If India-China go to war tomorrow, 1962 will be repeated: Expert

[OrionHunter]

New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) If China attacks India tomorrow, the situation would be something similar to the 1962 war, a strategy expert said on Friday.

Sam Roggeveen, a well known strategy expert and founding editor of Australia's Lowy Institute of International Policy's blog, however, said there were little chances of this happening.

"The situation will be much like 1962 if a war happened tomorrow (between India and China). But the chances of a war are very low," Roggeveen said at a dialogue organised by think-tank Ananta Centre.

The expert said development of an anti-ship ballistic missile by China was "novel" and can be a concern to the US.

"The anti-ship ballistic missile, if China can make it work, would be worrying, especially for the US Navy," he said.

According to reports, China has inducted the world's first operational anti-ship ballistic missile, known as the DF-21D.

In 2010, it was reported that China had inducted the DF-21D into its early operational stage for deployment.

The potential threat from the DF-21D against US aircraft carriers has reportedly caused major changes in US strategy.

Asked about Taiwan, while stating that chances of a military attack by China were little, Roggeveen said that in case it happened there were little chances that the US will support Taiwan.

If India-China go to war tomorrow, 1962 will be repeated: Expert

This bugger is a clown! He's got his a$$ where his brains are supposed to be! Damn arm chair 'analysts' are mushrooming all over the place like sea weed. And idiots will naturally lap this up.

He's unaware of the pasting that the Chinese received at the hands of the Indian Army at Nathula in 1967 where 400 PLA robots were killed including the utter destruction of scores of Chinese gun positions and pill boxes. It was so bad for the Chinese that they begged for a ceasefire!!

And the way they turned tail and withdrew in Somdoronghu in Arunachal in 1987 was pretty amusing. This after Gen Sundarjee, the then chief, ordered them to vacate within 24 hours or face the music like what happened at Nathula/Chola. The way the PLA withdrew was laughable. Faster than the speed of light!!!

The same will happen in the next war if ever there is one. The IA is not what it used to be in 1962. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge.

This so called 'expert' needs to STFU.

India have more to lose than China in case of war.

Nope! China has a Shanghai to lose. And other very swanky cities that took trillions of dollars to construct. They'll be back to square one with a couple of Agnis. And then the billions of dollars they've spent on infrastructure in Tibet will all go up in smoke - including railway lines, bridges, airports and so on.

So they'll think twice before initiating a war with India, because they have an enormous amount to lose compared to India.

 

[Beast]

The real questions are
If India had used their air force in 1962
If India had even half a dozen mountain divisions
If India had not been naive enough to believe the Chinese are not an aggressive, belligerent race and prepared for war

Would the outcome for 1962 been anywhere close to what haphappened?

And as for today, the ground realities remain the same - as long as the iaf disperses it's aircraft to avoid losses in a preemptive strike, India would have air superiority.
And would face an enemy with a tenuous supply chain across Tibet.

Let's be honest. If either china or pakistan had even some confidence of winning a war against India, they would have started one.

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This bugger is a clown! He's got his a$$ where his brains are supposed to be! Damn arm chair 'analysts' are mushrooming all over the place like sea weed. And idiots will naturally lap this up.

He's unaware of the pasting that the Chinese received at the hands of the Indian Army at Nathula in 1967 where 400 PLA robots were killed including the utter destruction of scores of Chinese gun positions and pill boxes. It was so bad for the Chinese that they begged for a ceasefire!!

And the way they turned tail and withdrew in Somdoronghu in Arunachal in 1987 was pretty amusing. This after Gen Sundarjee, the then chief, ordered them to vacate within 24 hours or face the music like what happened at Nathula/Chola. The way the PLA withdrew was laughable. Faster than the speed of light!!!

The same will happen in the next war if ever there is one. The IA is not what it used to be in 1962. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge.

This so called 'expert' needs to STFU.


Nope! China has a Shanghai to lose. And other very swanky cities that took trillions of dollars to construct. They'll be back to square one with a couple of Agnis. And then the billions of dollars they've spent on infrastructure in Tibet will all go up in smoke - including railway lines, bridges, airports and so on.

So they'll think twice before initiating a war with India, because they have an enormous amount to lose compared to India.

Really, nobody knows about chola incident. Only Indian draw up some delusion scenario and start bragging. But 1962 was well recorded.

 

[simplestguy]

Nope! China has a Shanghai to lose. And other very swanky cities that took trillions of dollars to construct. They'll be back to square one with a couple of Agnis. And then the billions of dollars they've spent on infrastructure in Tibet will all go up in smoke - including railway lines, bridges, airports and so on.

So they'll think twice before initiating a war with India, because they have an enormous amount to lose compared to India.

Its going to be a war between two large countries so it wont come to an end very soon and i dont think india can afford the expenses of war for a long time. Destruction will be from both sides.[Aftermath] it might take several decades for India to reconstruct her country.... and China has better AGNI than India.