It is doubtful that India could have a submarine that can launch a missile before the year 2006. It should be noted that often much bluster, exaggeration, and even outright lies characterize official statements by some Indian and Pakistani government officials and scientists. Indian and Pakistani targets. Military targets include military bases and headquarters, airfields, naval bases, and specific nuclear weapons concentrations of missiles or aircraft, both storage sites and operational units. Infrastructure and economic targets include energy facilities, nuclear reactors, dams, tunnels, bridges, highways, railroad hubs, factories, and the like.
Many military targets are close to major urban concentrations, of which South Asia has no shortage.
Karachi, Lahore, and Rawalpindi have populations of eight, five, and two million respectively. One bomb dropped on a large Indian or Pakistani city could cause millions of casualties. Nuclear Notebook is prepared by Robert S. Norris and William M. Arkin of the Natural Resources Defense Council.