears of a nuclear confrontation.
Below is a look at their nuclear capabilities:
COMPARABLE ARSENALS
India has much stronger conventional armed forces than Pakistan, but both countries have comparable nuclear arsenals.
Pakistan has 140-150 nuclear warheads compared to India’s 130-140 warheads, according to a 2018 report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
They are comparable in the sense that both have the capability to strike each other’s territories and cause immense damage and massive loss of life.
India’s nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine “INS Arihant” became operational last year, giving the country a “nuclear triad” – the ability to launch nuclear strikes by land, air and sea.
Pakistan is working on sea-launched cruise missiles to complete its own triad.
Pakistan has longer-range nuclear weapons, such as the Shaheen 3 missile that can reach India’s Andaman Islands near Southeast Asia. India is developing long-range ballistic missiles able to strike targets across China.
“I think the most important thing to take away about the nuclear capabilities ... is that they both hold each other vulnerable, which means a nuclear conflict in South Asia would be devastating,” said Ankit Panda, an adjunct senior fellow at the Washington D.C.-based Federation of American Scientists.
“They can hit each other’s key urban centers,” he added.
DOCTRINE
India has a “no first use” policy, meaning it has pledged to not strike first. It aims to make retaliatory strikes so powerful that an opponent would be unable to strike back.
Pakistan has not stated a “no first use” policy and there is little known about its nuclear doctrine.
“Pakistan tends to use its nuclear capabilities to act as a deterrent for any kind of military intervention by India,” said Grace Liu, a research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.
“If there had to be a first use between India and Pakistan it would seem that it would be by Pakistan,” she said.
However, if faced with the threat of a nuclear attack, India could strike first. “You can always come back later and say ‘we had been provoked to this point’,” said Pervez Hoodbhoy, a prominent nuclear physicist based in Islamabad.
HISTORY
India and Pakistan have taken different paths to develop their nuclear arsenals.
India is believed to have sought nuclear capabilities after its defeat in a brief 1962 border war with China.
For Pakistan, weapons experts say it was the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 that led to the independence of Bangladesh and proved a turning point for Islamabad.
“Pakistan sees nuclear weapons as the only way to prevent a repeat of something like 1971 ever happening again, when its territory was effectively cut in half, with Bangladesh created out of what used to be East Pakistan,” said Panda.
Since then, the countries have engaged in an arms race that has outpaced traditional nuclear rivals. “I don’t think we see the level of tit-for-tat development between the U.S. and Russia that we do in the India and Pakistan programs,” said Liu.
AMBITIONS
India in recent years has developed solid fuel missiles in canisters that require warheads to be already fitted onto the missiles, increasing the turnaround time of the weapon. Previously, it said it kept warheads separate from missiles.
“That makes things a little bit easier to use if you’re India, but it also makes Pakistan worry more about India potentially breaking its ‘no first use’ pledge,” said Panda.
While Pakistan has been more vocal about its nuclear prowess, some analysts say, India – which is building nuclear plants for power generation – is more measured.
“India tries to be very, very careful and very, very secretive about the role of its nuclear weapons because making them public does not benefit the kind of status it seeks in the world community,” Panda said.
RISKS
The risk of rogue elements gaining control of nuclear weapons is higher in Pakistan, home to several militant groups, including some that have attacked its military facilities.
As for the threat of actual nuclear war, some experts say Pakistan sees the weapons more as a deterrent to prevent a situation from escalating.
“The core objective is to get international attention,” said Sadia Tasleem, a professor of defense studies at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad. “It’s about sending a signal that this option is being considered.”
“Nuclear weapons these days are maintained mainly to avoid asymmetry,” said Air Marshal V. Patney, an executive committee member at the New Delhi-based Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis.
Reporting by Zeba Siddiqui in NE
Re: Iran Says It ‘unintentionally’ Shot Down Ukrainian Jetliner by Trump2020: 1:18pm On Jan 11, 2020
abeeee:

Ozwo if you don't understand what somebody is saying or you don't have something meaningful to bring from your head this year why don't you go help your step mother with the dishes before your fake father comes home cow
Another terrorist or sympathizer sighted

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