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Pravin S. had to use his words carefully. He is already hounded by jingoistic elements inside India for even suggesting that Pakistan is not a cake walk for India. So he used 'overwhelm' carefully, implying that, yes, India can 'win' against Pakistan but that won't a total victory. If he was living in a more tolerant society, he would have outright admitted that India cannot defeat Pakistan even in a conventional war. Musharraf has often said that, for a defensive war, Pakistan only needs 1/3rd of India's resources to counter an aggressive war from India.
The Hindutva think with their heart, not their heads. They think god is on their side. That beating Pakistan is a catwalk. They don't think about the means or how Pakistan will react, including a realistic scenario of nuclear weapons. Nor do they think that the end result of any war between the two can end with the disintegration of either country! That's how devastating war between the two countries will turn out.
The military planners on both sides know the exact reality of a war between the two countries. Suffice to say: India launched the Balakot strike in Feb. 2019 in dark while Pakistan replied back in broad day light.
My views on Balakot are different compared to most Indians, especially the pro-Modi types. I still think it was a political calculation to help BJP in the elections. It was effective, in my opinion, but it came at a cost of damaging the credibility of the IAF and India's military capacity.