Despite escalating rhetoric and nuclear warnings, experts say the hostility level between India and Pakistan remains relatively low, with no direct military clashes
India’s measured and proportionate response without crossing the airspace, coupled with the absence of direct military-to-military combat, should mitigate the risk of nuclear escalation — provided Pakistan exercises restraint. Despite this, Islamabad has labelled the Indian strikes on terrorist camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Punjab as a violation of its sovereignty.