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

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

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


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

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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?
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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.

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Wouldn't it be better to just nuke Pakistan in a surprise attack? From what I have read, Pakistan's nuclear arsenal is primitive.

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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?

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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.

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Of course if China did retaliate, America might counter-retaliate.
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