In the Uri thread, I said that IA cannot do with Pakistan what it can do with Myanmar because Pakistan is a nuke armed state. As the events unfolded, the Pakistan Defence Minister threatened to unleash nukes on India. Next day we got the news of the surgical strike. So what happened? Pakistan's nuclear bluff was called. This is a major achievement.
The indications that India is serious about taking action and preparing for an escalation came from a repeat of what we saw prior to the Kargil War. The indications came from the movement of Indian Navy vessels towards the Arabian Sea.
I like how Gen. V. P. Malik avoided going into specifics (see from 5 minutes onwards) in
this post.
And for some fun from the same post:
I also liked many posts, but specifically those by
@Immanuel. They were very interesting to read.