New tensions erupt between rulers in India and Pakistan
Vol. 83/No. 11 - March 18, 2019![Indian soldiers survey wreckage of air force helicopter in Budgam, Kashmir, Feb. 27, during renewed military friction between rulers of India, Pakistan. Six airmen died in the crash.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/8311IndiaPA-300x206.jpg)
A potentially serious military clash between the rival nuclear-armed capitalist governments in India and Pakistan was defused after a captured Indian pilot was returned by Islamabad March 1. His jet had been downed on Pakistani territory during retaliatory cross-border air…