然而，在克什米尔问题上，现在由代理人和恐怖分子集团参与的不对称冲突可能不会退化为一场全面的战争，恰恰是由于印度和巴基斯坦都拥有相互的核威慑。 的确，这种通过代理人进行的不对称冲突已成为各个国家避免付出全面战争代价的新的常规方式。
However, in the case of Kashmir, the asymmetric conflict currently fought by proxies and terrorist groups might not degenerate into all-out war precisely because India and Pakistan have mutual nuclear deterrence.Indeed, such asymmetric conflicts through proxies have become the new conventional way that states avoid the price of a general war.