Ye kya primitive fight hai BC. Just open fire and send some body bags of PLA back to CCP. Only harsh lessons should be thought to keep em in check
Probably we should start firing real bullets in response to spear/club attacks by the PLA.By playing by their rules we are allowing them an advantage.
The PLA knows that if they don't use firearms then India will also reply in kind without using firearms.
People will notice that such provocations are becoming more common and is almost an annual affair. Just like how Pakistan used to push terrorists at regular intervals into Indian Kashmir. This strategy was followed for a very long time by the Pakistanis. Only when the costs became unbearable did they stop pressing the terrorism accelerator.
The present reason for the CCP and its PLA to indulge in this latest provocation could be that India is projected to grow much faster than the Chinese economy post Covid. They want to test our nerve. Whether we will escalate.
There are unconfirmed reports that discontent amongst the common Chinese has increased and the Chinese economy is stagnating.
The sad reality is that only when India poses an credible threat to Chinese control of at least the two neighbouring provinces of Tibet and Xinjiang will the PLA be somewhat deterred from carrying out these games against India.
They should fear the Indian Army. Knowing that if they advance on Tawang then they will face an Indian counter offensive which will result in the PLA losing large parts of Tibet or Xinjiang.
If we don't want to cross the border in a big way then at least we should build an inventory of thousands of long range cruise missiles and short/medium range ballistic missiles which will target all the important PLA and PLAAF facilities in Tibet and Xinjiang. The PLA should realise that they will suffer immense damage from the Indian attack.
An equivalent Chinese counter offensive is fully expected and we need to be prepared to minimise the losses on our side.
The last resort is to go fully nuclear and replicate the NATO strategy against the then Soviet Union.
At least the pressure on China on the Taiwan and Korean fronts should be increased. The US and its allies can help in this effort. But will they do it. The Japanese need to go into war fighting mode and discard their peaceful stance . The Japanese Navy will pose an immediate threat to the supremacy of the PLAN.
India needs to dramatically increase the strength of the Vietnamese and Phillipines Navies. Hope we develop quality indigenous weapons which can be exported to these countries. The Chinese should feel the heat. Unsettle the PLAN and the CCP bosses. They will have to allocate more resources to counter their neighbours Navies. Keep them busy and divert their attention.
Lastly the Military Industrial Complex in India needs to deliver big. Both the Public and Private sector need to live up to their potential. An India self sufficient in weapons technology can better face any future challenges.
