Toh unka neighbors kaunsa badha "Pakistan/China" hain? And how much direct/indirect support does Israel get from the West in these wars? Btw fun fact : Even Indian troops are deployed in those areas under UN caps. Most likely some contingents of PARA/PARA SF too.
Never the less, not taking any credit from them. Israeli forces are highly capable. But so are their Indian counterparts.
"Far more training and sophisticated pipeline" toh aap computer screen aur keyboard ke peeche se bol rahe ho naa. PARA SF ka 1 year basic training hota hain. Post that almost 2 years of advanced training in various institutions. How many days of that training you have attended to come to the conclusion?
Again i am repeating for the 1102324th time. Most of their equipment/training/ethos, etc are classified. I am not trying to pretend to be an expert and know what goes on behind closed doors. i am only concerned about the success...be it 50 year old 1971...or 21 Year old Sierra Leone or 7 year old ...Pakistan raids.
And most importantly. The stability even after 40 year old ongoing COIN in Kashmir and 50 year old ongoing in NE and thousands for ops linked to it.
And Indian SOF need no lessons from US SOFs? Hell no, i never said that! Weapons/Equipment training, logistics training and implementation, etc, etc bahut sare aise areas hain where we benefit from them. there are surely other areas too which are discovered during the joint exercises.
But other areas...training, tactics , Sops and many more.. They take away from us.
You gave a funny example. Let me also give one. Take a group of experienced US Army Special forces with their best equipment and excellent marksmanship. From the Indian Side, take a similar number of Gorkhas with their average equipment.
When you drop both of them at 15,000-18,000 ft mountains to take out enemy positions.....and within the first day US units start getting sick and collapsing ...whats the use of those "sophisticated" equipment. Whats the use of your marksmanship training when ur not in a position to shoot at all?
You cant even reach your enemy
Meanwhile the Gorkhas.....well, do i need to say more?
Bhai tu kiya hai kya? Para SF ka 1 yr of basic training and 2 yr of advanced training?
Nahi na? Toh tu kyun itne phat raha hai?
Aur bhai agar equipment hai, toh use kahe nahi karte?!
It's a given that if you have good equipment, you'll use it. Pagal thori hai? Inventory mein quad NODs hai lekin humein toh encounter mein single tube NODs hi use karna hai. Kahi zyada use kar liye toh resale value na ghat jaye.
Kuch nahi hai bhai confidential equipment. Aur MARCOS aur Garuds chutiye hai kya? Jo apne equipment dikhate phir rahe hai?
And Surgical Strikes were a publicity stunt dude. Tu URI movie dekh ke itna phat raha hai kya?
Woh sab kuch nahi hua tha. What they did could have been done by a damn Ghatak Platoon for god's sake.
And seriously? Drop US forces at 15k feet and they'll start suffocating? Tujhe Afghanistan ka terrain pata hai? You know what geographical features they have in their own country? And how frequently they train there?
Itna under-estimate mat kar bhai. Aesehi nahi bane hai woh the best in the world. Para SF underdogs nahi hai, compared to NSDWG and CAG, Para SF is just plain incompetent.
The stuff Para SF does can be done by Army Rangers of the US Army.