Realistically what is Indian army's approach to Terrorist stuck in a house?
I have only seen discussion of the aftermath and not the strategy, is there a book where u can read more about this.
I have given links of two US publications for one to understand the basic complexities involved in carrying out operations in Urban terrain as Indian publications are restricted and not available on line,
However, understand a few things very clearly =
US Armed Forces will resort to those techniques invariably in an urban locate in some goddamn foreign country and not in some Mexican or Black population ghettos in Neyyork City amongst their own citizens. That is unimaginable. Indian Army operates within its own country amongst their own brothers but against hostile forces. The degree of violence and destructive method prescribed in US publications will be absolutely bare minimum and not like US Army that on the first opportunity a tank will deliver the shells or shots into the building.
Second, the difference is that Indian Urban clusters including in the valley are unplanned growths, houses are jam-packed, entries are restricted, streets are restricted and narrow, buildings are made of all kinds of assorted material. Hence there can not be any singular drill to be followed everywhere like a template.
Third, the Indian Army does not employ mechanized armored forces and air assets in counter-insurgency / counter-terrorist operations. For Infantry type units also, there is a vast difference in resources available and used.
Indian Army CI/CT operations, I assure you, are humanitarian operations. There are no parallels in the world to Indian soldiers when it comes to humanitarian values.
