The furious Indian troop movements caused the Pakistanis to believe that an invasion was imminent. Pakistan reportedly weaponised its nuclear capability and began loading nuclear weapons onto F-16 aircraft waiting at Chaklala Air Force base near Rawalpindi.
....Pakistani President Ghulam Ishaq Khan reportedly cautioned Gates (a former director of the CIA and a senior US intermediary), that in case of a war with India, nuclear weapons would be used early.




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