Arms Control Today, June 1st, 2005
India celebrated the anniversary of its constitution Jan. 26 with the annual Republic Day parade along New Delhi's imperial Rajpath. All the armed services were there, including horse and camel companies, but the culmination was the passing Prithvi and Agni ballistic missiles. Two months later, it was Pakistan's turn, rolling out four ballistic missiles, including the 2,000-kilometer-range Shaheen-2, for the Pakistan Day military parade and cultural pageant.1
As symbols, missiles remain unsurpassed. They are the ultimate visible manifestation of many countries' military power (nuclear bombs a...
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