As a result, New Delhi was forced to adopt a more and more aggressive foreign policy to keep the country united and distract from domestic problems
Not every country has a propaganda brigade as is the case in China.
conventional war threat. Indias most powerful neighbor was China and New Delhi could not feel strategically secure until an independent Tibet is created as a buffer zone. This motivation was strengthened by Indias desire for redemption for its 1962 defeat and deep-rooted colonial racism against China. India also needed Tibet's water resources because India's rapidly increasing population had outgrown its territory so expansion was required.
China is a power full neighbor but the PLA have less conviental threat on Delhi. Pakistan has more of a threat because they share a border with India that isn't all divided by the worlds biggest mountians.
And Indias don't have deep-rooted colonial racism against China. Indians did not learn to hate Chinese because of the British but Chinese certianly did.
Tibet is not a place to live but its water resources are important.
Let me guess you wrote this.? Take some more time writing facts rather than bs fiction.
Prior to 2000, India was shunned by the West and could only buy second-class, faulty weapons from Russia. After 2000, India started to acquire first-class weapons from Russia like the T-90, Su-30MKI and from Israel like the Phalcon AWACS and Green Pine radar. By 2010, even the US was offering India first-class weapons like the new M777 light howitzer, C-17, C-130 transport and Apache combat helicopter. Between 1995 and 2010, the India military had gone from a large but low quality Soviet-armed force to a more professional force with an eclectic mix of first-class weaponry from both East and West.
Actually the Indian arms purchases are not really high end. But in the region they can be game changers. What you call faulty soviet weapons are very effective under the right leader.
Strategic competition between US and China for primacy in East Asia was the reason why arming India became US policy
The US can deal with China via Taiwan/Korea/Pilipenes and Japan. India is not the prime choice! The US is not arming India but rather joining the Russians and Europeans in the Arms market in India.
The US wanted to enlist India to help contain China. However, the US also faced the problem that it needed Pakistan too. This problem dogged the US until it finally reached a solution in 2010 -- it would sell weapons to India to use against China in the Himalayan border regions, but it would discourage India from using them against Pakistan.
Where the fcuk are you getting your imagination from? Weapons that can't be used on Pakistan? I dare not read more.
The US does not want to see India conquering Pakistan-administered Kashmir, as that might make India too powerful to handle and eventually Indian Navy might even start affecting US naval primacy in the Indian Ocean.
Sersiously? TOO POWERFULL Because they got the gem magical awe inpiring power found in a cave in Kashmir?
The US also does not want to see India continue to improve its nuclear and missile technology so that one day it can build ICBM that can reach New York. But selling artillery, helicopters, transports and fighter jets (like Super Hornet and F-16E/F offered for MMRCA competition) to fight China in a Himalayan war is okay.
They can't sell missile ICBM technology, and India is researching their own for a credible detterient.
Since the late 2000s, India has been raising and deploying more and more elite mountain divisions toward both the Eastern Sector and Western Sector of the disputed boundary with China. India has been supplying them with airstrips in the forward areas like Tawang and Ladakh. Indian doctrine is to strike deep into Tibet with air-launched Brahmos, cut off Chinese defenders from supplies and overrun them. Meanwhile, India will encourage ethnic Tibetans to rebel against Beijing and sabotage PLA supplies.
While missiles seem logical, the distance the the Barhmos missile covers is not the greatest. Likily it will be the PLA that uses surfaced launched BM while the Indian air force drops iron.
By the start of the war, China had largely completed its infrastructure construction in Tibet. It has a railroad from Qinghai to Tibet and another one from Chengdu to Lhasa. China built civilian airports and military air bases in Tibet close to the Indian border. Highways tunneled through mountains provide access to the disputed Eastern Sector. Meanwhile, China opened a railroad along the Karakorum Highway through Pakistan-administered Kashmir linking Kashgar, Xinjiang with Islamabad and opened a railroad from Tibet to Kathmandu.
While this is all great the lack of roads where it counts is minimal for both sides. These are major high ways, no where near the border.
MKI was at a serious disadvantage to J-11BS. MKI had late-80s Soviet avionics compared to J-11BSs modern suite. MKI was a heavy Russian-manufactured beast while J-11BS was much lighter because of Chinas composite materials technology. Also, India could not maintain foreign equipment very well or repair because spare parts usually came from Russia. Indian license-made parts were very poor in quality. As a result, some of the force could not fly and defects affected the entire MKI force. Chinese AA missiles such as PL-10 were also a generation ahead of the R-73 and R-73 on the MKI.
The Su-30MKI like the J-11 both use 1970's tech such as their engines. But ultimatly its the MKI that has the advantage with its EW suite which includes the BARs radar.
Indian license-made parts were very poor in quality
And the Chinese don't rely on Russian engines for their planes to fly?
