And look at India side, how come India is still worry about China's threat
you can claim western side is for Pak , but here is the list of eastern side.
Base Name State
Chabua AFS Assam
Jorhat AFS Assam
Kumbhigram Assam
Mohanbari Assam
Mountain Shadow AFS Assam
Tezpur AFS Assam
Tawang AFS Arunachal Pradesh
I am not sure that the locations of PLA AF aircraft resources in the map of PRC were correctly located. Since this map, it has been a frequent topic of conversation of an Indian military site that the PLA AF has a string of new airstrips and bases in southern Tibet. Some of the correspondents clinched the issue by displaying downloads from Google Earth, with coordinates included.
It appears reasonably certain that the PLA AF is as well-prepared as the PLA itself to act swiftly against South Asia.
North-East has geographic disadvantage from the defender's side.
The invader has good advantage considering if PLA can overun Sikkim and some land called the Chicken's nest,they end up isolating North-East from India.
Also ,We are very much concerned about its security as
1.One of our oil well with strategic oil reserves lies there.(Assam)
2.We have a state there which is disputed by China.
3.North-East has many separatist and insurgent movements.
Some comments:
- Sikkim, and the Chicken's Neck have always been the favourites of armchair strategists. I would caution Bombensturm against giving them too much importance, but at the same time, it has to be said that these two continue to be vulnerable points.
- Nathu La in Sikkim, for instance, a very high-altitude pass between Sikkim and Tibet, is a favourite venue for the PLA to display annoyance with demonstrations of strength;
- The 'Chicken's Neck' is the name given to a thin strip of territory of less than 100 kms. between Nepal and Bangladesh. It is through this passage that all road and rail traffic to the north-east travels. If the PLA manages to penetrate the Darjeeling Hills down to the Duars at the bottom, or passes down the Teesta Valley from Sikkim, again to the Duars, then all road and rail passage is cut off;
- However, the classic route has been the Bailey Trail, snaking its way from the Tibetan frontier to a point between Tawang and Bomdi La. I have already narrated the story of the war games in which Lt. Gen. Kumaramangalam and another contemporary who was an Infantry general, rather than a gunner like K, where K, role-playing the PLA, used the Bailey Trail or similar, parallel routes three times, and knocked his opponent off balance and struggling to respond three times. Not accounting for these results, forcing the 'forward strategy' on the bewildered general officers at Division and Corps levels and bringing civilian motives and beliefs into the management of military affairs led to an inevitable tragedy.
- We are already acquainted with other weak spots in the eastern Arunachal Pradesh, and I shall not dwell on these any further;
- I cannot help but point out the implications of the growing intimacy between PRC and Myanmar; this makes feasible a simple right hook across Myanmar territory straight into completely undefended parts of the north-east;
- It is still not clear what is intended in case of a PLA attack, irrespective of the direction and axis. Will the IA resist in forward positions? Does it propose to defend forward positions? Does it propose to hold a deeper defence line? Does it propose to counter-attack? If so, when, and how? If it has to counter-attack, how will it hold troops in strategic locations, and forward them to the battlefield? On foot? by truck? by armoured car? by chopper, as an air-mobile formation? by fixed-wing STOL transport, or as airborne troops?
You know what? I was planning to present this to Joe but was too busy yesterday.
I have no friends left. Woe is me.
It is understandable sometimes if we switch the position of two countries, just imagine Tibet is an independent country closely allied with India or a state of India. My hometown Chengdu could be under the gunpoint of India. I will be paranoid as well no matter how much Indian stresses they don't have ill intention toward us
Tell me about it! You've got it exactly right! It's frightening to be told that the world's largest Army is breathing down your neck. Incidentally, most of the time, I'm in Silchar, which is on the Indian side of the border from the north-east shoulder of Bangladesh - just a hop, skip and a jump from the probable PLA target of Tezpur.
Heh I should mention he is from Bengal which is almost exactly the same position Chengdu is. So you should understand his apprehension from that prospective.
Worse; see my comment above. 'Apprehensive' doesn't cut it.
Although you can sleep well at night, nevermind what the Indian press says I think the GoI will not act on the popular ambitions towards China.
'...no matter what the Indian press says...'
...popular ambitions towards China...'
What on earth are you talking about? There is no mood, never was, for any aggressive move on China. On the other hand, there has always been a huge demand for protection, for defence against attacks.
And I say let woe betide those who think the PLA a foe.
We think - I think - the PLA is a foe, a dangerous foe, ready and willing to move against India whenever the CPC wants it to. And woe may well betide us if it does move. But it is highly unlikely to be thanks to anything India provokes. That's for sure.
Moving troops into defensive positions, moving the best aircraft in inventory against PLA AF routes, strengthening the local levies and raising local military formations, building roads and airstrips, moving ammunition and fuel stocks into strategic locations, assessing and analysing the strategic options of the PLA/PLA AF and planning counter-measures, strengthening counter-intelligence and security, formulating doctrine to govern the operations of national military organisations - these are all defensive measures, and only a highly jaundiced view, or the view of a deliberate seeker-out of military friction will look at these as provocative.
The important difference here is China has agreed to exclude areas were citizens have identified themselves as Indian.
As I have noted earlier, this has not been realised in practice. For instance, the citizens of Arunachal Pradesh have identified themselves as Indian.
This is emphatically not a propaganda statement but a carefully-considered remark based on a deep and thorough study of the local facts and circumstances. However, the gravest acts of mutual dissatisfaction and dislike have centred around this province of Arunachal Pradesh.
China is willing negotiate, India is not. By all honesty, this is the case today, if it were otherwise I'd say say so. By this perimeter alone we can rule out WWII Germany. As sickening a comparison as that maybe.
Yes, this is something which is a definite moral salience for China. On the other hand, it might be argued that many boundaries remained unresolved for years after a war ended, yet they were not inconsistent with parallel measures for some limited degree of normalisation.
I think parallels to WWII Germany are exaggerated. On the other hand, parallels to 18th and even more 19th century Great Britain and France are not.