Pakistan’s Nuclear Rhetoric and the Pahalgam Conflict: How Real Is the Threat?
Amid escalating tensions following the Pahalgam conflict, Pakistan’s leadership has once again resorted to nuclear saber-rattling, raising alarms over the potential for catastrophic escalation in South Asia. Senior Pakistani minister Hanif Abbasi recently issued a stark warning, declaring that the country’s 130 nuclear warheads—codenamed Ghori, Shaheen, and Ghaznavi—are “not for show, but for action” against … Read more