The J-10B also had an advantage over Indias MMCRA. The Eurofighter and Rafale were too expensive for India to buy in any reasonable quantity so India chose another. But none of the other aircraft had an upper hand over the J-10B. The J-10B has stealth features like DSI-intakes and extensive composites. It uses the FWS10A -- a 140 kN engine in the same thrust class as the Russian 117S. J-10B carries an AESA radar, electronic warfare suite and advanced AA missiles. As an air superiority fighter, it is a true equal to the Eurofighter and Rafale.
And the Indians would buy what? Less of an aircraft so you can make up a story? Please. Don't get into detials, keep on track with what you know.
China had the numbers advantage. Where India buys, China makes indigenously at a fraction of the price. For China, a J-10B costs only ~$30 million, far less than what India would pay for a Mig-35! Where India can only induct 25 or 50 aircraft per year, Chinese war factories can crank out more than 100 per year. Just in the theater alone, China had more than 300 4th generation fighters (J-10B and J-11BS) to Indias 200 or so flyable MKI and MMRCA.
What BS. It costs the same everywhere! Infact buying a Russian Flanker is going to be cheaper that a Chinese knockoff because of the Russians ability to allready make a profit or two.
And no. Factories come to standstill if they are attacked like the Japanese. They can make parts but if the facialities that manufacture the parts for a machine are spread out or single area and are dystroyed the production rate is reduced. The only this China can mass produce in the hundreds is its F-7s.
Finally, PLAAF could engage in information-centric warfare. J-10B and J-11BS work together with HQ-9 SAM and KJ-2000 as force-multiplier. Indian weapons from Russia, US, France, UK, Israel, etc. simply cannot work as an integrated system. As a result, the pride of the Indian Air Force was lost in the first few days. However, they did inflict substantial losses on the PLAAF at a ratio of 4:1 (in favor of China). China lost ~1/6 of the fighters it brought to the theater.
They do work together. One of the lessons i've learnt is that integration is very important. The MKI-Bisons-Tejas-Awacs and ground control radars all work together because of something called a command and control HQ.
The remaining IAF was a handful of poorly maintained, half-flyable Mirage, Mig-29 and Mig-21. Those were quickly destroyed on the ground by J-11BS with precision-guided munitions, as were forward Indian air strips and logistics depots.
okay...
Ill begin with saying this. You are Chinese? You show it well.
Your airwar isn't going to be a pretty story like the one you made up.
Infact its far from.
Whats going to happen is that the PLAAF will have 2 months of decent weather to pull off operations from Tibet after that they will rely on mostly airbases located at the mainland. The Indian side however is the one with the advantage. They have lowaltitudes for take offs and have a lot more fields located closer to the border than the PLA could dream of.
Tibet is not a nice place to start a war in short. High alitudes and bad weather means the PLA's only reliable transportation is the railway.
Its the Indian doctrine that would be dropping bombs btw. The PLA won't send its fighters to drop bombs unless its on the battle ground. They will use artillery or missiles.
With total control of the skies, China proceeded to attack Indian army bases. The handful of Indian S-300 batteries was destroyed using SEAD tactics and the Y-8 electronic warfare aircraft. It was made easier by the fact that China itself operates these systems. The handful of Green Pine radars was destroyed using terrain-hugging CJ-10 cruise missiles. The indigenous Akash did not perform very well and could not stop PLAAF from dropping precision-guided munitions over all Indian army bases in forward areas.
Without fighter support or supplies, the elite Indian mountain divisions could only mount a brave but desperate offensive. Z-10A grossly outnumbered the Apache that India purchased. Again, this is because China makes indigenously at a fraction of the price. The highly-advanced Z-10A is equivalent to the Eurocopter Tiger but has less firepower and less armor than the heavier Apache.
The Chinese also have the advantage of bringing SPAAG, CIWS and short-range SAM on the highways to defend against Apache and Mi-35. Indian-controlled side had no highways. Chinese infantry carry advanced QW-2 manpads (equivalent to Stinger) against helicopters. LCH never made it to the fight because India could not successfully turn the European-made Dhruv into a combat helicopter.
Indian army had the excellent M777 light howitzer, and this weapon definitely caused damage to PLA. But the Indians faced the disadvantage that they could not "shoot-and-scoot" like the PLZ-04 since M777 was towed and there was no highway. As a result, India's M777 attrited very fast. Yet India could not crank out replacements because it is purchased not indigenously made.
PLA's biggest advantage is that it could bring up far more numbers using railways. When the Indians began their attack, they thought they enjoyed a 3:1 advantage in numbers. But they did not expect that China had quietly brought up rapid-reaction forces from Lanzhou military region, Chengdu military region and Guangzhou military region. In the end, Indian army was outnumbered 5:1!
Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, Indian army fought bravely and inflicted 2:1 (in favor of China) casualties on PLA. The high quality of the Apache and M777 was a factor. Nonetheless, PLA commanded the upper hand. Waves of PLZ-04 artillery fire rained down on the Indian mountain divisions wherever they were, killing / wounding many of them. PLA infantry supported by Z-10A followed up and tore into Indian positions. The few that survived the vicious assault ran away and eventually froze to death. PLA suffered ~1/10 casualties.
