India had already taken non-military action. After decades of confrontation it wants to expand its toolkit in response to what it views as Pakistani-backed terrorism. On April 23rd it suspended the Indus Water Treaty,

India fired several missiles into Pakistan overnight on Tuesday, according to the Pakistani army, which said it has responded from the "air and ground." The attacks, labeled Operation Sindoor, targeted nine sites of "terrorist infrastructure" in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir,