Pakistan Warns India of Much ‘Stronger Response’ in Case of Fresh Conflict

Pakistani Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan on Wednesday said his country’s response on 27 February to the Indian airstrike a day before is worth remembering in history, adding that if such a response is require again it would be more intense.

“PAF response on 27 February 2019 against the enemy aggression will be remembered in history as ‘Operation Swift Retort'”, Khan said while addressing the 264th Air Staff in Islamabad on Wednesday.

Stating that every rank and file of the Pakistani Air Force (PAK) deserved special appreciation for proving equal to the task at forward operating bases during these testing times, the air chief warned that “in case of any misadventure by the adversary, PAF response would be even stronger than before”.

Pakistan’s chief military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor on Tuesday slammed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who recently threatened Pakistan with the “mother of all nuclear bombs”.

“In your [Indian] rhetoric, you keep using nuclear power as a threat… Nuclear powers are not a threat, they are a weapon of deterrence that should not be mentioned lightly…Do not test our resolve,” Ghafoor said on Tuesday.