TY  - BOOK
AU  - SMITH Chris
TI  - India's ad hoc arsenal: direction or drift in defence policy?
SN  - 019829168X (hbk.)
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Oxford, UK
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - DEFENCE EXPENDITURE
KW  - DEFENCE INDUSTRY
KW  - DEFENCE POLICY
KW  - DEFENCE PROCUREMENT
KW  - INDIA
KW  - NUCLEAR WARFARE
N2  - Examines the rationale behind India's defence procurement decisions, and in particular its nuclear weapons programme, concluding that the quest for great power status rather than the real needs of national security have been at the heart of political decision making
ER  -