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Here's an interesting video on the truth behind Brasstacks..... Gen Hoon himself later admitted that Brasstacks was no military exercise. It was a plan to build up a situation for the fourth war with Pakistan.

As one of the umpires for the' Exercise', I would like to mention that an attack deep into Pak was war gamed several times under different scenarios. But the stakes, both internal as well as external were too high as I have brought out in my earlier post. Keeping all factors in mind, the plan...

Sorry buddy, but I couldn't figure out your question. Who's strategy? What specific strategy are you implying?

Both have their own niche strategies. But considering that Gen Sundarjee operated under the constraints of a political dispensation of that time which didn't have the balls to stand up to the Chinese or for that matter even Pak, I think he gets a one-up against Rawat.

When you start quoting journalists who know squat about the ground realities to cook up stories sitting in their AC towers and quoting 'sources' in the government to dish out the 'official' stance to the media, then you need to think twice before you link their articles to try and prove your...

No prizes for guessing who! It was Gen Sundarjee and FM Sam Manekshaw!

Ex Brasstacks was conducted in the deserts of Rajasthan, near the Pakistani border, which was an ideal location from which to launch a deep thrust offensive into the Pakistani state of Sindh that could cut Pakistan in half and probably more. The force comprised of nine infantry, three...