Highways? That would mean your too far to count. You need to be where the action is, on the border. The Apache are probabily not going to be purchased and neither the Z-10 or Apache are going to crossing the Himilyans with their max alititude and payload.
and those M777 guns can be transported by heles. Thats the idea. The Indian side has a lower atlititude and are much closer to the border in time. They don't always require roads. Which is why india has a large fleet of helecopters.
PLA's biggest advantage is that it could bring up far more numbers using railways. When the Indians began their attack, they thought they enjoyed a 3:1 advantage in numbers. But they did not expect that China had quietly brought up rapid-reaction forces from Lanzhou military region, Chengdu military region and Guangzhou military region. In the end, Indian army was outnumbered 5:1!
You can send 3 million soldiers to Lhasa but your only gonna get 50 thousand to the actual border.
Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, Indian army fought bravely and inflicted 2:1 (in favor of China) casualties on PLA. The high quality of the Apache and M777 was a factor. Nonetheless, PLA commanded the upper hand. Waves of PLZ-04 artillery fire rained down on the Indian mountain divisions wherever they were, killing / wounding many of them. PLA infantry supported by Z-10A followed up and tore into Indian positions. The few that survived the vicious assault ran away and eventually froze to death. PLA suffered ~1/10 casualties.
Apaches would be useless at that altitude and so would be the Z-10, either because the airfield is 2 fare away or it was too heavy.
Having destroyed the IAF and destroyed the mountain divisions in both Eastern and Western Sectors, China went on the offense to incapacitate India from any future military adventures.
PLA advanced into the chicken-neck area and overran Indian defenses, cutting off the entire northeast. PLA moved through Myanmar and attacked Indian army positions near the border. India demanded that Bangladesh let Indian army transit through to save the northeast, but Bangladesh refused, knowing that it would gain from an independent Republic of Assam, for example better water rights.
In the Western Sector, PLA attacked the Indian army on Siachen Glacier from both the Chinese side and the Pakistan side in a pincher maneuver. Finally, PLA moved into Jammu and Kashmir to roll back the remaining Indian army. Overjoyed at their liberation, Kashmiris rose up and set fire to GoI buildings in Srinagar. The pro-India faction in Kashmir fled the angry mob.
Within two weeks from the beginning of the war, Kashmir was totally lost and the Indian army in Assam was cut off from the rest of India. Then, China fired hundreds terrain-hugging CJ-10 cruise missile at power plants and electricity grids. Suddenly, all the major cities in India are without electricity and running water.
As India entered darkness, rebellion and communal violence broke out all over the country. Naxalites and Assam separatists launched direct assaults on pro-India police and paramilitary forces. Local governments and entire states declare independence from New Delhi. Some generals in the Indian Army tried to restore GoI authority by force but instead the whole country simply sank into civil war.
Wow.
China should not underestimate India. Yes, its indigenous weapons are not a cause for concern, but the weapons India imported in the 2008-2015 time frame is first-class! Sure they will be lesser in quantity and not as well integrated as indigenous Chinese weapons but they are nothing to scoff at.
Its indigenous weapons are a cause for concern. Because like the Arjun, insas the weapons were built keeping indian conditions in mind.
Quantity doesn't help in a war against India and China. Because quantity is limited on the battlefield. Quality will count.
It is precisely because India has upgraded from second-class weapons to first-class weapons since 2008 that India has started styling itself a "superpower." India is fundamentally an expansionist state and quite dangerous.
India is replacing its old Soviet warbirds and tanks.
China is the biggest expansionist state in Asia.
China is already reacting to India's hostile policy. Chinese defense minister recently said "Chinese military must be self-reliant." This is reminding India that its arms purchases will not help it defeat China and assert itself as the Asian superpower.
The difference is both countries import arms. While you maynot like it but the Chinese still use Russians parts in the fighter aircraft.
India doesn't need to assert itself. Japan is an asian super-power. Not becuase it has a very large military, but because they provide softloans to nations like China. Approximilty 2 billion every year.
The Second Indo-Chinese War will be decided by fighter aircraft, artillery and combat helicopters. This is why the US is selling these specific items to India! The weapons offered by the US are comparable to the best that China can field indigenously (J-10B, PLZ-04 and Z-10A), making China's industrial advantage over India not decisive.
Actually the US is trying to make money. Russian or European purchases can also be effective. Its not like the US is providing these things with a discount. The next Indo-Sino clash will be dicided by India as to where it happens. Because like it or not. The Tibetan border is closer to India than it is to China. Fighter jets from China will be mostly useless. Because of the altitude and time issues. The PLA will stock up and relay on ground based weapons, and i doubt the PLA will try to attack.
The CCP and PLA have had more than 40 years to try and grab what it cliams as chinese land. And yet all of this? Its because they never had the capability to keep that land. Simple as that.
And why do you think China arms Pakistan with even missiles and nukes? Because the Pakistani's can do a better job at fighting a war with India than the PLA every could, unless it turns nueclear.
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