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Roma answer to your post is very simple . It was nehru which adopted policy of forward troops deployment . When you take such aggressive stance you need to think about reaction that might be coming from enemy . Mao openly declared that he is not bothered about loss of lives to take Tibet . We...

If Airforce is not a match winner then there is no point in having so many planes and spending so much for new ones. Better to buy many air defence units and man portable anti aircraft systems. Till now I thought Its the airforce is match winner and game changer. Maybe longewala was just a...

1962 shouldnot have happened. We were unprepared, underarmed and had no self confidence and esteem. First mistake was troop deployment by Nehru knowing that we cannot match their firepower. second was asking troops to hold firepower when attack begin . Third was holding back IAF on pretext of...

How do you know that IAF was in very bad shape compared to PLAAF ? Our Airfields weer close to comtat areas and weer at lower altitude so no weight penalty for IAF where as having nearest airbase in Tibet and at such a high altitude they had sever weight penalty disadvantage . In short IAF could...

I Think Like this . If we would have given a befitting reply to China in 1962 and Airforce was used properly to kick their ass . Leave aside china siding with Pakistan in 1962 1962 itself wouldnot have happened . 1962 happeneds because Pakistan thought that Indians armed are weak and Our...

As per many reports chinese airforce was at great disadvantage due to their airports in Tibet at higher altitude . due to higer altitide they cannot takeoff with higher weapon payloads . Army fought without any air support whatsoever . At least airforce should have been used to cut chinese...