Ahyousha Khan

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    Ahyousha Khan

    The writer is "Research Associate" at Islamabad Based Think-tank "Strategic Vision Institute"

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  • 28th NSG Plenary: National Interests or Non-proliferation Norms0

    By: Ahyousha Khan      14/6/2018 Another year has elapsed, and future of South Asian non-NPT states aspiring to become a member of Nuclear Suppliers Group is still hanging in the air. Now as 28th NSG plenary is approaching, the time has come to see whether the efforts made by India and Pakistan will be

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  • 20 Years of Overt Nuclearization and Deterrence Stability in South Asia0

    By: Ahyousha Khan      28/5/2018 May 2018 will mark 20 years of “overt” nuclearization of South Asia wherein one is reminded of the nuclear tests at Chagai and Pokhran-II, which established nuclear deterrence between India and Pakistan. However, it pertinent to mention that the nuclearization of South Asia started with India’s so-called peaceful explosion

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  • South Asian Strategic Stability and Indian Nuclear Bomb0

    by Ahyousha Khan      15/5/2018 In the history of proliferation, the month of May is of great significance for the South Asian region as in this month both India and Pakistan tested their nuclear weapons. South Asian nuclearization is still interesting, dynamic and dangerous enough to be the issue of concern for not only

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  • Babur Missile Test: Pakistan validating its Second-Strike Capability0

    By: Ahyousha Khan  30/4/2018 In March 2018, Pakistan test-fired its indigenous submarine-launched cruise missile named Babur-3. It was the second test of Babur-3 after the first missile test in January 2017. The missile was fired from a submersible platform off the Pakistani coast and successfully met all the test parameters. Pakistan’s sea-launched cruise missile has

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  • Optical Missile Tracking Systems and Minimum Credible Deterrence0

    By: Ahyousha Khan      12/4/2018 There was a time in human history when nuclear technology was the “it” technology; no one could imagine anything beyond it. The destruction and wrath it brought were not only terrifying but mesmerizing. It was fascinating for ordinary people, leaders, scientists and states that the smallest particle of matter

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  • Hurdles in Pakistan’s Quest for Reaching Space0

    By: Ahyousha Khan       23/3/18 Space exploration is an expensive national objective for the state to pursue. Also, if a state is a developing country facing much pressing traditional and non-traditional threats, space exploration tends to end up an optional objective. Every state has a right to prioritize whichever national objective it wants to

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  • Nuclear Deterrence and Doctrines in South Asia0

    By: Ahyousha Khan     27/2/2018   Even after witnessing the harrowing devastation of nuclear bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WW2 many states still wanted to have nuclear bombs in their arsenals. States knew the potential of nuclear weapons to inflict unacceptable damage yet they chose to develop these arsenals. The reason behind the pursuit

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  • India’s Unmanned Armed Vehicle (UAV) Capabilities0

    By: Ahyousha Khan     9/2/2018 Technology has made it possible for humans to inflict wrath, fire, and fury with bullets and firepower without even being physically present. Unmanned Armed Vehicles (UAV) is one such invention that gets the credit for relieving the human generation from facing the direct impact of their doings. However, simultaneously it

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  • SAARC Satellite: India Sugarcoating its Military Ambitiousness0

    • Blog
    • January 25, 2018

    By: Ahyousha Khan The 21st century has brought many changes. There have been new trends in international arena like information technology, globalization, geo-economics and regional integration. States are relying on regional cooperation and integration to achieve their economic and developmental goals. However, even in 21stcentury regional integration is one thing South Asian states are infamous

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  • Pakistan’s Harba Naval Cruise Missile Test and Deterrence in the Indian Ocean0

    • Blog
    • January 11, 2018

    By Ahyousha Khan; January 10, 2018 The year 2017, ended with the commitment by Pakistan to acquire deterrence at all spectrums of threat. At the meeting of National Command and Control Authority, Pakistan resolved to a policy of Full Spectrum Deterrence, which is in line with the policy of Credible Minimum Deterrence. So, to validate

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  • Defiance of Nuclear Deterrence and Indian Space Militarization0

    By: Ahyousha Khan     27, December 2017 For South Asian Nuclear Deterrence, the year 2017 was quite arduous owing to the unending arms race in the region between two bellicose nuclear neighbors. If we look at the arms race trajectory of South Asia, first it was only limited to terrestrial bases but in recent years

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  • Nuclear Deterrence and Pakistan’s Second Strike Capability in Indian Ocean Region0

    • Blog
    • December 16, 2017

    By Ahyousha Khan To make nuclear deterrence work without any hurdles, states desire invincibility for their nuclear arsenals against the threat of being taken out in first attack massive retaliation from the enemy. Enemy’s lack of ability to wage an aggression is the role assigned to nuclear deterrence. If nuclear arms race between two nuclear

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  • Cyber Securitization: Need of the Hour for Pakistan0

    by Ahyousha Khan November 24, 2017 Security ensures survivability of a state. No state in history has survived without securing itself. However, what is security for a state is debatable. But, most states consider they are secure if their physical boundaries are intact. Nevertheless, the invention of information technology and cyberspace has considerably changed these

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  • Surgical Strikes and Deterrence Stability in South Asia0

    by Ahyousha Khan In April 2017, India announced its Joint Military Force Doctrine to counter “full spectrum of Military Conflicts.” One of the significant developments in this doctrine is Indian infatuation of “surgical strikes” with the usage of this term first time in September 2016. It was claimed that surgical strike strategy was opted to

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