What exactly is this IAF contingencies that you are imagining. Its always dropping bombs on some terrorist hideouts which is always changing.After decades of cht flaring up in Kashmir I can't believe IAF had no contingencies to quickly strike back within 24hours? Now all the hype coming from India for over a week has given PAF enough time to prepare putting their fighters on alert status very likely giving PAF the opportunity to intercept incoming IAF aircraft if use for retaliation.
No wonder there's talk about just using missiles.
He is not really an expert by any measure.I am having many conversations on India-Pakistan crisis and hearing that New Delhi in fact doesn’t want to start a broader war because it isn’t well prepared to handle the potential fallout. Rather, India is likely to pursue targeted strikes, to include missile attacks against terrorist facilities, to symbolically demonstrate strength and avoid any major Pakistani retaliation—but this can hardly be guaranteed.
I reckon we'll see if India proves the so-called "experts" wrong.
There is no reason to directly attack Pakistani state. There is no "broader war" planned, Its always targeted strikes on terroists. The issue is about Pakistan state using Jihad as a tool of statecraft. Which will always be abhorrent for any civilized nation-state.

Strategic front story teller.




