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I don't know the number of Nukes that either side has, or the size of the nukes. Both of these (as well as type) are important in estimating damage and fallout.
The media is tossing about different numbers of Nukes for both sides, but I have never seen a number tossed about on the size of the Nukes.
None the less the number of nukes being tossed about that Pakistan has is not enough to bring India to its knees. Set them back economically in a major way; yes. Cost them maybe a hundred million lives, in initial blast and fallout; yes. But if I remember correctly India has a population of close to 1 billion people so as a people and a nation they will survive.
The number of nukes being tossed about that India has would be a bigger problem for Pakistan. Pakistan only has a portion of the population of India and they do not have the land mass that India has.
If both sides detonated all of the Nukes that they "may" have, the fallout would effect peoples in other parts of the world. They do not have enough Nukes to cause a "Nuclear Winter".
Having said all of this; Nukes (depending upon size and type) do not have the ominpotent destructive power than some people imagine.
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