Lt Gen D.B. Shekatkar, former additional director-general, military operations, and additional director-general, perspective planning (covering among other things nuclear doctrine and planning), retired from the army on March 31 this year. In addition to the two postings, he has also been a divisional commander in Kashmir, a corps commander in the northeast and commandant of the prestigious Infantry School. Excerpts from an interview to
The army top brass is worried about Pakistan threatening to use a nuclear weapon and say this should not be treated casually. What is your perception?
Does Pakistan possess a tactical nuclear weapon?
Is Pakistan capable of using a tactical nuclear weapon?
There is this theory among various nuclear analysts that Pakistan does not possess the technology to miniaturise a nuclear weapon, leave alone having a weapons delivery system...
So should the threat of a tactical nuclear strike by Pakistan inhibit our strategy?
So what is our best option in the current stand-off?
