Our military action entirely in conventional domain: MEA on Trump's speculation on nuclear conflict between India, Pak

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Tuesday reacted to United States President Donald Trump's claim on nuclear conflict between the nations, saying India's military action was entirely in conventional domain.

"Our military action was entirely in conventional domain," said MEA's Jaiswal on Trump's speculation on nuclear conflict between India and Pakistan.

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United States' President Donald Trump said Monday that US intervention prevented a "bad nuclear war" between India and Pakistan, after the South Asian rivals agreed a ceasefire following a series of clashes.

"We stopped a nuclear conflict. I think it could have been a bad nuclear war, millions of people could have been killed. So I'm very proud of that," Trump told reporters at the White House.

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India's nuclear policy
India and Pakistan each have about 170 nuclear warheads, according to an assessment from the Arms Control Association.

India maintains a policy of “no first use” of nuclear weapons and has no declared capability of using tactical nuclear weapons. Pakistan, however, has developed a tactical nuclear weapon — the Nasr (Hatf-9) ballistic missile — with a range of about 70 kilometers (43 miles). It also reserves the right when it comes to first use.

Air Marshal on targeting Pakistan's nuclear installations
Air Marshal AK Bharti, DG Air Operations, on Monday said that India has not hit any targets in Pakistan's Kirana Hills, which reportedly houses nuclear installations.

Taking a sarcastic dig at a question in a press conference, Bharti said, "Thank you for telling us that Kirana Hills houses some nuclear installations. We did not know about it. We have not hit Kirana Hills. I did not brief in my briefing yesterday."

AK Bharti said that India's battle was with terrorists but the Pakistani military chose to support terrorists and widened the conflict.