Sometimes I use to think that if war happens between India and Pakistan in future , it will not be conventional war but nuke war for 99% sure.
But the question is which cities are most safest city to stay in both countries??
I'm from Mumbai which is very sweet and soft target in case of nuke war in future same as Karachi is soft target for India in Pakistan.
So which cities are safest in case of nuke war??
How about Lahore for Pakistan and Amritsar for India?
Distance between these cities are less than 50km. So if you nuke Lahore then you automatic nuke Amritsar too bcz of radiation .Half of Amritsar generation will be destroyed too if India nuke Lahore. Same case with Pakistan. If Pakistan nuke Amritsar , it will kill Lahore too. So both countries will hesitate to nuke these cities.
So it makes Lahore and Amritsar most safest cities in nuke war.
Kashmir- Kashmir is also safest place in India for a particular reason and you know it well.
But at the same these places are most soft target in a conventional war too.
My Question is what do you think which cities are most safest in your country to stay in case of nuke war??
NOTE- I'm not war lover or a fanboy. I'm all for peace. But just a Question in case......
First of all, most nukes that Pakistan & India have are optimized for an air-burst. This ensures maximum damage (via shock-wave & thermal radiation aka heat) and minimum fallout. Contrary to popular belief, damage via nuclear radiation is neither efficient nor desirable (except in case of neutron bombs). So most of the nuclear explosions in this sort of hypothetical situation will be 'clean', people out of the radius of shockwave and heat affects will be safe, provided that nobody is crazy enough to make a place permanently uninhabitable. A typical safe distance for an airburst is around 10 kilometers for the largest Pakistani weapon design (40-50kt).
Here is a sample:
Now coming to your question of which areas in India would be safer than others. You wouldn't want to be anywhere near:
-The top 25 Indian cities (by population size)
-A military base (air/army/naval, both conventional and nuclear)
-A city with a military base
In a more broader sense, these states would be the most unsafe (ranked to some extent)
1. Delhi
2. Punjab
3. Rajasthan (western)
4. Maharashtra (western)
5. Haryana
6. Gujrat
7. Kashmir
8. Uttar Pradesh (northern)
9. Madhya Pradesh (northern)
Simplifying it further, Central, Southern & Eastern India will be much safer than the Northern and Western India.
No nukes will impact. Pakistani launch sites will be disabled or captured by Indian special forces. Sub or aircraft based launches are possible but only tactical warheads are then likely. By that time our shield will be up properly. Chances are low again because the IAF and the IN will establish air and naval superiority within 48 hours.
India will bypass Lahore. Sialkot will be taken. Then Islamabad. Lahore too peripheral.
Wakey wakey, its wayyy past snoring time.