India warns military attacks will be met with ‘very firm response’

India’s foreign minister warned Thursday it would respond to any Pakistani military action, a day after launching missile strikes it said were in response to an attack it blames on Islamabad.

“Our response was targeted and measured. It’s not our intention to escalate the situation,” Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said, in a speech to a visiting Iranian delegation.

“However, if there are military attacks on us, there should be no doubt that it will be met with a very, very firm response.”