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India-Pakistan Missile Misfire Stayed Peaceful

Two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, India accidentally launched a cruise missile at Pakistan and yet calm ensued and the event was barely reported, illustrating that even nuclear-armed rivals with a history of skirmishes have no interest in launching war and routinely defuse incidents that could have escalated.

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Chris Blattman

Evidence Quote

if India and Pakistan gone to war, we'd all be talking about all of the mistakes and the leader foibles, but that didn't happen.

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Chris Blattman on Why We FightEconTalk
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:26:06 AM

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