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India and Pakistan are getting chippy
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:34 pm
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India on Tuesday launched airstrikes across its border with Pakistan in a military escalation after a terror attack in Kashmir left 40 Indian troops dead, and Pakistan immediately convened a meeting of its nuclear commanders.
Gun fighting on the ground broke out along India and Pakistan's de facto border after what Vipin Narang, an MIT professor and an expert on the two country's conventional and nuclear forces, called "India's most significant airstrike against Pak in half a century."
The strikes happened after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unleashed the military to respond however it saw fit after the terror attack, which India blames on Islamic militants based in Pakistan.
India and Pakistan, which have been engaged in a bitter rivalry for decades, have fought three wars over the disputed territory, and analysts are closely watching the crisis for clues about whether it could escalate from airstrikes to a heightened nuclear posture.
Pakistan denies any involvement in the terror attack but swiftly "took control" of the Jaish-e-Mohammed militant camp in question.
Read more: Pakistan readies military, hospitals for war with its nuclear rival India after Pulwama terror attack
?Political map of the Kashmir region districts, showing the Pir Panjal range and the Kashmir valley or Vale of Kashmir.CIA via Wikimedia Commons
India said its airstrikes killed as many as 300 Muslim separatist militants, but it is unclear whether the attack had any effect. Pakistan said its air force scrambled fighter jets and chased India off, forcing the jets to hastily drop their bombs in an unpopulated area, and Pakistan's prime minister called India's claims "fictitious."
For the mission, India flew its Mirage 2000 jets, which it uses as part of its nuclear deterrence. The jets dropped more than 2,000 pounds of laser-guided bombs, according to News18.com. As a branch of India's nuclear forces, the Mirage 2000 fleet has some of the most ready aircraft and pilots, India Today reported.
The strike took place about 30 miles deep into Pakistan's territory in a town called Balakot, Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said at a press conference.
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Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:36 pm to Jim Rockford
The Indian spokesman said this morning that flying planes into Pakistan and dropping bombs couldn’t possible be considered an act of war.
Hmmmm.
Hmmmm.
This post was edited on 2/26/19 at 4:37 pm
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:36 pm to Jim Rockford
two nuclear powers starting to shoot at one another probably isnt ideal
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:37 pm to JudgeHolden
quote:sounds like a Putinism
The Indian spokesman said this morning that flying planes into Pakistan and dropping bombs couldn’t possible be considered an act of war.
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:38 pm to WestCoastAg
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wo nuclear powers starting to shoot at one another probably isnt ideal
They do this rather often. Pay them no mind, they aren't going to listen to the West anyways. That conflict is older than our civilization.
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:38 pm to WestCoastAg
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two nuclear powers starting to shoot at one another probably isnt ideal
They’ll cause thousands of dollars of damage
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:38 pm to Jim Rockford
They've been mobilized in the Kashmir region since 1948 in reality
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:39 pm to Jim Rockford
Sounds like the curry is about to get EXTRA spicy
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:40 pm to LordSaintly
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They’ll cause thousands of dollars of damage
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:42 pm to KiwiHead
quote:thanks britain
They've been mobilized in the Kashmir region since 1948 in reality
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:42 pm to ForeverLSU02
We did the exact same thing in Syria
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:42 pm to Jim Rockford
Things are escalating quickly.
India is mobilizing its forces of telemarketers to blow up every Pakistani phone.
India is mobilizing its forces of telemarketers to blow up every Pakistani phone.
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:42 pm to WestCoastAg
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two nuclear powers starting to shoot at one another probably isn't ideal
Unless one has an extra billion people to spare.
Billion.
With a B.
India has 60kt weapons and a lot more of them if I remember right.
They could glass every densely populated area in pakistan.
This post was edited on 2/26/19 at 4:52 pm
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:42 pm to WestCoastAg
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two nuclear powers starting to shoot at one another probably isnt ideal
why not? let them fight literally on the other side of the world. Tell them to put the wrong coordinates in a few times and blow up the middle east too.
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:45 pm to WestCoastAg
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thanks britain
No truer words have been spoken. They are the reason for much of the mess in the Middle East as well
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:51 pm to Jim Rockford
Dont you damn right me!
We will bomb you
And we will be bombing you as well
We will bomb you
And we will be bombing you as well
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:53 pm to KiwiHead
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They are the reason for much of the mess in the Middle East as well
No, I blame the Nazis. Because if they wouldn't have gotten the bright idea to kill Jews, the Middle East be a safe paradise.
This post was edited on 2/26/19 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 2/26/19 at 4:54 pm to KiwiHead
Pakistan will be favored by US because US needs access to middle east. While Pakistan supports and is also apparently fighting terrorism.
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