Remember 6 names (Low hanging fruits)
1. Olthinthang
2. Fraono
3. Siari
4. Goma
5. Gyari
6. Neelam
Total of above: 8300 square kilometers approx... 48 hours operation if green light is given backed by a firm political resolve
No. 7. Hajipir... only if outflanking operations are done in immediate surrounding sectors... would be manpower intensive.
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IMO it will have to be a combined Air Land offensive, Army only op will may not be effective and will eventually spiral out to the air domain anyways. It has to be a lightning strike, with intense precision strikes on known Pak Army bases, positions and logistics from the air and rapid mobilisation on the ground so that the Paxi Army does not get a chance to dig-in. Basically put into play the learnings of Cold Start, Ex Gagan Shakti etc. into a Op kabaddi +.
IMO also the areas we should be targeting opposite Jammu and Kashmir should be shallow (10-12km deep), avoid major population centres and depending on geography. From North to South:
1. The whole of Neelum Valley (if one looks a the geography, its shocking that we have to kicked out the Paxis yet from here).
2. Leepa Valley
3. the Hajipir bulge
4. [Bonus] Straighten out the bulge between Rajouri and Kotli.
Total population absorbed would be <10 lac, Area absorbed ~6-7000 sq. km.
On the Ladakh side, the incursions will have to be deeper so we can make major gains in GB. the Thang axis looks promising (at least from my armchair view), from
@mist_consecutive report entire 1 Corp is already in Ladakh, most of it presumably across Khardung la and mostly between Shyok/Nubra Valley or further south in Chushul/Indus river valley i.e no major passes or challenging roads so we can move significant forces from China side to Paxi side with in short span of time. Thoise will be a perfect to stage an air assault 50-60 km deep. Aim should be to at a minimum take the Skardu - Goma road (cut off Paxi forces facing the Glacier), and take Skardu, Astore and have a stretch goal of taking Gilgit itself, thus cutting off the N35 "cee-paak" road.With this at a min we finally secure Siachen (and use those forces else where) and max cut off the Pak-China axis, giving us a route to Wakhan corridor.