“Pakistan’s Illusion of bleeding Bharat under the Shield of Nuclear Deterrence lies in ruins — Just like its Air Bases”, Swarajyamag, May 11, 2025:
“The first and most important lesson of Operation Sindoor is this: Bharat has established that it can punish Pakistan decisively even under the nuclear overhang.
When Bharat and Pakistan fought the Kargil War in 1999, both were nuclear-armed states. Yet, that conflict remained relatively contained. The war was fought in the harsh terrains of Kargil, within a narrow sector of the Line of Control (LoC), with limited objectives and an explicit Bharatiya decision to not cross the LoC or strike targets inside Pakistan.
Moreover, both countries were nascent nuclear powers then, still in the process of developing command and control protocols and maturing delivery systems…..”
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