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With the KSA/Pakistan and CIA supporting the afghan terrorists, and the ISI supporting the sikh terrorists in the 80s.Esp after Indira Gandhi assasination things come to a head,it would have been only natural for the Indians and soviets to take joint action against pakistan.


Forces involved
Pak army- infantry heavy army with outdated T-59 chinease tanks, mostly towed artillery and no SSMs.Hatf 1 the locally made rocket did not have any combat capability.
Pak airforce- F-16 only modern planes, only 30+ available no BVR weapons other planes mostly older mirages and chinese F-6/A-5
Pak Navy -dwarfed by indian navy, 2 major ports within reach of indian naval forces

Soviets would likely use their mountain divisions and airborne divisions for the assault and once they secure the mountain passes use heavier units.Their major objective would be to destroy the madrassas and the pak military establishment in NWFP.The locals chiefs have never been entirely happy with the punjabi dominated pak army in the region if the soviets bribe the right leaders and do not push the socialistic agenda then they can get some genuine support amongst the locals against pak army.Plus the balochis ( another ethnic minority ) just recently rebelled against pak army in 70s allegedly with soviet help.
Indians have already had experience in fighting in kashmir for decades with aircover and pak army distracted by the soviets they would have no problem in securing the rest of kashmir and gain a strategic advantageous position in Punjab.Indian navy could easily blockade karachi and stop whatever help pakistan may get from its arab friends.

Allies- Many in the Arab world, but a lot of them also dependent on soviet help like libya, KSA and UAE would be expected to offer the most help

regional allies China, how much it will do to actively help pakistanis is questionable

Iran after revolution is ice cold towards islamabad

Objectives of indians/soviets
Indians : to occupy the pak administered kashmir and strategic areas that control flow of arms/cash to kashmiris and sikhs
Soviets to do the same in the frontier province of pakistan formerly known as NWFP.

They do have local allies, late ZA Bhutto's son Murtaza runs a terrorist outfit determined to overthrow Zia and is at odds with the military establishment.
Pushtoon nationalist elements have a chance of a life time to have one state on both sides of the khyber pass even if that means taking orders from Kabul

pak nukes are of tactical value only, ? how many in 1985 ! Can be delivered only by aircraft and no major soviet cities within range.If the soviet/indian forces stay out of the major population centers of punjab/sindh there would be no reason why the pak generals would feel forced to use the nukes.And if they do the allies would have the perfect excuse to totally obliterate pakistani military and economic capability
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