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Submission Statement: India appears to have not only revised its threshold for a retaliatory response against Pakistan-based terror attack but also widened the scope of its forthcoming retaliatory kinetic action significantly, which if true, increases the potential cost of terrorism for Pakistan exponentially.

In the aftermath of Pahalgam terror attack, the Pakistani military lost several of its offensive and defensive capabilities which will take considerable resources and possibly even time to rebuild, meaning now the Pakistani military leadership will be compelled to consider its own potential losses every time it decides to foment trouble inside India.

In addition to that, India’s revised threshold for a retaliatory response potentially increases the likelihood of recurring conflicts, thereby imposing a significant limit on Pakistan’s ability to foment trouble inside India.

This is because, Pakistan’s capacity as a country to endure pain is limited by its fragile economy and occasional dependence on international loan assistance, despite the high resolve of its military apparatus to act against India, meaning the overall Pakistani establishment cannot realistically hope to sustain a higher frequency of iterative conflicts with India.

Therefore, India’s Operation Sindoor, which is still ongoing, is perhaps the country’s most substantive action so far on the issue of Pakistan-based terrorism, as it appears to be aimed not just at re-establishing deterrence vis-à-vis Pakistan but also sustaining it for the long haul.

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