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Sir,That the crux of the whole problem which dominates the minds of our politicians, bureaucrats, policy makers and even the generals - that the war will be over in three days with Pakistan. But the reality is something else. What does the history say :
# Indo- Pak War 1947 - Oct 1948 - Dec 1948
# Indo Pak War 1965 - 17 Days intense War
# Indo Pak War 1971 - 05 Sep -14 Dec 1971
# Kargil War - Mid May - 14 Jul
Indian Neta and Babu's belief of four days war post Pokharan was brought to the ground by Pakistani General Mushraff who pulled their pants down when in spite of India having nuclear weapons he imposed a 60 days attrition war on India in Kargil. He gleefully claims that he held India by her throat.
Wonder how Indian Army has reached this forty days (intense) figure ? Subsequently bend down to 20 days MARL? All kind courtesy Saint Antony, MMS, MoD Babus and inept and inefficient OFB. They were all busy making money and buying journalists like Parveen Swamy.
My reply was in a different context to that Gentleman across the border.
The person who says that we should not be prepared for a 2 front war should be admitted to a mental asylum immediately.
We can argue on a strategy point of view whether a 2 front war will happen or not, but it would be criminally insane not to plan for one. I would not be in the know of how much war reserves are required, 20 days or 40 days. We will have to go with what the IA decides based on the threat assessments.
On another thread the shortages shown by you through the CAG report are indeed shocking and needs to be addressed immediately.