Assume that India and Pakistan are engaged in an increasingly volatile situation over the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir with a Kargil type infiltration by Pakistan. A conventional war between both the countries is inevitable under the shadow of nuclear weapons. In this situation, what is the nuclear capacity that India should possess against Pakistan to deter a nuclear exchange?

• A. A first ‘use nuclear policy’
• B. A much larger nuclear arsenal than Pakistan
• C. A credible nuclear deterrence with second strike capability
• D. An intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of 5000 km