内容摘要："When they get to our age there will be nobody alive to tell those stories."

"When they get to our age there will be nobody alive to tell those stories."

to defend its territory. Years later, US official Bruce Riedel revealed that intelligence indicated Pakistan was preparing its nuclear arsenal forBut there is scepticism on both sides over such claims.

Former Indian high commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria wrote in his memoir that Pompeo overstated both the risk of nuclear escalation and the US role in calming the conflict in 2019. And during Kargil, Pakistan "knew the Indian Air Force wouldn't cross into its territory" - so there was no real trigger for even an implicit nuclear threat, insist Pakistani analysts."Strategic signalling reminds the world that any conflict can spiral - and with India and Pakistan, the stakes are higher due to the nuclear overhang. But that doesn't mean either side is actively threatening nuclear use," Ejaz Haider, a Lahore-based defence analyst, told the BBC.But nuclear escalation can happen by accident too. "This could happen by human error, hackers, terrorists, computer failures, bad data from satellites and unstable leaders," Prof Alan Robock of Rutgers University, lead author of the landmark 2019 paper by a global team of scientists, told the BBC.

In March 2022, Indiawhich travelled 124km (77 miles) into Pakistani territory before crashing, reportedly damaging civilian property. Pakistan said India failed to use the military hotline or issue a public statement for two days. Had this occurred during heightened tensions, the incident could have spiralled into serious conflict, experts say. (Months later, India's government

for the "accidental firing of a missile".)

Yet, the danger of nuclear war remains "relatively small" between India and Pakistan, according to Mr Clary.Nic Noble raised around £1m for the new centre in honour of her sister, who died from cancer, and was there for the Royal visit.

She said: "Luckily my mum was presented to her [the Queen] which for me it was a joy - she had a nice conversation with her."She added that the Queen is "just such a lovely lady. She was down to earth, she put everyone at ease."

Ms Noble's mother, Diane Young, said she spoke to the Queen about how "terrible" the facilities the new centre has replaced were."We spoke about how this is a marvellous new centre, that I was so proud of Nic and her late sister. She was very approachable and obviously impressed with the new centre," she added.