Was it a potential nuclear flashpoint? In retrospect, it was more like a brawl - a noisy, disorderly quarrel.

Indeed, it ended as abruptly as it erupted and very little broken china is visible as the two armies, which apparently went for each other's jugulars, summarily pulled back. India claimed Pakistani forces had killed two of its soldiers and mutilated the bodies, while Pakistan, which denied any wrongdoing, alleged Indian troops crossed into its side (which India denied), killing and injuring their soldiers.

To be sure, a cleaning up operation is necessary but, fortunately,
no permanent fixtures have been damaged on the dance floor - although the waltz cannot resume as if nothing happened.