Defcon.. Look at the events preceding to India's decision to intervene.
And look how inaction after 1971 led to current crisis.
The migration. That was the threat which forced us to intervene. Inaction to deport and de-radicalise which became crisis today.
Neither the problem, nor the solution came from weapons of pak military. Similarly, the real threat today is porus border threating our national security. And real solution is deter, detect, deport followed by cleanup of jihadi ideology. Today we see jihad manifesting as terrorism. In history, it's the jihadi which led to Islamic jihadi army under caliphate destroying pluralistic civilisations. Like crusaders.
As for your comparison with cuba, ukraine, Taiwan, venezuela.. they are worng comparison because:
During USA vs USSR.. their respective homelands were far away. Barring alaska with little population and virtually zero industry.. they did not share any border. So, a missile in Cuba was way bigger threat than a missile in Moscow back then. Especially, Cuba was USA's backyard with near zero competition before USSR. Same with NATO and Ukraine and why Russia is irritated by missiles in Ukraine when same missiles are already in UK. Japan, Korea, Taiwan being threat to China and breaking the barrier of second island chain being threat to US homeland. Even with Hypersonics already in play and Chinese dominance in immediate SCS.
For India.. we already share border with Pak and China. We need and (hopefully) are timely developing counters to them. I agree that nuclear missile will be threat if placed in BD, but it's unlikely and even a pact including nuclear cover will be inviting consequences that BD can't absorb. When talking about conventional missiles... No missile in BD is more of a threat than Missiles with Chinese placed in Tibet, near our borders. It will not proportionally increase threat perception vis a vis opening up gaps in international forums for Bombing BD out. Weakening the very ecosystem and narrative that west relies on.
PLease identify the real threat. It's not missile. It's jihadi. And if only bullets were answer.. israel would've solved Palestine issue by now.
