"the weapons have brought peace between India and Pakistan." only if the Kargil War(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargil_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargil

"the weapons have brought peace between India and Pakistan." only if the Kargil War(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargil_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kargil_War), which took place when both countries had nukes is ignored. I am not contesting your larger point. Just reacting to "brought peace" which is not quite true. Nukes do prevent total, all out war to the death between Pakistan and India at present. But a declared war in which soldiers die, and Pakistan's ISI sponsoring continuous terrorist attacks in India, and India supporting Anti-Pakistan elements in Afghanistan is not really "peace" (By contrast, England and France are at peace with each other, say, though they have fought each other many times in the past). What exists between India and Pakistan is just a different form of war. The relations between Pakistan and India are at best described as "no war, no peace"