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Hi Suryavanshi, I had posted earlier that now is not the time to question our forces - but really, who wrote this so called 'escalation ladder' and who is stopping us from re writing it.
That's where the national security strategy comes into picture.
As already called out, we need to write our own strategy.
Will debate about this 4 weeks from now.
escalation ladder is not a official document, it's the theoretical wargaming done by civilians on the assumption that there are sufficient levels under the nuclear threshold for both militaries to execute their plans. the number if recall correctly was 26, meaning there are 26 steps starting with small arms calibre moving up the intensity and calibre ladder.
if you listen to gora commentary even today, they talk as if nuclear threshold is so low that any small escalation is just one step away from nuclear war. it is premised on the colonial and cold war narrative, that "third world" have no agency on their own, only the white man has all the answers. goras assuming nuclear threshold is low favours pakis, if we read thru transcript of all interviews given by paki government representatives on gora news channels, it's very clearly visible than commentary by Indians.
the guy sitting on the right is giving a glimpse of the above view.
View: https://youtu.be/DCFtxIWATuM
, I have doubt, this is the former CEO of 
