I can confirm to you that Pathankot does not house any N weapon or even a non mated warhead.. My confirmation is purely from personal capacity with people of power corridors in the GOI and all of them are non politicians. Also this was one of the first question i had asked them too.. The MIgs are not N delivery system nor any Missile group is there in pathankot..The N weapons and warheads are handled by SFC and as of now i can say it has a 7 tier security ring at multiple places across India. The inner 4 rings are manned by Units which does not exist in any books and are unaccounted for. They are chosen very early from various forces for different strategic purposes and are fully undercover. The last 3 rings are the people whom you can find in various media as protecting vital assets. Also, under the black project investment, the surveillance of inner 5th and 6th ring carries technology from Israel and that surveillance cum detection technology is not deployed in any other places in India. Lastly the tier 5, 6 and 7 unit is trained by a combination Israeli and Russian Special Forces.
So your fear of N weapons falling in rogue hands is not only a flawed logic but rather beyond comprehension. If a terrorists can get into a 7 tier security then you need to think where else they can get into in this whole world
The fwd bases atm does nt deploy any N weapon as it is peace time. IF any N weapons and N delivery system needs to be delivered India will require upto 72 hours for deployment as well as follow up measures after Nuke Strike. The follow up measures includes something similar to Cold Start Doctrine but is under another name with constitution of the forces albeit a bit different.
BTW there were 2 strike corps within touching distance of Pakistan border when this terrorists strike in Pathankot took place. The third strike corps could also come in.. If you want details here it is - The Bina based strike corp was on Rajasthan border right after the strike and Chandimandir based strike corp was guaranteed to reach in less than 24 hours The Mathura based strike corp needing mobilisation wanted 60 hours to reach their designated point. Mind you all of them are carrying conventional strike packages. This option was presented to PM NaMo by Army Chief, DM MP and NSA Doval. He btw politely said to "keep them on toes but i dont think we need to use them."
The intelligence led to two part approach.. Whatever could be done inside the base it was done accordingly. Outside the base protection comes under the purview of Police for law and order, installation of multiple check posts and checking for authenticated people driving cars inside the city. It is this part which is gone kaput. The Punjab police by not doing this checking goofed up. Bcz of this inaction, they could enter with one team via Car and entrance. Mind you car was also carrying a Blue Siren.
The second team infiltration is a inside job which all evidence point to Sp and driver being part of that mission. So, deploying howsoever teams inside the base, it was evidently clear that the engagement became two front and no one knew of exact numbers. We were successful in killing them and protecting our base and civilians but there are gaps as DM MP himself admitted. We will come to know of them either publically (mostly not possible) or via sources..
