India dissects Pakistan in half, in mock battles?

[RAPTOR]

Indian military rehearse Pakistan's dissection in mock battles

NEW DELHI, May 3 (AFP) May 03, 2006

India's top military strike force backed by aircraft were practicing lightning attacks aimed at slicing arch-rival Pakistan in half in the event of actual war, officials said Wednesday.

"The manoeuvres are being held in stages and they will culminate on May 19 in a theatre of 10 to 15 square kilometres (about four to six square miles)," Indian army spokesman Colonel S.K. Sakuja told AFP in New Delhi.
The mock battles, codenamed Sangha Shakti (Joint Power), involve more than 40,000 soldiers from India's 2nd Strike Corps which accounts for almost 50 percent of the million-plus army's cross-border strike capability, Sakuja said.
He said the three-week exercises were being conducted near Pakistan's borders in northern Punjab state's Jullandhar district.

Military commanders said India had alerted Islamabad in advance about the exercises as part of a bilateral military accord.

The spokesman said a "mixed compliment" of transport and strike aircraft of the Indian Air Force were backing Sangha Shakti, one of the biggest wargames in recent years on Pakistan's militerised borders.

On Wednesday, the 2nd Strike Corps, backed by troops from the army's 14th Rapid Division, practiced dry runs with T-90 Russian battle tanks in Punjab's deserts with temperatures reaching 42 Celsius (107 Fahrenheit).

"This will put to test our 2004 war doctrine to dismember a not-so-friendly nation effectively and at the shortest possible time but since my statement is not politically-friendly I would not like to be identified," a commander told AFP.
The comments were an obvious reference to Pakistan which went to war with India in 1947, 1965 and 1971.

The neighbors conducted tit-for-tat nuclear weapons tests in 1998 and four years later came dangerously close to a fourth war when India blamed Pakistan for an armed attack on its parliament by Muslim gunmen.

The wargames coincided with an agreement Wednesday between India and Pakistan to launch a truck service as well as a second passenger bus route this summer linking the parts of disputed Kashmir held by each country.

All rights reserved. © 2005 Agence France-Presse.

 

[Munir]

India should act like a big nation and not start shouting. I doubt whether it is realistic to attac a nuclear nation. They are not marked as a failed state but they surely act like one.

 

[RAPTOR]

This was just reported in Dawn today also. It seems india is preparing to strike Pakistan in the near future. I guess the entire Sindh /Rajastan Border area should be mined with nukes so any delusional indian army that comes to "dissect " Pakistan gets barbecued...very well done!

Indian mily rehearses Pak 'dissection' in mock battles

From our correspondent
ISLAMABAD-As Indian army started war exercises near Pakistani border on Wednesday, the foreign office and ISPR did not make any comment on what is being dubbed as war maneuvers aimed at slicing Pakistan into half, in the event of actual war.
India’s top military strike force backed by aircrafts is practicing lightning attacks aimed at slicing arch-rival Pakistan into half in the event of actual war, said a news wire service report quoting Indian military officials.
“The maneuvers are being held in stages and they will culminate on May 19 in a theater of 10 to 15 square kilometers,” Indian army spokesman Colonel S K Sakuja said.
The mock battles, codenamed Sangha Shakti (Joint Power), involve more than 40,000 soldiers from India’s 2nd Strike Corps, are being conducted near Pakistan’s borders in northern Punjab state’s Jullandhar district.
Military commanders said India had alerted Islamabad in advance about the exercises as part of a bilateral military accord, according to news wire service report.
The ISPR Chief, Maj General Shaukat Sultan when contacted said that foreign office would come up with reaction on the issue.
Foreign Office Spokesperson, Tasnim Aslam, however, said she would consult the relevant quarters before making any comment and would talk on the subject Thursday (today).
According to Indian military spokesman a “mixed compliment” of transport and strike aircraft of the Indian Air Force is backing Sangha Shakti.
Another military commander said that the war games would put to test India’s 2004 war doctrine to dismember a not-so-friendly nation effectively and in the shortest possible time.
According to report, the comments were an obvious reference to Pakistan, which went to war with India in 1947, 1965 and 1971.tively and at the shortest possible time but since my statement is not politically-friendly I would not like to be identified,” a commander told AFP.
The comments were an obvious reference to Pakistan which went to war with India in 1947, 1965 and 1971.

 

[RAPTOR]

Pakistan should code name its next excercise...."Anhilate the cow" !

