Mr. Clean was incompetence personified but Dhanush and ATAGS projects were initiated under his watch. Political differences aside, no harm in admitting that a Congressi had the vision to develop/unveil some degree of indigenous arty capability when most thought none existed and import was the only option.
France , switzerland , Italy ?
for the alps, yes. but now that they have peace in europe, it may not be a priority for them.
But that's an opportunity for us, go build equipment which is specifically suited for our terrain and which enemy countries can't replicate.
TBH, procurement in military everywhere is retarded and full of corruption.
We are unable to make guns, tanks, rockets, helicopters, drones then where are our crorea of rupees going in the name of R & D ...are making some kind extra terrestrial weapons
Until 2016 the political sphere and militray brass were content with one upping Pakistan so our standards are as such.
AIT? This tap can be turned off very easily should the West so desire.
It would be fascinating to see the Chinese activating all the back doors in Indian comns equipment they’ve surely built up
Unable?We are unable to make guns, tanks, rockets, helicopters, drones then where are our crorea of rupees going in the name of R & D ...are making some kind extra terrestrial weapons
They would peter in a limited conflict but dominate in a conventional one. The 2010s imo is where the indian army lost its edge.
look at the Himalayan geographical region. Unless you can find a way to support your troops on a long term basis, your LOCs would be under severe strain while going on the offensive on a long term basis. There’s a reason why PLA quickly withdrew from its advances and only kept Askin Chin and basically gave up on Arunachal Pradesh because they simply couldn’t sustain it until winter came. They would have been stranded and left to its own like the Germany army in Stalingrad. Once it outran its locs and got encircled, it was curtains for them.
It’s 2023, China has been pouring in 10s of billions into their foreword infrastructure for over a decade and their LOCs are far more developed
India, pre 2010, would wipe the floor with its PLA contemporary. That is because:
PLA enjoys the same advantage it had in 1962, in 2023. Just letting you know.
Ok and how are they supposed to cross the Himalayas with this enormous mechanised advantage you speak of??
not a lot. Probably only a couple brigades worth due to chokepoints. The only reason why the IA got overran was because they ran out of supplies and has to retreat a lot. Situation is different now. We need to win the air battle. As long as we win the air battle we can man these choke points and hold the Chinese up and hit their rear LOCs and bases.
Exactly this. It just boggles my mind that how otherwise smart individuals can make such stupid comments.
That was one of the primary causes behind the 1962 disaster, but not the only one. The units were deployed piecemeal, in small so-called strongholds that were completely isolated from each other and without any reliable means of resupplying. This was done in accordance with the then-GoI policy of 'defending every inch', which saw our forces deployed in a thin red line with lots of gaps in between. And to make matters worse, in many sections of the front, the units were deployed in the valleys. So the Chinese had no trouble achieving overwhelming local superiority and dealing with our army one unit at a time.
Not even win, but just keep harassing them to the point their air interdictions become ineffective. The biggest problem, in my opinion, is going to be their artillery and drones. The surest way to counter those is dig down, litter the mountains with underground tunnels, basically go the Viet Cong way.
