The Hindu : Kargil, a `test for limited n-war'

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Kargil, a `test for limited n-war'

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI AUG. 19. The Kargil war was a test for a limited war under a nuclear umbrella, and a trial for deterrence, the Director of the International Programme for Advance Studies, Paris, Jean-luc Racine, said at a meeting here today.

The plan for a war in Kargil, which essentially was a limited exercise, existed for more than a decade. However, it was blown out of proportion as it was the first war in India in the presence of television channels, he said, detailing related happenings in India and Pakistan since the war. He was speaking at a discussion organised by the Centre for Security Analysis (CSA) on `Indo-Pak relations - Limited war to limited peace?' "To balance limited war with limited peace might be a bit rhetorical; but it might not be so," Mr. Racine said. "After one wins war, one has to win peace."

The CSA president, V.R.Raghavan, said it was important to think "out of the box" to find a solution to the Indo-Pak issue. "The unthinkables happen in history, like it did in South Africa, in Germany and in the USSR," he said. "Both India and Pakistan should show sufficient anticipatory intelligence to solve the problem before another country has to step in and impose itself."

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