NationalInterest: For Indian Mercedes, Pakistan Army Chief Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

2025-08-30

#nationalinterest What exactly does Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir mean with his imagery of Pakistan as a dumper truck ramming into India, the shining Mercedes zooming on a highway? From his point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a blunt ‘hard state’ weapon. Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with ThePrint Founder & Editor Shekhar Gupta.

#nationalinterest

What exactly does Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir mean with his imagery of Pakistan as a dumper truck ramming into India, the shining Mercedes zooming on a highway? From his point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a blunt ‘hard state’ weapon. Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with ThePrint Founder & Editor Shekhar Gupta.

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