Are we buying time or simply shelving any intent of fighting?
We can not fight China without paying a huge cost. Do we really need to fight? We need to hold on to the ground which we have control of as of today.
Arunachal has tracts unoccupied, So do lots of places along LAC. Being occupied but the leadership we have in form of civil government is ........................................................ I just give up.
Now, again a hint - USSR and how it was defeated.
That is what we have to do.
China is too big a nation for us to take on without serious consequences for us too. Can we withstand their attacks? Yes. Can we move into Tibet? In a prolonged war - yes, we can very well move into Tibet.
But costs are too huge.
Over this thread, you will see the tendency of our fanboys to under rate PLA on some stupid notion of single child, chinese quality etc. Very foolish to underestimate the enemy, just as frustrating for me as the stupidities of the Babus and few politicians is ....