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,

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.