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India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Jammu and Kashmir

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India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Jammu and Kashmir

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Post by alephnerd »

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/world/asia/india-pakistan-attacks.html (https://archive.ph/Bph7S)

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-conflict-hnk-intl

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2025-05-06/india-strikes-pakistan-after-kashmir-attack (https://archive.ph/eypzA)

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwyneele13qt

India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Jammu and Kashmir
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Post by aaron695 »

When have two nuclear nations done similar?

Ignoring proxy wars and technicalities (NK and USA)

Kargil War - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargil_War (1999) India and Pakistan

The memeification of the current escalation has been talked about a lot. Memes, and we are talking cat memes not the more theoretical abstractions like 10 page whitepapers that become popular, seem more powerful than people expect.

I know India and Pakistan(less popular on HN?) users are asleep ~4am but this should be voted higher. Instead we'll get the 100th ill-thought-out but emotional opinion piece on a 'popular' twitter conflict on the front page.

[edit] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_border_conflict China Russia (1969) China's first nuclear test (1966)

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Post by Jtsummers »

Animats wrote: post #3

So far, military action is confined to Kashmir. If it gets out of that disputed area, this becomes a major war.

Not just Kashmir.

> The Indian government said its forces had struck nine sites in Pakistan and on Pakistan’s side of the disputed Kashmir region. Pakistani military officials said that five places had been hit, in Punjab Province and its part of Kashmir.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/world/asia/india-pakistan...

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Post by nothercastle »

Jtsummers wrote: post #5
Animats wrote: post #3

So far, military action is confined to Kashmir. If it gets out of that disputed area, this becomes a major war.

Not just Kashmir. > The Indian government said its forces had struck nine sites in Pakistan and on Pakistan’s side of the disputed Kashmir region. Pakistani military officials said that five places had been hit, in Punjab Province and its part of Kashmir. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/world/asia/india-pakistan...

I don’t think Pakistan will escalate. They are at a severe disadvantage unless china gives them the green light.

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Post by dang »

Related articles (from threads we've merged hither):

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/world/asia/india-pakistan... (https://archive.ph/Bph7S)

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-c...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/live-blog/2025-05-06/india-st... (https://archive.ph/eypzA)

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwyneele13qt

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Post by redwood »

aaron695 wrote: post #4

When have two nuclear nations done similar? Ignoring proxy wars and technicalities (NK and USA) Kargil War - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargil_War (1999) India and Pakistan The memeification of the current escalation has been talked about a lot. Memes, and we are talking cat memes not the more theoretical abstractions like 10 page whitepapers that become popular, seem more powerful than people expect. I know India…

China nips at India from time to time
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