India Has Lost Air Superiority to Pakistan, No Jets Left to Fight

[Vikramaditya1]

Yeah the ‘one you killed’ was only in Godi Media world. Probably just another poor goat herder killed by Indian army and labelled as Pakistani commando for easy medals.
This embarrassing and shameless episode should be an eye opener for Indians but I’m sure it won’t be.

No one died, we are all happy.

 

[Mufasa]

I am not sure if Trump intervened or not--maybe he gave the finishing touch because both Pakistan and India wanted to de-escalate. IIRC, one morning Dawn.com reported that Pakistan had called an urgent meeting of Pakistan's Strategic Command Division, which is for the nukes. The Indians had escalated too much by using their Brahmos missiles; Pakistan was at a disadvantage there but started to look for drastic options to stop India. That kind of situation can arise again.

The meeting of Pakistan’s National Command Authority was exactly the point when India began using BrahMos missiles.

That nuclear signal itself was an act of escalation. India responded by targeting Pakistani military bases and command-and-control centres.

India still showed restraint, it did not employ tactical nuclear warheads against those airbases or command centres. It is obvious that India would strike command and control nodes, airbases, missile depots and related infrastructure, because that is the most effective way to stop Pakistan from nuclear signalling.

Nuclear signalling is a double-edged sword. It can either deter the adversary or provoke the adversary into attacking nuclear-related installations themselves.