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.