Why didn't India nuke Pakistan?

[xyxmt]

I would expect this kind of question from my 7 year old but not form grown ups.

 

[Riz]

No chinese posters in the forum portrays India as a bloodthirsty nation bent on destroying China and occupying it. This attitude is unique to pakistanis only. Only they think India is bent upon destroying pakistan since its creation. Not even bangladeshi members have this kind of attitude.

Dude China has never considered india as a threat, it was india who considers China as a bloodthirsty nation, Go read their newspapers or any forum where they are spreading propaganda almost every day that china is going to attack us please save our a$$

 

[Rig Vedic]

Hello,

Some posters here (mostly Pakistanis) portray India as a bloodthirsty nation which would not spare anything to destroy pakistan completely. According to them India tried to destroy pakistan right from its creation.

As far as I know, India tested nuclear weapons in 1974 (smiling Buddha). It had a yield of 8 kT, which is still quite a lot of destructive power. At that time, pakistan didn't have any nuclear program let alone nuclear weapon.

If the Pakistani member's assertion is true, why did not India nuke pakistan and occupy it in the 1974 - 1998 period? 8 kT is not much, but still enough to destroy any pakistani city at that period I would assume. Why did not India do that?

An honest question to both Pakistani and indian members.

S-19 a good question.

As regards nukes - no India never had any intention of nuking Pakistan, but in the period prior to 1980, could have used its conventional superiority to punish Pakistan for its crimes.

Why didn't it? Here is a hint.

In 1971, Indira Gandhi wanted to attack West Pakistan also.

But India received a strong message from the Soviets to not do that. Apparently the Americans had urgently asked the Soviets to lean on India and make India desist.

Pakistan was created by the British for a reason. That reason continued to remain valid in 1971, and to a significant extent, it continues to remain valid today.

Now what is it about Pakistan that makes it so favoured by the Anglo-Americans? How is it that Pakistan can blow up American soldiers in Afghanistan, but still get supplied with free weapons and money by the US?

That is the key question, and I will not answer it. Let's leave it at that.

 

[Cheetah786]

Hello,

Some posters here (mostly Pakistanis) portray India as a bloodthirsty nation which would not spare anything to destroy Pakistan completely. According to them India tried to destroy Pakistan right from its creation.

As far as I know, India tested nuclear weapons in 1974 (smiling Buddha). It had a yield of 8 kT, which is still quite a lot of destructive power. At that time, Pakistan didn't have any nuclear program let alone nuclear weapon.

If the Pakistani member's assertion is true, why did not India nuke Pakistan and occupy it in the 1974 - 1998 period? 8 kT is not much, but still enough to destroy any Pakistani city at that period I would assume. Why did not India do that?

An honest question to both Pakistani and Indian members.

what advantage India get by nuking a Pakistani city nothing other then world condemnation or may be sanctions not exactly some thing that's good for India.

Most politicians and generals in Pakistan has done the job Indians couldn't dream of achieving,best thing India could have done was to sit back and let Pakistanis destroy Pakistan from within which they have.

Some Pakistanis here are so blind to reality no matter what Arabs have done to Pakistan they couldn't care less read these forums.The damage done to Pakistan economical or divide with in population by the same individuals is far greater then India or any other enemy of Pakistan ever hope to achieve without firing a bullet.

I have learned no matter which religious back ground Indians have or what ever language they speak India comes first to them again read post by Indians on these forums they are united when it comes to their mother land can one say the same about certain Pakistanis the answer is hell no they rather see Pakistan blown to pieces,then to stand up for her Against real enemies of Pakistan.

 

[MilSpec]

forget all this non-sense, we returned all captured land in 72 along with 92000 pows without a bargain.

We never started any of the wars.

If we really are the evil-elite-brahmin-zionist-neocon-hindus, shouldn't we have sent the mechanized division right down thier throat in any time from 72-80's. or for that matter even in the early 90's before the tests.


It's state manufactured ignorance, that you live in lala land where big bad indian are out for blood of pakistanis. When you did not have nuke capability and we still were a a bigger power, Never did once we even think of invading or attacking pakistan. It is not you nukes that have stabilized the region, but the responsibility of well being of 1/6th of world population that ensures our hands are tied down despite the nuisance value of your tactics.

Even today when our economy and military disparity is increasing on a daily basis, we will remain humble and expect peace and prosperity for the region.

All the news of India's hegemonic designs and akhand bharat is to ensure, you people do-not have to introspect and discover, how its army and leaders have demolished the political structure of pakistan. This disinformation against India ensures there is enough cannon fodder for the hacks to subvert the attention from the real criminals and instead focus on the hindu baniya riding on the agni

 

[India defense]

Inarguably, one of the most stupidest threads I've seen on PDF.

