POK has 2 parts... so called "Azad Kashmir" & "Gilgit Baltistan"... both are
geographically different... so 2 different approaches would be required in case of a conquest.
While in Azad-Kashmir part... within 96 hours of initiation of hostilities... Indian army would be knocking the doors of Mirpur, Muzaffarabad and kotli(which are on the periphery of Pakistan proper)... After that the game would be same as in srinagar i.e. "
Tum kitne Afzal Maroge, Har ghar se Afzal niklega"
Now coming to Gilgit Baltistan, There are 2 approaches to capture GB:
First... The
kargil method: led by infantry & artillery... hundreds if not thousands of troops will be dead in a matter of few weeks... witnessing these casualties... BJP's leaders & workers will fart with the intensity of Hiroshima bomb & BJP will be done & dusted in 2024
so even if BJP gets 5 terms... they won't go for the above approach
Second... Vertical Envelopment/Air-Land Campaign... Led by
Airpower & Airborne infantry/artillery... (
was practised in Exercise Gaganshakti 2018 in Himachal & UKD)... This approach demands a lot more heavy helicopters than we have or we would be able to afford in future... Requirement is for some
80 chinook... &
this is where the Americans come in with the BECA & LEMOA in place... Logistics & Aerial assets would be provided by USA in exchange for already discussed stuff
The above would involve bombing the enemy installations that would be on high altitude & then directly inserting your troops through Chinooks ar comfortable altitudes... saving them from one after another arduous climbs.
In this
second approach as well... there would be casualties(much lesser) but that would be manageable by "glorification"
Forgot to mention: Tactical nukes won't be used in J&K... otherwise Pakistan will risk poisoning it's own rivers & would also lose moral high ground on Kashmir
Some members say... first break Pakistan economically & through insurgency... & then take POK... actually the reverse is true... Take POK & they will break bcoz the dream of Kashmir has kept them together
(People... try not to look at things in isolation)