The nuclear danger at sea

Dawn’s October 23 editorial rightly warned about India’s nuclear-armed submarine patrols. The danger is larger than a new vessel at sea. It is a sea-based nuclear force growing alongside precision-strike capabilities, missile defence and a false confidence in initiating military action. Imagining that these developments confer a first-strike advantage or create a safe space for war is imprudent. Pakistan has the capability and resolve to preserve the strategic balance. Retired Lt-Gen Mazhar Jamil, Adviser to the National Command Authority, warned at the International Institute for Strategic…