Movements should not be considered a sign of immediate escalation but more so a case of building up frontal capability and rework of infrastructure.
In this way two things are happening - the IAF is likely going to be kept further back in early days of the conflict while frontal bases rely on GBAD and rapid repair teams to maintain their availability in the ideal scenario India wants while ground forces being moved forward to be able to follow up on existing IBGs (now being organized along stand off air support, loitering munitions and shaktiban type shoot and scoot systems) since it seems those 6-7k IBG troop numbers do need some more firepower to break through Pakistani lines even for shallow gains other than specific points in the south.
So ironically, while India leaned itself out for cold start - it had to then keep beefing it up and up until those mobilization times for an actual effective "start" fell from 48-72 hours to a week or more... so now they have to move more troops and build more barracks and facilities to somehow give the "start" the punch it needs.
That being said, they are learning and doing so to underestimate that is folly.
HYG - Fixed it
