Amid escalating tensions following a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, a 2019 study has resurfaced, eerily predicting a nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan in 2025. The research outlines a scenario where a major terror attack leads to military mobilization, escalating skirmishes, and ultimately, the use of nuclear weapons by both sides, resulting in catastrophic global consequences.
I very much hope this will end with a few border skirmishes. It’s clearly not rational to let this escalate, but unfortunately these things can easily take on logic of their own. Each retaliation can lead to a bigger retaliation from the other side, and things can easily spin out of control. Let’s hope cooler minds prevail in the end.