From the Managing Editor

It is our constant endeavour to improve the quality and range of articles for the discerning readers of the Journal of Defence Studies. Your feedback and constructive criticism will spur us on to make even greater effort in future. We are also trying to reach out to a larger number of authors with new ideas to convey. The present issue before you carries articles and commentaries covering subjects like internal security, defence procurement and quality assurance, maritime security and laws covering incidents at sea, nuclear proliferation and influence of nuclear weapons on political decision-making during war, intriguing behaviour by China and naval weapon systems.