Why didn't Israel nuke the Middle East?
Why didn't China nuke India?
...list goes on

Please answer these while you're at it.

Fully agree with you....

 

[Su-11]

Some posters here (mostly Pakistanis) portray India as a bloodthirsty nation which would not spare anything to destroy pakistan completely. According to them India tried to destroy pakistan right from its creation.

As far as I know, India tested nuclear weapons in 1974 (smiling Buddha). It had a yield of 8 kT, which is still quite a lot of destructive power. At that time, pakistan didn't have any nuclear program let alone nuclear weapon.

If the Pakistani member's assertion is true, why did not India nuke pakistan and occupy it in the 1974 - 1998 period? 8 kT is not much, but still enough to destroy any pakistani city at that period I would assume. Why did not India do that?

An honest question to both Pakistani and indian members.

Unfortunately almost all Indian Politicans and most of the Indian Public are basically cowards. Sad but true. Just murmur the word "war" and they get all hysterical(I tried it myself!). Basically its the mentality of the society which governs the nation's mindset. Back in the cold war, the USSR and the US were building bomb shelters and routinely conducting drills and educating the population on what to do during a Nuclear war, and their people supported these efforts and took an active part in that. Check youtube, there are hundreds of such videos teaching housewifes, school kids, and everyone about the effects of a Nuke and how to protect themselves. However this kind of thing is not even remotely possible in India.
In India, a nuclear war is unimaginable. It's like fiction, for most Indians. Some people even believe the riduclous stunts in bollywood are real, but according to them a nuclear war cannot ever become reality(I'm not joking, I have experienced this). The common words which get uttered the moment you utter "Nuclear War" is "unfathomable" "impossible" "horrific" "Ridiculous" "You are a war monger" "people will die" "India will sink into the sea" every imaginable nonsense you can think of, you can hear it if you utter those magic words, but you will never hear "There is a very slight possibility of that happening, and we should prepare for it".
With a mindset like this, how is it possible? There is your answer.

 

[DRaisinHerald]

They wouldn't want an Akhand Bharat with it's western provinces/states as nuclear wastelands..

No chinese posters in the forum portrays India as a bloodthirsty nation bent on destroying China and occupying it. This attitude is unique to pakistanis only. Only they think India is bent upon destroying pakistan since its creation. Not even bangladeshi members have this kind of attitude.

No no, Indians are angels Happy Kazakh Guy?

 

[Hafizzz]

LOL China first detonated their bomb in October 16, 1964, why not they nuke india right after the test then ?

Because China considered Indians as Bhais

 

[Don Jaguar]

2- In those days missile technology was not advanced to deliver nukes safely, maximum they could deliver it on bordering areas and they also have to feel after effects

Nice point.

 

[IND151]

S-19 a good question.

Here is a hint.

In 1971, Indira Gandhi wanted to attack West Pakistan also.

But India received a strong message from the Soviets to not do that. Apparently the Americans had urgently asked the Soviets to lean on India and make India desist.

Pakistan was created by the British for a reason. That reason continued to remain valid in 1971, and to a significant extent, it continues to remain valid today.

Now what is it about Pakistan that makes it so favoured by the Anglo-Americans? How is it that Pakistan can blow up American soldiers in Afghanistan, but still get supplied with free weapons and money by the US?

That is the key question, and I will not answer it. Let's leave it at that.

and the reason was not allowing New Delhi to have influence in geopoliticaly important area of Afghanistan which was bordered bu soviet union and oil reach middle east

Brits and Americans, as per my understanding, did to their best to not let emerge Pakistan as nation with independent foreign policy and armed Pak to to limit Indian and Soviet influence in region

these two things ensured Pakistan dependence in many matters on US

 

[Dr. NooB NinjA]

^^^ SU 11 : Why hide behind a foreign flag here?? This is the bigger question for you innt??!!

 

[DRaisinHerald]

Try having India as your neighbour, and you'll know what sort of demons they are
BDesh, Sri Lanka, China and even Nepal agree

 

[King Solomon]

USA dropped it with a modified B-29, does India have anything with the similiar capacity as a delivery system back that time?

The only way i see it was possible for india to deliver this bomb was putting it in a truck and drove to Pakistan.

Besides, Pokhran-I was not an actual bomb, just a nuclear test devices that set to explode. There is a difference.

The period I'm talking about is not one or two years. It is more than 20 years, while India had nukes but pakistan did not.

 

[Markus]

Try having India as your neighbour, and you'll know what sort of demons they are
BDesh, Sri Lanka, China and even Nepal agree

Ask Afghanistan about your country and let me know what they have to say.