Whatever little I have read about Pakistani doctrine about the bomb, they have four doomsday scenarios, sketched out in broad outline - loss of strategic masses of territory, loss of strategic proportion of the Armed Forces, and so on. They apparently plan to press the button if these four conditions are met. There did not seem to have been an option for tactical deployment and use.
Perhaps someone wiser and better informed (that covers quite a bit of ground!) can throw some light on this. bonobashi --- On Wed, 20/8/08, Balaji Dutt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Balaji Dutt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [silk] Vir Sanghvi on Kashmir To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Wednesday, 20 August, 2008, 1:16 PM On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This exchange brings to mind the first episode of Yes Prime Minister > in which Jim Hacker and his Chief Scientific Advisor debate whether > the Russians would invade Western Europe and when (and if) the PM > would press The Button. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX_d_vMKswE I can't watch video at work, but I love Yes Prime Minister :) > The Pakistani military would be out of its mind to try an out and out > invasion. Winning the Peace with an occupational army would nigh > impossible. And I suspect the ISI's involvement in funding > secessionist groups in Kashmir is part of their Salami tactics. > True - but this is entirely a thought experiment. Download prohibited? No problem. CHAT from any browser, without download. Go to http://in.webmessenger.yahoo.com/