And if india crosses Pakistan...where will it go? lol

 

[desimorty]

Hopefully for your guys PA is taking this more seriously than you. This exercise was done to test a new doctrine. They plan to cut Pakistan into two. Which is possible with BLA support. All this talk of peace eh? Did you forget its Pakistan thats test firing new missiles after they tried a Cold Start of their own on Kashmir in 1999? If The Indian Army is going to do it anyways with or withour the peace process. They are modernizing. With out a new tactic why bother buying so many new gadgets? And BTW most of these new gadgets are aimed to counter other nations besides Pakistan.

 

[sword9]

Gents,
The scenario being depicted in the exercise is totally unrealistic. One does not know the authenticity of the "commander" jingoistic statements of disecting a non-friendly nation. However, the fact is that Pakistan is a nuclear cabable state and any such "disecting" operstion cannot be attempted without risking an all out nuclear war. Neither does India have the capabilty to neutralise Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.

Either the journalist has a great imagination or the "commander" supposedly interviewed, was talking out of his hat.

 

[Bull]

My advice to Indian Army will be that pursue peace. its in your favor. with poverty in both countries reaching sky high, these kind of rhetorics can cause premature annhiliation.:flag: :army:

Slightly out of topic..

Poverty level hasnt reached sky high, ...India only has 25% below the poverty level and probable more or less the same in the case of pakistan.

Please take this notion out of your mind that we both are poverty stricken,we might not have used our resources properly but now things have strated changing.

And if we as Indians and pakistanis are not ready to accept this,then how do u expect a foreigner to accept it.

 

[sword9]

Actually lemontree......this scenario has been an old wet dream of india since the 60's.

Wet dreams are those that cannot be achieved, PA's Op Gibralter and Grand Slam instigated India which resulted in IA's Op Cactus Lily. So that is realty.

They did this back in the 80's at the height of the cold war. During the 90's Pakistan did get some strategic depth via Afghanistan...but now the neighbourhood is more favourable to india. So this excersise just validates the same strategy, but in a Nuclear environment.

This exercise is not deep strike, but it is the testing "cold start". As I said the journalist who wrote that article is an idiot.

 

[Bull]

Wet dreams are those that cannot be achieved, PA's Op Gibralter and Grand Slam instigated India which resulted in IA's Op Cactus Lily. So that is realty.

This exercise is not deep strike, but it is the testing "cold start". As I said the journalist who wrote that article is an idiot.

doesnt cold start theory deals with striking blows at very fast pace...

 

[RAPTOR]

Wet dreams are those that cannot be achieved, PA's Op Gibralter and Grand Slam instigated India which resulted in IA's Op Cactus Lily. So that is realty.

This exercise is not deep strike, but it is the testing "cold start". As I said the journalist who wrote that article is an idiot.

Cold Start is a massive show of force resulting in a quick attack using paratroopers and achieving the set goals within a very short window of time before the enemy has the chance to respond.

This scenario is different. the excercises are 2 weeks long.!!!!!

 

[Bull]

Cold Start is a massive show of force resulting in a quick attack using paratroopers and achieving the set goals within a very short window of time before the enemy has the chance to respond.

This scenario is different. the excercises are 2 weeks long.!!!!!

when we say short window of time..how much short is this short time.?

 

[tahirkhely]

Hopefully for your guys PA is taking this more seriously than you. This exercise was done to test a new doctrine. They plan to cut Pakistan into two. Which is possible with BLA support. All this talk of peace eh? Did you forget its Pakistan thats test firing new missiles after they tried a Cold Start of their own on Kashmir in 1999? If The Indian Army is going to do it anyways with or withour the peace process. They are modernizing. With out a new tactic why bother buying so many new gadgets? And BTW most of these new gadgets are aimed to counter other nations besides Pakistan.

U look a real Jatt. ur english is poor and its going in each and every direction. i had made repeated requests to forum members that this is just a forum keep it in mind. and try to follow the proverb, " Brevity is the soul of wit".

:flag: :army:

 

[tahirkhely]

Guys one can always feel trembling feet of indian Army strategic planners. why india is telling us that they have designed a new strategy of cold start?

 

[tahirkhely]

Slightly out of topic..

Poverty level hasnt reached sky high, ...India only has 25% below the poverty level and probable more or less the same in the case of pakistan.

Please take this notion out of your mind that we both are poverty stricken,we might not have used our resources properly but now things have strated changing.

And if we as Indians and pakistanis are not ready to accept this,then how do u expect a foreigner to accept it.

Agreed its not sky high. but its topping the neighbouring himalayan hills. india has 25 % below poverty level, how many does it have on the line and just above the line, btw.

 

[sword9]

Guys one can always feel trembling feet of indian Army strategic planners. why india is telling us that they have designed a new strategy of cold start?

Use your own advice for a change..." Brevity is the soul of wit". Here is another proverb, "Its better to be quite and be considered a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubts".