Spitfighter
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I have a question though ..... how ready would the Pakistani leadership be to nuke its own people were Indian forces to overrun a major Pakistani city, and poised to consolidate and push further?
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Doc,
If I understand the article correctly, the focus isn't going to be so much on capturing territory or their cities, rather all our efforts will be aimed at inflicting as much damage as possible on the Pakistani military.
Pakistan's primary population centers most notably Lahore and Islamabad are close to the border and are thus extremely vulnerable, however it is in India's interest not to exploit this weakness as any such move is likely to prompt a nuclear strike on major Indian population centers by Pakistan. Moreover, as the article states, India will not attempt any offensives in Punjab. Our efforts will probably be centered in Rajasthan & Gujrat.
I believe the two basic tenets of the strategy is firstly to force the Pakistani military to come out an fight (as no Pakistani government can ignore an Indian invasion), deteriorate their military beyond 'repair' (Pakistan would probably not be able to amass a military of the size and caliber for a long, long time) and secondly to fend off any Pakistani counter attack so as to deny them any bargaining chips.
India will not give Pakistan a reason to use nuclear weapons by a) not attacking any major cities and b) not threatening/attempting to sever the country in two. In any case, Pakistan would never attack its own citizens, it would attack ours if we forced their hand.
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