Between 61's and 80's, the cold war between US and
USSR was such that if
USA launched a Nuke-loaded missile, USSR's
satellites were capable of informing
USSR army in 3 seconds, and in less than 45 seconds
USSR would also launch its
counter-missile. US knew that, and therefore, never
attempted to launch
one.

Recent studies commissioned by US DOD included one
likely scenario on a
nuclear war between India and Pakistan. INDO-PAK
WAR... Pak army decides to
launch
a Nuke-missile towards India... They don't need any
permission from their
government,
and promptly launch the missile.Indian technology is
highly advanced. In
less than 8
seconds, Indian army detects it and decides to
launch a missile in
retribution.

But they need permission from The Government of
India. They submit their
request
to the Indian President. The President forwards it
to the Cabinet. The
Prime Minister
calls an emergency Lok Sabha (i.e., LS) session.
After three days, when the
LS
meets, due to several walkouts and severe protest by
the opposition, it
gets adjourned
indefinitely. The President asks for a quick
decision.

In the meantime, the Pak missile failed to take off
due to unknown reasons.
Their
attempts for a relaunch are still on. Meanwhile,
the Indian ruling party
is reduced to
minority because a party, giving outside support,
withdraws support.
Therefore, its
first task is now to get majority. The President
asks the PM to prove
majority within
a week. Meanwhile, an external affairs spokesman
requests Pak for some
bilateral
talks, at the secretary and minister levels.

Next week, as the ruling party was not able to get
confidence vote, a
caretaker
government is installed. The acting PM decides to
permit the armed forces
to launch
the Nuclear Missile. But the Election Commission
says that a caretaker
government
cannot take such a decision because elections are
at hand and this
decision might
affect the swing of votes in the election. A PIL
(Public Interest
Litigation) is filed in
the Supreme Court of India, alleging misuse of power
by the Election
commission.The
Supreme Court comes to the rescue of the PM, and
says the acting PM is
authorized
to take this decision, in the interests of the
nation.

In between, one of the Pak missiles successfully
took off, but it fell 367
miles away
from the target on a government building at 11:00
AM. But there were no
casualties
since no employee had reached the office by then.In
any case, the nuclear
core of
missile had detached some where in flight. Pakistan
army is now trying to
get better
technologies from China and USA. US condemns the use
of a nuclear missile
by
Pakistan, and offers to send its seventh fleet in
Indian Ocean.The Indian
government,
wary of the move, declines.

The Indian government finally decides to launch a
nuclear missile, after
convening an
all party meeting. This time all the parties agree.
It's three months
since the army
had sought permission. But this time, some
"pro-humanity", "anti-nuclear"
activists
come on road against the government's decision.
Human chains are being made
in
CA, LA and Washington for peace.Many E-mails are
sent to Indians condemning
the
government and mentioning "Please forward it to as
many Indians as
possible."

On the Pakistan side, the missiles keep failing.
Some time they fail to
take-off, some time
the payload gets detached from the missile during
flight. Some missiles
deviate from target
due to technical failures or high-speed wind
blowing over Rajasthan, these
missiles are
neutralized by Pak itself, as these missiles are now
moving backwards
towards Karachi.

A missile (smuggled from USA) is used. Since
Pakistan army is unable to
understand its
software, it hits its original destination: Russia.
Russians successfully
intercept the missile
and in retaliation, launch a nuclear missile
towards Islamabad. (Note:
Russian missiles
never fail.) The missile hits the target and creates
havoc. Pakistan cries
for help. It asks
for loans from the IMF and the World Bank.

India expresses deep regrets for what had happened
and sends in a million
dollar worth of
soaps. So in the end, India never got to launch the
missile. Pak never got
it right and got
themselves screwed.

Indian Diplomacy at its best!