India threatens war

[Imran Siddiqui]

Most of the tribes went caput when the kingdom of Israel had fallen.
The only tribe left, in significant numbers, was Yehuda, Jehuda, Jews.

Natan disagrees with you. And I'm more apt to believe him .

India's natural state is to be partitioned. A unified subcontinent is much more the exception than the rule. Even being in only three parts (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) is anomalous--it's usually been more like a dozen. There's a ton of distinct langauges, cultures and ethnic groups, with differences greater than those in the EU.

Ah, he speaks the truth. The subcontinent has a variety of cultures of its own. No pahs from me .

[lightblue]

Musharraf has said that Pakistan will use nuclear weapons if it is under serious threat. India has says that they will only use their nuclear capability in retaliation...

Lightblue's odds on nuclear war in the Indian subcontinent by the end of the year: 12-1
By the end of the decade: 3-1
Odds on general war without nuclear exchange this year: 2-1

[Ecthy]

Originally posted by Saint Marcus
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[chequita guevara]

I think war is likely within the week. Given India's numerical superiority, it might be that Pakistan will nuke Indian troops. However, according to those on this thread, India would only have superiority in a small operation. If a general war broke out, Pakistan would have the advantage, so rather than escalating to nukes, they may escalate to an full scale war, at which point India might feel the need to nuke Pakistan.

[Ecthy]

The question is: will they only nuke when their cities are in danger or also when their troops are inferior at some point? Civ or EU?

[Az]

I tend to think that if war breaks out , it will be pakistan who'll need the nukes first.

[Saint Marcus]

bye bye Delhi

how many people live there? 10-20 million?

[Ecthy]

are you certain they'd nuke a capital city at once?

[Lonestar]

Well, they might go after Bombay

[chequita guevara]

There's no reason to assume they'd go after each other's cities at first.

[Defiant]

Does either India or Pakistan have the capability of launching nukes or do they have to drop them? And if they do have launch vehicles, how far can they launch their nukes?

[Lonestar]

Heard on the Radio today that the Indians set their carrier to sea yesterday, and began moving ships from their "Eastern" squadron to their Western Squadron.


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[Az]

good point. I think they have 1000km ranged missiles, IIRC from newspaper reports. this will render new-delhi and bombay out of range, again, IIRC. but Karachi , the biggest pakistani city , is not safe , due to the superiority of the Indian Navy. they have a goddamn carrier.

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by Dalgetti
good point. I think they have 1000km ranged missiles, IIRC from newspaper reports. this will render new-delhi and bombay out of range, again, IIRC. but Karachi , the biggest pakistani city , is not safe , due to the superiority of the Indian Navy. they have a goddamn carrier.

Well, you gotta remeber, the damn thing is nearly 60 yrs old, and only has Harriers and Helicopters.

Although, India will supposebly be accepting the transfer of the Old soviet Admiral Gorshkov next year, after they fix it up a bit.

[Andrew1999]

Originally posted by Defiant
Does either India or Pakistan have the capability of launching nukes or do they have to drop them? And if they do have launch vehicles, how far can they launch their nukes?

They both have missiles for their nukes. India's can reach pretty much anywhere in Pakistan, but Pakistan's are much more limited. I think they'd get much more range dropping them off airplanes, but most of the news reports center on missiles, so maybe they're not considering bombers. A bomber would be much more vulnerable, of course.