New Delhi sources have stated that along the 778 km Line of Control (LoC) with concentrated artillery barrages, sniping and other operations, even as a section of the Indian security establishment wants the government to also consider "limited but punitive cross border strikes" to send an unequivocal message to Pakistan.
It was stated that enhanced military pressure" along the LoC is a tactical move to impose some costs on the Pakistan Army for continuing to aid and abet terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir, the government will have to take a considered decision on conventional cross border strikes on terror-training camps.
A source have stated that targeted artillery and heavy mortar fire on Pakistan army posts and bunkers and intensive sniping to interfere with movement of their patrols are among the several tactical options used in the past and there will be retaliation from the other side but it can be dealt with.
An official has told that the government has to take into account that any strike inside Pakistan can escalate into an all out war and Pakistan, of course, often threatens first-use of tactical nuclear weapons if it is attacked by India.
