India, July 4 -- Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's advisor, Rana Sanaullah, has said that Pakistan had only 30 to 45 seconds to assess whether the BrahMos cruise missile launched by India during Operation Sindoor carried a nuclear warhead. The missile, which hit the Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi, could have triggered a nuclear conflict if misunderstood, he said.

"Pakistan had only 30 or 45 seconds to respond," Sanaullah told a local news channel. "Now, this BrahMos missile coming silently-if it had been nuclear, and to make the decision in just 30 seconds about whether it was or wasn't-that shows you how dangerous the situation was."

He added, "I'm not saying they (India) did a good job just because it didn't contain nuclear mat...