Diegetics

Between the 6o'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....