Goa, Aug. 12 -- Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir, during his visit to the United States, issued a provocative nuclear threat against India, declaring, "We are a nuclear nation; if we think we are going down, we'll take half the world down with us." His remarks drew strong condemnation from India's Ministry of External Affairs, which described such nuclear sabre-rattling as Pakistan's usual tactic.

At a black-tie event with the Pakistani-American community in Tampa, Florida, Munir made three aggressive statements: he warned of a nuclear response if Pakistan faced an existential threat from India, claimed Pakistan was prepared to destroy any future Indian dam on the Indus River using "10 missiles," and asserted that water rights were non-neg...