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The World’s Most Dangerous Flashpoint
Pakistan and India's nuclear standoff contains potentially greater risks than the Cold War
WIB politics July 22, 2017 Zachary Keck
With the world’s attention firmly fixated on North Korea, the greatest possibility of nuclear war is in fact on the other side of Asia.
That place is what could be called the nuclear triangle of Pakistan, India and China. Although Chinese and Indian forces are currently engaged in a standoff, traditionally the most dangerous flashpoint along the triangle has been the Indo-Pakistani border. The two countries fought three major wars before acquiring nuclear weapons, and one minor one afterwards.
http://warisboring.com/the-worlds-most-dangerous-nuclear-flashpoint/
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Was it not that many years ago that Pakistan and India went right to the brink of a "hot" nuclear war, then backed away?
Eventually, it's going to happen again.
India will take heavy losses, but because of its shear size it will survive.
Pakistan... will be gone.
And that won't be a great loss to the rest of the world...
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India is also at loggerheads with China over Sikkim: http://www.india.com/news/agencies/reduce-tension-through-direct-dialoguepentagon-to-indiachina-2340839/