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India needs enough warheads and delivery systems able to survive a combined first strike by Pakistan and China and still wipe both of them out. Anything less than MAD is not deterrence. India also needs a policy of any nuclear strike by Pakistan, China or some Mujahdeen means instant and total retaliation. China has to keep Pakistan in control and Pakistan needs to control its holy warriors.
Energy for India is decidedly a secondary concern given its encirclement by nuclear armed states who have not shown a desire to act in a mature manner.
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