To my way of thinking India with the nukes & large conventional military it has to be considered at least a regional power.
UN security council permanent members should be US, EU (the EU should represent all EU member countries as one nation), Russia, China, India & Pakistan ( as the representative of the Sunni Islamic world). Some consideration should also be given to the non-nuclear states of Brazil & South Africa as representatives of the South American countries & black African Countries respectively.
@ Riniojet There was a suggestion about a strong EMP being used to knock out nuclear weapon systems but that is the first thing they would be shielded for.
No....I never implied an EMP would be used to knock out any Pakistani or Indian Siloed Nukes.
You are correct...they are shielded from this.
What would happe is U.S. Quantum Processing Computers exist at over the 1000 Quibit Level now.
We can crack any Launch Code and install a Algorythmic Directive that willl not allow a launch.
If you have doubts about this U.S. Cyber Command and Private U.S. Military Contractors in thie field....Google about how SOME UNKNOWN GROUP.....was able to install a Virus into 2 Iranian Underground Nuclear Facilities that had Ten's of Thousand's of CENTRIFUGES runing night and day to enrich Reactor Grade Uranium to WEAPONS GRADE URANIUM.
This UNKNOWN GROUP...was able to penetrate two secret Underground Iranaian Nuclear Facilities and install a Program that made the Cetrifuges RUN AT THE WRONG RATE OF VELOCITY!!!
To enrich Uranium from Reactor Grade to weapons Grade you need to do this with thousands of Centriguges as this is a very old way of doing enrichment as Iran does not have the Technology Level of Russia or the U.S.
This Viral Program installed not only had the centrifuges running at the wrong velocity but as well had the Mainframe Computer as well as EACH INDIVIDUAL CETRIFUGE DIAGNOSTIC telling the Iranian's everything was running at proper spefications.
THEY WERE NOT!!!
This set back Iranian Uraniam Enrichment back 12 to 18 months.
We can blast through any firewall.....as we are the ONLY NATION....well the U.S. and CANADA....that is currently using Quantum Processors, Computers and Systems which can blast though 5024 Bit Algorythmic Ecription and well above that as well.
We can SHUT DOWN a Nation like India or Pakistan's ability to Launch ICBM's.
The Non-Nuclear EMP's would be used to render INERT Large Divisions of Mechanized Forces.