India’s missile and bomb strikes on targets in Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir have prompted multiple attacks in retaliation between the nuclear-armed neighbors to the point that some are now calling it a de facto war.

India and Pakistan were at war for a little less than 100 hours before a ceasefire, effective 5pm May 10, brought them back from the edge of a tit-for-tat military escalation that could have led to nuclear war,

The fragile ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan shattered within just four hours, triggering a fresh wave of cross-border tension. Pakistan reportedly violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and international borders,