Gen Bakshi had done his Phd on Limited Wars in South Asia under a nuclear backdrop in 2011. He had advocated the need to inflict far greater Punishment on Pakistan for its terror depredations to ensure Coercion & Compellence. The best means for this was Air Power which provides much greater lethality and the best escalation control. This was precisely how it was done in Operation Sindoor. He has examined the entire history of India's search for conventional response options to asymmetric provocations under a nuclear umbrella. Initially the civilian Government in India were so overawed by Nuclear deterrence that they did nothing to respond Proactively.