Published 1991
| Version v1
Book
Aadhi Raat Ke Baad (open-quotes After Midnightclose quotes)
Creators
Description
This chapter refers to a clock described in open-quotes The Bulletin of Atomic Scientistsclose quotes on which midnight would signal the outbreak of nuclear war between the superpowers and on which tension between the superpowers is reflected by the minutes left to midnight. The present discussion evaluates the likelihood of such a open-quotes midnightclose quotes occurring in South Asia, discusses the likely scenarios in a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan, and estimates the likely subsequent damage. This study discusses both the predictable and unpredictable effects of the use of nuclear weapons
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Westview Press.
- Imprint Place
- Boulder, CO (United States)
- Imprint Title
- Nuclear proliferation in South Asia: The prospects for arms control
- Imprint Pagination
- 397 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 23-61.
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 25007004
- Subject category
- S98: NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION;
- Descriptors DEI
- ARMS CONTROL; ASIA; BLAST EFFECTS; INDIA; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PAKISTAN; PROLIFERATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; WARFARE
- Descriptors DEC
- DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXPLOSIONS