Our neighbour China also has this rule. All the recent border flare-ups with China haven't even involved fire-arms because no commander on either side wants escalation. The border lines have been literally maintained by sticks and fists.
Any escalation there would be an utter nightmare. So even if the media plays it up, at the local commander level, there is a lot of internal mitigation that goes on.
However, any border flare-up with our other neighbour - Pakistan always causes a lot of anxiety, because there are a LOT of hot-heads in the Pakistan Army who have a dream of taking Kashmir by force by any and all means necessary. You don't even have to take my word for it - just listen to what they explicitly state. And read the books their Generals have published.
Our neighbour China also has this rule. All the recent border flare-ups with China haven't even involved fire-arms because no commander on either side wants escalation. The border lines have been literally maintained by sticks and fists.
Any escalation there would be an utter nightmare. So even if the media plays it up, at the local commander level, there is a lot of internal mitigation that goes on.
However, any border flare-up with our other neighbour - Pakistan always causes a lot of anxiety, because there are a LOT of hot-heads in the Pakistan Army who have a dream of taking Kashmir by force by any and all means necessary. You don't even have to take my word for it - just listen to what they explicitly state. And read the books their Generals have published.