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And neither will picking up guns bring freedom fighters any closer to what they want. India retires 50,000 soldiers every year. Around a hundred are lost to accidents each year. India as a government can and will take such losses without so much as a grimace.

What would be the end game of that? Suppose the "freedom" fighters, with expanded support of PA, ups the ante in Kashmir to an extent where conventional Counter Insurgency no longer works for Indian Army. What happens next? Do you assume India will simply give up and walk away? Thats what a...

When an enlightened donkey is taught the use of a keyboard/keypad, this unadulterated vomit is what is to be expected. First up, for the son of a country whose greatest achievement is setting speed records at surrending and stealing, Gogoi is from Assam and belongs to Ahom tribe, which traces...

People who need to know already are aware that India has area domination and fire dominance along as much as 65-75% of the LOC by virtue of better positions. That fact alone would be good enough for most to know that the weight of casualties would be substantially higher on the Pakistan side...

Not my intention to suggest so. People will ultimately die both sides. And I do not necessarily like this tit for tat low level tactical response because they don't really work as advertised. Useless racking up of body count. As if numbers even matter at this low level of casualties. Killing for...

The PM has ordered, the Army Chief has directed. In a week or so from now, there will be a few, or a lot, of dead pakistanis. Whether or not that will solve the problem is questionable, but a few Pakistani combatants just had their fates sealed. That much is certain. At this very moment, they...

We here would think differently. Pakistan foreign policy regarding India has almost the appearance of talks for the sake of talks. There is no real set agenda, not even a proposal on how to begin the talks. Risking talks as such is a meaningless exercise that serves no real purpose other than to...

Hardly. They are basically unemployed village boys who are taught how to use a gun and used for light policing duties. Paltry pay of something like 5000 a month, essentially to keep them occupied with a sense of purpose and out of trouble. The militants have done stupid this Time. There will...

Thanks for the advice. We were looking at moving within China using high speed trains (wanted to experience them firsthand). Anything else you'd recommend?

Hi, we are planning a 12-14 day trip to China, mostly for sightseeing and wandering the country, but also as a way of understanding the country through its past. Our itenary will take us to Beijing, then Xian, and then to Shanghai, followed by HK & Macau for the final leg. Requesting...

The only rifle that has any chance of getting through IA brass is one that wires cash to the bank AC of the brass every time a soldier fires a bullet. No other gun has any chance. The absurdity and disgrace that is the procurement process of Indian army deserves a stand up comedy show of its own.

Not exactly something one can blame the BJP for. Positions and perceptions had already begun moving on that direction before 2014. The most BJP did is to accelerate an existent process. The reality is that Kashmiris, for whatever reason, wanted war. Whether they anticipated the retaliation is...

There is a reason why nearly every serious, learned, experienced enthusiast/defence analyst from India/pakistan/Rest of World keeps a wide distance from Bangladesh Defence forum segment here. And this thread amply demonstrates exactly why. Now I get why @Nilgiri does what he does here. Its...

Oh yes, and for some extraordinary reason, India will agree to pay prices at upto 3-5x the spot market prices through sea lanes, while accepting the uncertainty of supply given the route of the proposed pipeline. The funny part of this absurd delusion among these self appointed economists is...

A shining example of why people should probably read before replying. But then again, it's probably too harsh to expect donkeys to have the time, or the ability, to read..

I respect their wishes, but the very rationale for Govt. of India (and hopefully other countries') existence is the protection of its citizens. The lives of 1.3 billion Indians cannot and will not be sacrificed for the wishes of 15 million Kashmiris. If it comes to it, India will take that slap.

Pakistan's definition of resolving Kashmir is to basically package it in pretty colors (plus a cute bowtie) and surrender it to Pakistan. With that position, there literally is nothing left to discuss.

Irrespective of the motivations for this apparent change in ideology, what baffles me the most is the almost absurd naivete of the Kashmiri separatists and dissidents regarding Indian response. The Kashmiris wanted war, they got one. And now they are asking "why are the Indians attacking?"...

You put $1 on the table to kill Indians anywhere, India will find a way to put $10 on a counter table to kill Pakistanis, anywhere and everywhere. It makes no difference what semantics or neologisms you choose to refer to the place where you kill...."disputed territory", "occupied territory"...

Well out of PN's ability to mount sustained naval presence, especially given the task force that has been lurking around Maldives for over 6 months now.