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22-Jan-17 World View -- India begins deploying its 'Cold Start' military strategy against Pakistan

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:56 pm
by John
22-Jan-17 World View -- India begins deploying its 'Cold Start' military strategy against Pakistan

Russia and India declare their love for each other

** 22-Jan-17 World View -- India begins deploying its 'Cold Start' military strategy against Pakistan
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e170122




Contents:
India begins deploying its 'Cold Start' military strategy against Pakistan
Unintended consequence: Cold Start strategy may trigger nuclear war
Russia and India declare their love for each other


Keys:
Generational Dynamics, India, Pakistan, Russia, Cold Start,
Nitin Mehta, Gurmeet Kanwal, Khawaj Asif, Sergei Chemezov

Re: 22-Jan-17 World View -- India begins deploying its 'Cold Start' military strategy against Pakistan

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 5:46 pm
by Tom Mazanec
The objective would be to meet the military objective within a week, before Pakistan would have time to launch nuclear retaliatory strikes.

A week to launch nuclear retaliatory strikes!? I could see an hour, but why would it take Pakistan over a week to launch missiles or bombers?

Re: 22-Jan-17 World View -- India begins deploying its 'Cold Start' military strategy against Pakistan

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 5:49 pm
by John
Tom Mazanec wrote: > The objective would be to meet the military objective within a
> week, before Pakistan would have time to launch nuclear
> retaliatory strikes.

> A week to launch nuclear retaliatory strikes!? I could see
> an hour, but why would it take Pakistan over a week to launch
> missiles or bombers?
It's a little obscure, but I think the issue is that it would take
several days for Pakistan to decide whether to use nuclear weapons in
response to a small, quick military action using conventional weapons.

As the analysts I quoted point out, it's a highly risky strategy,
based on assumptions that may not be true.

Re: 22-Jan-17 World View -- India begins deploying its 'Cold Start' military strategy against Pakistan

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:34 am
by Guest
Wouldn't it be better to just nuke Pakistan in a surprise attack? From what I have read, Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is primitive.

Re: 22-Jan-17 World View -- India begins deploying its 'Cold Start' military strategy against Pakistan

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:01 am
by John
Guest wrote:Wouldn't it be better to just nuke Pakistan in a surprise attack? From what I have read, Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is primitive.
China would retaliate.

Re: 22-Jan-17 World View -- India begins deploying its 'Cold Start' military strategy against Pakistan

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:11 am
by Guest
John wrote:
Guest wrote:Wouldn't it be better to just nuke Pakistan in a surprise attack? From what I have read, Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is primitive.
China would retaliate.
Wouldn't a conventional attack via Cold Start also invite retaliation from China?

Re: 22-Jan-17 World View -- India begins deploying its 'Cold Start' military strategy against Pakistan

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 2:09 pm
by John
Guest wrote:
John wrote:
Guest wrote:Wouldn't it be better to just nuke Pakistan in a surprise attack? From what I have read, Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is primitive.
China would retaliate.
Wouldn't a conventional attack via Cold Start also invite retaliation from China?
No, because that would require China to declare war on India.

Re: 22-Jan-17 World View -- India begins deploying its 'Cold Start' military strategy against Pakistan

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:14 pm
by Guest
John wrote:
Guest wrote:
John wrote:
China would retaliate.
Wouldn't a conventional attack via Cold Start also invite retaliation from China?
No, because that would require China to declare war on India.
So if Pakistan was defeated conventionally, China would not intervene? Is that why Cold Start is India's best option?

Re: 22-Jan-17 World View -- India begins deploying its 'Cold Start' military strategy against Pakistan

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2017 9:17 pm
by John
Guest wrote:
John wrote:
Guest wrote:
Wouldn't a conventional attack via Cold Start also invite retaliation from China?
No, because that would require China to declare war on India.
So if Pakistan was defeated conventionally, China would not intervene? Is that why Cold Start is India's best option?
A small military operation is not a defeat for Pakistan.

Re: 22-Jan-17 World View -- India begins deploying its 'Cold Start' military strategy against Pakistan

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:02 pm
by Tom Mazanec
Of course if China did retaliate, America might counter-retaliate.