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Let's say that during one of the Indo-Pakistani Wars, say in 1971 or 1999, India and Pakistan end up exchanging nukes. Millions die and the governments of both states are decapitated.

What happens next? What effects does this cause on the world stage, not to mention neighboring countries such as China? Would other, similarly armed countries fire their own weapons when they notice the launches (i.e., US and USSR)? Would a nuclear exchange like this retard Asian development and/or would it give greater credence to worldwide anti-nuclear weapons movements?
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