if modi and co have not learnt any lessons, then how come BRO is building so many roads and bridges along LAC? how come additional tank battalions are deployed? How come there were plans to create new mountain brigades in NE?
Cruise missiles can take out bridges but rail lines and roads ? . Also they can still supply by air .
Dude while your points are right but here we are facing Chinkies not porkies. I think Porki army man to man is better competition than Chinki army. You should also have a look at Rezang la battle which was again fought under tremendous odds. One of the baddest last stands in history.
I am not saying to take Battle of Longewala or any such miracles as template. My limited point was our aim is to defend our turf, not to invade and cut China into pieces. Invading forces always have to be ready for improbable. Everything is 20/20 in hindsight, and decisions taken in nick of time and under pressure looks like stupid mistakes or good/bad luck.
Chinese indeed are a threat. They do have a quantity wise edge on us & a strong economy let's face it. It is basically a mystery whether their indigenous missiles & other copycat MBRLs may actually work or not in case of a combat. I am actually relying on Indian Army's courage than anything else. We do have a huge force. It will be bloody for sure. Indians have an appetite for war but Chinese don't. Vietnam proved it.
Thats the advantage we have. What ever we have is battle tested and ready and we know it works...so quantity doesn't mean they are better...In all our wars with porkis, they always had better equipoment than us but still we banged them...
You are correct, so let me rephrase. We have not prepared in capital acquisitions anywhere near adequately except in making emergency procurement. We should have backed our road building, not all done by this government, with enough muscle to prepare for exactly this type of contingency. There, I submit, we have failed. The UPA too made some acquisitions and that has helped but we both would agree that they didn’t do anywhere near enough. My criticism is not political, it’s just regret. Nor am I saying that we needed some expensive foreign toys but when we have seen the circus with artillery when we have had some very good stuff available locally, we can’t just pretend that we have done anywhere near well.
No money , No political will . And when shit hits the fan emergency procurement at exorbitant costs.
We are on the same page. I would love to hear about Chinese constraints and limitations. It is a fact that military publications which list out each country's
Boat Ramming.. sword fights are next... since fist fights are not enough.. Warfare is getting medieval on India China border..
As famous person once said war is logistics. And the thing is that we are nearly at parity with them in terms of cruise missiles. Ballistic missile aren't accurate enough to cause much damage but the sheer numbers Chinese have they don't need to worry about accuracy at all. Nobody knows how many ballistic missiles we have but surely I believe we are outnumbered by 4/5:1 in this case. Moreover air power will decide the result of conflict if it happens. In that case they are pretty good but we are also quite good. They outnumber us in 1.5:1 in air. Not to mention geopolitics is b*tch. Perhaps a conflict is a good thing with China . Maybe it's an opportunity
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Need More Which can carry One battalion Of IA if needed
Boat ramming is what chinese do in SCS, it's not that far fetched.Boat Ramming.. sword fights are next... since fist fights are not enough.. Warfare is getting medieval on India China border..
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