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quote "The US assessment said a limited nuclear exchange would have cataclysmic results, overwhelming hospitals across Asia and the Middle East and requiring vast foreign assistance, particularly from America, which would be forced to go in and clean up the radioactive mess."

Forced by who?

This is another one of those articles that makes you wonder where to begin. First, I'm with Lucas1; if you make that kind of mess, don't expect us to come clean it up for you. We made a big mess in Japan to put a merciful end to WW2 and we cleaned it up. Since then, the US and endeavored to keep anyone else from unleashing such hell. You break it, you buy it.

Second, I think the estimates of the target rich environment in India alone are WAAAAYYY to low. Looking at the India map and population figures there are roughly 177 million in the states closest to Pakistan (1-8 and 24 on the map.) Throw in the state of Uttar Pradesh (9 on map and easily in range of Pak missiles) and you are looking at more than 300 million people who are mostly packed into a few cities. I still haven't counted a single Pakistani. Not everybody will be killed but having the population concentrated in cities will make the kill rate enormous. Certainly more than 12m. It horrifies me to talk about 12 million dead and say that it is a drop in the bucket.

Found another interesting site. Blast Mapper. Statistics of a 1 megaton surface blast: At (a radius from blast center of) 1.7 miles, only some of the strongest buildings -- those made of reinforced, poured concrete -- are still standing. Ninety-eight percent of the population in this area are dead. How many people live in 9.01 square miles in Delhi India? How many buildings in Delhi India are made of reinforced concrete?

A Modest Proposal From the Brigadier
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/632731/posts
Atlantic Monthly, March 2002

From a conversation with Brigadier "Aman" Amanullah (ret),
formerly the chief of Pakistan's military intelligence in
Sind Province, which borders India and includes Pakistan's
biggest city and a cultural center, Karachi. Aman in 53.
Currently a liaison with Benazir Bhutto and the Paki military.

I told Aman that I was disturbed by the ease with which Pakistanis talk of nuclear war with India. Aman shook his head. "No," he said matter-of-factly. "This should happen. We should use the bomb. ... We should fire at them and take out a few of their cities - Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta," he said. "They should fire back and take Karachi and Lahore. Kill off a hundred or two hundred million people. They should fire at us and it would all be over. ... We should teach them a lesson. It would teach all of us a lesson. There is no future here...My children have no future. None of the children of Pakistan have a future. We are surrounded by nothing but war and suffering. Millions should die away."

a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan could kill up to 12 million people and injure seven million.

Which would, I suppose, be about equal to one year's population growth over there. No biggie....

Since this fight is mostly about a region as a water source, why not poison the rivers with radiation killing foolish martyr wannbes by the millions for years to come. Concentrated in valleys, Pakistan would wilt and die as a third-world power; their Allah should bi+ch slap his little holy warriors out of the afterlife and back through reincarnation to get it right the second time around.

Nuclear war is one more fool away. Who is going to be the Arch Duke?

The US assessment said a limited nuclear exchange would have cataclysmic results, overwhelming hospitals across Asia and the Middle East and requiring vast foreign assistance, particularly from America, which would be forced to go in and clean up the radioactive mess.

Right. And who is supposed to pay? BS! Leave it all as a "National Park."

An American intelligence report says a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan could kill up to 12 million people and injure seven million.

That's probably on the low side of the estimate.

The US assessment said a limited nuclear exchange would have cataclysmic results, overwhelming hospitals across Asia and the Middle East and requiring vast foreign assistance, particularly from America, which would be forced to go in and clean up the radioactive mess

Why should we help anyone if they are stupid enough to push the button??? Not helping them will probably make a MUCH larger deterrent for the next countries to pair off with nukes. Let them see the abomination of desolation firsthand.