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New Delhi: China, and not Pakistan, is the focus of the Defence Ministry's latest 15-year plan for all the three services.
The latest integrated perspective plan, which will be in force from 2012 to 2027, is aimed at equipping the Indian armed forces to move from the current stage of dissuasion to deterrence against China. The plan is currently in the final stages of preparation.
According to the plan, by 2020, India wants to have dedicated Mountain Strike Corps, over 90,000 men specifically meant for deployment in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh and equipped for offensive operations.
To begin with, the military wants all the planned roads in these high altitude areas to be completed on priority basis.
India is also activating, revamping and upgrading its air bases along the China border both in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh. This includes at least eight advance-landing grounds. Nyoma air base, barely 25 km from the Line of Actual Control, will eventually have Su-30 combat jets stationed there.
The Army is all set to improve the living conditions in high altitude areas by placing over 5,000 specially-designed, self-contained, thermally-insulated shelters for troops so that they can withstand temperatures going down to minus 40 degrees.
In the long run, India also plans to acquire and deploy ultra-light howitzers and light tanks in Ladakh to bolster security there.
Even the Indian Navy is planning for future contingencies by planning to operate two carrier battle groups, several stealth battleships, submarines and long-range reconnaissance planes.
Another important component in the long-term plan is to beef up the fledgling tri-services Andaman and Nicobar Command to keep a closer vigil on the strategically crucial south east Asian region as well as the Mallaca Straits.
This is over and above the on-going plans to develop 8,000-km range inter-continental ballistic missiles in the coming decade.
China, not Pakistan, is India's main threat
^^^ actually its only growing in numbers but not technology> india is getting the 20 years ahead of china technology from the US. Like the latest torpedo offer - it's the F22 of submarine killers
I aslo heared that US will give the whole country to indian. Oh, What a kind nation US is.
Yes..there are plans to setup a jogging track from Washington to New Delhi.I aslo heared that US will give the whole country to indian. Oh, What a kind nation US is.
Here are the reasons why China acts the way it is and why it should be considered a threat and I will make it simple.
1. China used to be carved and occupied into different pieces by the European countries as well as Japan so it was not a strong united nation more than a century ago. Now its becoming technologically advance with manpower and resources that we have not seen for many centuries.
2. Past few years has shown China's aggressive response to what they deem as a threat to their interests. Spratly Islands for example.
3. The Chinese think in long term and patience. They know when and where to pick their battles. Their author created the Art of War which no doubt they learn religiously to apply to political and military interests.
In many years to come we will see if my speculation comes true. Who knows what China will do if it goes against India. Perhaps China will provoke and allow Pakistan and India to duke it out and destroy each other, leaving China as the dominant power in Asia besides possibly Japan.
Correct... Pakistan have lost that place now. Pakistan should mess with Uganda and Somalia now and just stop even dreaming of fighting India.
What a joke
More than 95% of Indian armed forces are focused on Pakistan and their deployment is with Pakistani border.
Against China IAF got two airbases and IA have some 34,000 troops.
Title of news is complete BS until India remove all forces from Pakistan border, Pakistan is main threat to India not China.
You can ask this question to yourself daily wrt your forces.Wt u can do against Pak after Mumabi attacks....wts the use of ur forces when they failed to counter one dozen people who killed hundreds of Indians !!!!
Wt u can do against Pak after Mumabi attacks....wts the use of ur forces when they failed to counter one dozen people who killed hundreds of Indians !!!!
you mean ur entire army did not have the balls to confront us and so they sent a dozen o so ppl to sneak and strike the unarmed!!ur country should be renamed as cowardistanor or may be to Forever Cowardistan