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http://www.theworldreporter.com/2011/10/1971-india-pakistan-war-role-of-russia.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971
the Soviets did not send ONLY an SSBN, but a whole battlegroup of surface ships, when the SSBN was the final ultimatum. If Soviets had a comparable CBG, they would not have had to send in an SSBN with ultimatum of a nuke strike. And India cannot deter any conventional threat with his own threat of nuke, as neither it is the coldwar era nor India wish to be projected as halfwits like porkies. So SSBN would hardly work in any future conflict, dont you think? Further, the US CBG withdrew - more like did not intervene - as all said and done it was not their war to risk escalating conflict with soviets. Would they have done if it was US's own interest involved, the way chinese may be in future?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971
the Soviets did not send ONLY an SSBN, but a whole battlegroup of surface ships, when the SSBN was the final ultimatum. If Soviets had a comparable CBG, they would not have had to send in an SSBN with ultimatum of a nuke strike. And India cannot deter any conventional threat with his own threat of nuke, as neither it is the coldwar era nor India wish to be projected as halfwits like porkies. So SSBN would hardly work in any future conflict, dont you think? Further, the US CBG withdrew - more like did not intervene - as all said and done it was not their war to risk escalating conflict with soviets. Would they have done if it was US's own interest involved, the way chinese may be in future?
in 1971 war didnt soviet subs surfaced to show force projection to the US and in a way deterred any US military intervention.
Am not saying subs can replace CBGs but do we really need 2-3 CBGs?
that's exactly what I was saying!