Gessler
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I still maintain that under the fog of war all data compiled during peacetime goes haywire.Two main example i can give you indian advance to lahore was halted in 1965 due to confusion even when there was there was no opposing force.In 1971 pakistani advance got halted at longewala.overnight when there were only 120 men opposing it and IAF was not even in sight.As for 1998,2001,2008 2012 your still lack artillery situation is same with MMRCA not even in sight.
How can you compare age-old wars to modern-day battles? Do you think India & pakistan are just like
how they were in 60s and 70s? India now has spy satellites watching the borders 24x7, NOTHING is
hidden (except tunnels) IA knows exactly where what is much better than PA today.
In case of any armored thrust, PA is inadequately equipped with anti-tank weapons and sufficient
np. of attack helicopters to stop the advance, don't even think blundering NASRs can stop an advance,
all our vehicles are NBC-proof. nukes won't make any bigger damage than conventional explosives on
troop positions. They'll only invite sanctions and cutting off supply of spares for critical aircraft like
F-16 and SAAB Erieye for decades to come, it'll only worsen your situation further.
A successful Army operational can only be conducted under a realm of air superiority secured by the
AF, your troops on ground will have hell to jump into with their ai support falling like ninepins against
air-dominance fighters like MKI. Force-multipliers are useful when air superiority has already been
secured, not in an airspace filled with enemy AD fighters equipped with 400-km ranged AWACS-killer
missiles!
Your Navy is in the worst condition than ever, your ships carrying 180km range Harpoon have no
chance of survival against IN stealth warships with 300km-range BrahMos supersonic missiles. Your Navy
lacks effective stealth features in warships (in an naval exercise IN ships carrying emplaced radars
sent to track Shivalik at the sea trials failed to see Shivalik at 100km due to its stealth characteristics),
you have 5 submarines to our 15 (14 conventional, 1 nuclear), plus no aircraft carrier to deploy
sea-based airpower for shore-attacks.
Dont talk about MMRCA you know nothing of, the deal is confirmed, the aircraft is already operational
in the vendor nation AF+navy, all that is left is price negotiation and final inking. Think about your
own aircraft aacquisitions instead, you have some 100-odd 4th generation planes to India's arsenal
of >200 4.5 generation fighters, and that much-hyped FC-20 hasn't even flown as yet!