One of the Marcos first operation was to plant underwater explosives in one of the dockyard used by the LTTE, Indian Navy as a whole reason responsible for blocking of any possible smuggling routes.
Overwhelming support does not work like that, the best they would have had is the QRT teams on standby + maybe some artillery, By the time orders would have reached to the infantry units they would have been finished if not rescued by the Immediate support planned. You just can't call a infatry camp and say to them go to this and this district of POK all this takes time.
Marcos regularly conducts anti piracy until you are ready to jump into a complex war abroad so that some guys on internet can boast about it.
Garuds serve a purpose might educate yourself on it. Marcos have decent experience of varying degrees.
The rest of the points are laughable
Nothing of what you said disproves any of what I said though lmao. The MARCOS LTTE operations I'd already adressed, anti-piracy ops are no different to VBSS and other nations don't use special forces for it (unless it's really necessary, like the technical sniping required for something like Captain Phillips scenario). For the 2016 raid, regular units along the LoC, from infantry to artillery, were already providing support to the Paras. There were massive artillery salvos and the infantry along the LoC did not let up. So that point is completely invalid.
And I'm sure Garuds serve a purpose, I'm just not sure what purpose they serve.
"Rest of the points are laughable", i.e I don't want to accept there is any truth in what you are saying.
If they are laughable, tell me why. Every operation conducted by the ParaSF has been large in its scale - all actions were
at least on a company level. Chachro Raid were conducted by Alpha and Charlie Coy, 10 Para. Op Mandhol, an unknown coy of 9 Para aided by an
entire regiment of artillery, 195 Mountain. Op Bluestar, 1 understrength company of ParaSF supported by local police, 3 Vijayanta Squadrons, 8 BMP-1s, 2 paramilitary battalions and the 8th Mech Inf. In the IPKF, the ParaSF were used no differently to airborne and were inserted during Op Pawan right alongside regular heliborne troops. Op Cactus, the entire 6 Para battalion. Kargil, 9 whole battalions. Op Khukri, Paras fought alongside regular units - not separately or behind enemy lines, right alongside the Indian regular units. For Myanmar, it was an understrength company supported by artillery and AR and IA QRTs on standby. For 2016, pretty much the whole of 4 and 9 Para, like 4 companies total with entire sectors of the LoC providing covering fire for their inflitration and subsequent exfiltration. ParaSF conducted a raid even in 2020 that was no different to the operational profile of something like the Gurkhas. Even if you listen to the stories told by ParaSF veterans, they will often speak of having large teams.
The MARCOS are combat experienced but less so than the IA units, that is what I meant by
relative combat inexperience. I did not mean to say that they have no combat experience.
I do not believe that anything you have said or any points you have raised disprove my assessment: the Indian Armed Forces' SOF cannot be compared to NATO or even Russian SOF because their doctrines, and therefore their use, is not the same. The doctrine dictates the SOF and that is why, from the POV an American or European doctrine, ours are no good but from an Indian doctrine, they do what they need to do as well as can be done.
