It was the previous govt. that learned the meaning of MAD the hard way. This is when BJP was in power.
January 13, 2003
By REUTERS
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nearly five years after India and Pakistan became nuclear powers, New Delhi is finally coming to terms with what that status means – the threat of a Pakistani first strike has neutralized its conventional superiority.
Analysts say last year’s inconclusive military standoff between the neighbors highlighted what many had feared when the two conducted tit-for-tat nuclear tests in 1998, that India would no longer dare go to war with Pakistan.
Now its all noise, sit tight and watch the show