After a stern warning from External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee that India is keeping all its options open, a report said that strikes in PoK and elsewhere could happen.Global intelligence service Stratfor, in its latest report, said, "Indian military operations against targets in Pakistan have in fact been prepared and await the signal to go forward."On Friday, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee had said that the government is keeping all options open in dealing with the situation.This came just after Defence Minister AK Antony said that military strikes were not an option.During an international conference being held in Gangtok in Sikkim, Mukherjee said, "If a country cannot keep the assurances that it has given, then it obliges us to consider the entire range of options that exist to protect our interests and people from this menace.""We have made repeated appeals to our neighbours over the years to ensure that they do not provide support to terrorist activities and to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure. But our pleas have been ignored in spite of assurances given by them," Mukherjee added.India is preparedAfter a series of meetings over the last two days with the three service chiefs, the Defence Secretary and chief of the Coast Guard, Defence Minister A K Antony has asked his ministry to:
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