[nukkad] Why Kashmir is not a dangerous flash point for World War III?

[Goyal Nitin <>]

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Between 61's and 80's, the cold war between US and USSR was such that if USA
launched a Nuke-loaded missile, USSR's satellites were capable of  informing
USSR army in 3 seconds, and in less than 45 seconds USSR would also launch
its counter-missile. US knew that, and therefore, never attempted to launch
one. 
Recent studies commissioned by US DOD included one likely scenario on a
nuclear war between India and Pakistan. 

INDO-PAK WAR... 
Pak army decides to launch a Nuke-missile towards India... They don't need
any permission from their government, and promptly launch the missile.
Indian technology is highly advanced. In less than 8 seconds, Indian  army
detects it and decides to launch a missile in retribution. But they need
permission from The Government of India. They submit their request to the
Indian President. 
The President forwards it to the Cabinet. The Prime Minister calls an
emergency Lok Sabha (i.e., LS) session. After three days, when the LS meets,
due to several walkouts and severe protest by the opposition, it gets
adjourned indefinitely. The President asks for a quick decision. 
In the meantime, the Pak missile failed to take off due to unknown reasons.
Their attempts for a relaunch are still on.   
Meanwhile, the Indian ruling party is reduced to minority because a party,
giving outside support, withdraws support. Therefore, its first task is now
to get majority. The President asks the PM to prove majority within a week.
Meanwhile, an external affairs spokesman requests Pak for some bilateral
talks, at the secretary and minister levels.   
Next week, as the ruling party was not able to get confidence vote, a
caretaker government is installed. The acting PM decides to permit the armed
forces to launch the Nuclear Missile. But the Election Commission says that
a caretaker government cannot take such a decision because elections are at
hand and this decision might affect the swing of votes in the election. 
A PIL (Public Interest Litigation) is filed in the Supreme Court of India,
alleging misuse of power by the Election commission. The Supreme Court comes
to the rescue of the PM, and says the acting PM is authorized to take this
decision, in the interests of the nation. 
 In between, one of the Pak missiles successfully took off, but it fell 367
miles away from the target on a government building at 11:00 AM. But there
were no casualties since no employee had reached the office by then. In any
case, the nuclear core of missile had detached some where in flight.   
Pakistan army is now trying to get better technologies from China and USA. 
US condemns the use of a nuclear missile by Pakistan, and offers to send its
seventh fleet in Indian Ocean. The Indian government, wary of the move,
declines. The Indian government finally decides to launch a nuclear missile,
after convening an all party meeting. This time all the parties agree. 
It's three months since the army had sought permission. 
But this time, some "pro-humanity", "anti-nuclear" activists come on road
against the government's decision. Human chains are being made in  CA, LA
and Washington for peace. Much E-mails are sent to Indians condemning the
government and mentioning "Please forward it to as many Indians as
possible." 
 On the Pakistan side, the missiles keep failing. Some time they fail to
take-off, some time the payload gets detached from the missile during
flight. Some missiles deviate from target due to technical failures or
high-speed wind blowing over Rajasthan, these missiles are neutralized by
Pak itself, as these missiles are now moving backwards towards Karachi. 
A missile (smuggled from USA) is used. Since Pakistan army is unable to
understand its software, it hits its original destination: Russia. Russians
successfully intercept the missile and in retaliation, launch a nuclear
missile towards Islamabad. (Note: Russian missiles never fail.) 
The missile hits the target and creates havoc. Pakistan cries for help. It
asks for loans from the IMF and the World Bank. India expresses deep regrets
for what had happened and sends in a million dollar worth of soaps.   
So in the end, India never got to launch the missile. Pak never got it right
and got themselves screwed. Indian Diplomacy at its best! 
Conclusion reached by the DOD: Kashmir is now no longer a dangerous flash
point and they turn their attention towards Osama Bin Laden! 
And they lived happily ever after. 


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