Wickerman
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The human beings underly the hardware have critical imput in deciding the outcome.
That is ridiculous. Are you telling me the Chinese were "superior"? If that was the case 1967 at Nathu La would have been in your favor. It wasnt.
Last but not least, India was very lucky in 1962 when the PLA involved were mostly fresh-off-boat young ones without too much experiences. If it had been several years earlier when they were the old school tough ones from the voracious Korean War or the Chinese Civil War crops, they would have had swept most of India meantime driving Indians into the Indian Ocean.
Yeah right. Talk about over estimating your capabilities. Even today, China wouldnt be able to invade India, even though they still have superior military strength. Experience matters, but I wouldnt put experience before equipment and military capability.
The heart of the matter is, that China actually did have night operations capability, and far superior numbers. And China also had better leadership. That was the reason for the Chinese victory. Indian soldiers were low on numbers, low on infrastructure, had a failed leadership which finally culminated in defeat.