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India’s national strategy across governments has been furthering and accelerating its economic growth and development. @acorn asks if that same India can afford a (possible) war of choice. theprint.in/opinion/to-war…
Not to mention that conflict with Pakistan that extends beyond face-saving retaliation reinvigorates Pakistani public support for the military; if Pakistan’s tight financial times meant a budget crunch for the military before, that would likely change, preserving mil. primacy.
But India can’t just keep on absorbing attacks conceived across the LoC/IB. If retaliation is so unpalatable, the core prescription is to practice deterrence by denial, which is easier said than done against determined subconventional adversaries.
