Indian military doctrines with 'poor' strategic sense of nuclear realities endanger South Asia: NCA adviser

Adviser to the National Command Authority (NCA) and former director general of the Strategic Plans Division (SPD) Lt Gen (retd) Mazhar Jamil has warned of the “risky” outcome for South Asia and beyond of a “dangerous ideology” shaping the Indian military mindset. “Indian military thinking is being shaped by a dangerous ideology, which conflates mythology with national power. The outcome is very risky and delusional Indian military doctrines with a poor strategic sense of nuclear realities are endangering South Asia and beyond,” he said in his key note address at a workshop titled ‘Nuclear…