COPE INDIA 2004 is the first dissimilar air combat training exercise between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the U.S. Air Force (USAF) in more than 40 years. Here, two IAF SU-30K Flankers and two Mirage 2000 aircraft fly with two USAF F-15 Eagles during the exercise. Photo courtesy of the USAFFrom Times Of India:
NEW DELHI: India may have ruled out the military option against Pakistan in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attacks but the international
intelligence community continues to believe that strikes in PoK and elsewhere could still happen.
Global intelligence service Stratfor, in its latest report, said, "Indian military operations against targets in Pakistan have in fact been prepared and await the signal to go forward."
It added, "These most likely would take the form of unilateral precision strikes inside Pakistan-administered Kashmir, along with special forces action on the ground in Pakistan proper."
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My Comment: I am sure that the option will always be on the table .... but the political will to start an open armed conflict with Pakistan is not.
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