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Major conflicts only happen in non nuclear states. In all honesty I’ll bet that’s what has kept India and Pakistan from a war.

• lostlogin 9y ago
  How do you define a major conflict? Iraq seemed pretty big, and so did Afghanistan.
  • a_t48 9y ago
    The draft wasn't invoked, so there's that.
  • aidenn0 9y ago
    Those didn't happen in nuclear states.
    • lostlogin 9y ago
      China has had several major border skirmishes with India, some with Russia and with Taiwan and I’m sure there are others too. Israel has had lots. Russia has had some ugly episodes too.
      • taurath 9y ago
        I'd argue that the other side having nukes is what kept them to being skirmishes. Plenty of ugly episodes for sure but there is a cap on how much conflict can happen before the doomsday machines come out.
• exhilaration 9y ago
  Ahem... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_conflicts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_wars_and_confli...
  • greedo 9y ago
    And since both countries now have nukes, the chances of a conventional conflict seem much lower.
  • taurath 9y ago
    After 1971 it has been relatively "minor" conflicts. Granted, none of this is a long time on the world scale, but thus far it has brought a lot more restraint.