Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again. So today, we're going to talk about

nukes, Pakistan, India, and your questions. If you missed it, the tensions between India and

Pakistan, which are both nuclear powers, have boiled over. India launched an air operation

striking at a series of targets inside

Pakistan. The air operation was conducted in response to a non-state actor striking at tourists

and other civilians in the Kashmir region. Pakistan said it knocked five Indian planes out,

and some imagery has shown up online of French-made parts,

leading to speculation that Pakistan might have knocked out a Raphael fighter. India is reported to have

taken out a Pakistani JF17. There are a lot of conflicting claims about this right now.

There are also reports of Pakistan shelling areas administered by India in Kashmir.

Pakistan has said the Indian strikes will not go unanswered.

The dispute between Pakistan and India goes back to 1947 and the partition of the area.

Occasionally, China is involved as well.

Over the last 24 hours, China has urged calm and de-escalation.

The first question.

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With respect to India and Pakistan, how worried should we be about the prospect of nuclear war?

They're both nuke owners.

Minimally.

You can't discount it completely, but it shouldn't be a preoccupying thought.

It's important to remember that India and Pakistan have been dealing with this for decades. There have been multiple wars,

and just since both countries became nuclear powers, there was the 1999 war and notable incursions

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