Watch | India Responds to Pulwama: Airstrikes in Balakot, Pakistan

Name: Watch | India Responds to Pulwama: Airstrikes in Balakot, Pakistan - The Wire
Uploaded: 2019-02-27T20:00:00+05:30
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Description: In this episode of National Security Conversations, Happymon Jacob speaks with Manoj Joshi (senior defence journalist), Siddharth Varadarajan (founding editor, The Wire) and AVM (Retd.) Kapil Kak.

In this episode of National Security Conversations, Happymon Jacob speaks with Manoj Joshi (senior defence journalist), Siddharth Varadarajan (founding editor, The Wire) and AVM (Retd.) Kapil Kak.

Happymon Jacob

In this episode of National Security Conversations, Happymon Jacob speaks with Manoj Joshi (senior defence journalist), Siddharth Varadarajan (founding editor, The Wire) and AVM (Retd.) Kapil Kak.

watch india responds to pulwama airstrikes in balakot pakistan

General view of a site where Pakistan says Indian military aircraft released payload in Balakot, Pakistan February 26, 2019. Credit: Inter Service Public Relation (ISPR)/Handout via Reuters

New Delhi: Happymon Jacob speaks with Manoj Joshi (senior defence journalist), Siddharth Varadarajan (founding editor, The Wire) and AVM (Retd.) Kapil Kak about the airstrikes carried out by the Indian Air Force in Pakistan's Balakot.

The discussion focuses on understanding the official Indian and Pakistani responses to this operation. Why did the Indian government term it as a ‘non-military pre-emptive’ action and what objectives did the Pakistani government achieve by denying the impact of the strike.

The discussion progresses towards whether India has altered the escalation ladder in South Asia by using air power and striking inside Pakistani territory? Will this strike stop Pakistan’s support to non-state actors or will it have the opposite effect?

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