Editing No first use (section)

===India===
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India first adopted a "no first use" policy after its second series of nuclear tests, [[Pokhran-II]], in 1998. In August 1999, the Indian government released a draft of the doctrine<ref name=NFU>{{cite web |title=Draft Report of National Security Advisory Board on Indian Nuclear Doctrine |url=http://www.indianembassy.org/policy/CTBT/nuclear_doctrine_aug_17_1999.html |url-status=dead |publisher=Indianembassy.org |access-date=30 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205231912/http://www.indianembassy.org/policy/CTBT/nuclear_doctrine_aug_17_1999.html |archive-date=December 5, 2009}}</ref> which asserts that nuclear weapons are solely for deterrence and that India will pursue a policy of "retaliation only". The document also maintains that India "will not be the first to initiate a nuclear first strike, but will respond with punitive retaliation should deterrence fail" and that decisions to authorise the use of nuclear weapons would be made by the prime minister or his "[[Order of succession|designated successor(s)]]".<ref name=NFU/> According to the [[National Research Development Corporation]], despite the [[2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff|escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan in 2001–2002]], India remained committed to its nuclear no-first-use policy.<ref>[shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/.../08_chapter%204.pdf A Rani (2013)]</ref>{{fcn|date=August 2023}} India is in the process of developing a nuclear doctrine based on "[[credible minimum deterrence]]".

In a speech at the [[National Defence College, India|National Defence College]] by India's [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]], [[Shivshankar Menon]], on October 21, 2010, the wording was changed from "no first use" to "no first use against non-nuclear weapon states",<ref>{{cite web |title=Shivshankar Menon at NDC (Speech) |url=http://indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/2010/newsDetails211010n.php |url-status=dead |access-date=April 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127042637/http://indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/2010/newsDetails211010n.php |archive-date=January 27, 2013}}</ref> but some argued that it was not a substantive change but "an innocent typographical or lexical error in the text of the speech".<ref>{{cite web |title=Did India Change its Nuclear Doctrine?: Much Ado about Nothing |url=https://idsa.in/idsacomments/DidIndiaChangeitsNuclearDoctrine_vnarang_010311 |publisher=Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses |access-date=June 19, 2019}}</ref> In April 2013, [[Shyam Saran]], convener of the [[National Security Advisory Board]], affirmed that regardless of the size of a nuclear attack against India, be it a [[tactical nuclear weapon]] or a [[strategic nuclear weapon]], India would retaliate massively.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bagchi |first=Indrani |title=Even a midget nuke strike will lead to massive retaliation, India warns Pak |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/even-a-midget-nuke-strike-will-lead-to-massive-retaliation-india-warns-pak/articleshow/19795988.cms |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=April 30, 2013 |access-date=April 30, 2013}}</ref> That was in response to reports that Pakistan had developed a tactical battlefield nuclear weapon in an attempt to supposedly nullify an Indian "no first use" retaliatory doctrine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Analysis: New Pakistani Tactical Nuclear Weapons&nbsp;— Implications And Ramifications |url=http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Analysis_New_Pakistani_Tactical_Nuclear_Weapons___Implications_And_Ramifications_999.html |newspaper=Space Daily |date=February 16, 2013}}</ref> In April 2014, before the general elections, Prime Minister Modi reiterated commitment to a no-first-use policy.<ref>{{cite news |title=Modi says committed to no first use of nuclear weapons |url=https://in.reuters.com/article/uk-india-election-nuclear-idINKBN0D20QB20140416 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=April 16, 2014 |access-date=June 19, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619182650/https://in.reuters.com/article/uk-india-election-nuclear-idINKBN0D20QB20140416 |archive-date=June 19, 2019}}</ref> On November 10, 2016, the Indian [[Defence Minister of India|Defence Minister]] [[Manohar Parrikar]] questioned the no-first-use policy of India, and asked why should India "bind" itself when it is a "responsible nuclear power". He clarified that it was his personal opinion.<ref>{{cite news |title=India's defense minister questions its no first-use nuclear policy — then says it's his personal opinion |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/11/10/indias-defense-minister-questions-its-no-first-use-nuclear-policy-then-says-its-his-personal-opinion/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=November 10, 2016 |access-date=August 16, 2019}}</ref>

Indian defence minister [[Rajnath Singh]], speaking on the anniversary of the death of former [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister]] [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] on August 16, 2019, said that India's no-first-use policy might change depending upon the "circumstances". Vajpayee's government conducted the [[Pokhran-II]] nuclear tests in 1998.<ref>{{cite news |title='No First Use' nuclear policy depends on circumstances: Rajnath Singh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/no-first-use-nuclear-policy-depends-on-circumstances-rajnath-singh/article29109149.ece |work=The Hindu |date=August 16, 2019 |access-date=August 16, 2019 |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>