Ladakh Flash Point

[Mohsin77]

Do you see CPEC and cooperation with China more generally as helpful to this problem?

CPEC is grand strategy, while this intelligence game is just low-level tactics. The real problems in Pakistan are much bigger than these BLA militants (e.g. we've got the IMF running our central bank.) CPEC infrastructure's long-term benefit (for Pakistan) is to get the hell out of the Western financial orbit, once and for all. This is why US/India wants CPEC to fail, they are seeing the threat 20-30 years down the line.

 

[hullopilllw]

CPEC is grand strategy, while this intelligence game is just low-level tactics. The real problems in Pakistan are much bigger than these BLA militants (e.g. we've got the IMF running our central bank.) CPEC infrastructure's long-term benefit (for Pakistan) is to get the hell out of the Western financial orbit, once and for all. This is why US/India wants CPEC to fail, they are seeing the threat 20-30 years down the line.

India didnt read it on that level. To them CPEC is part of an encirclement strategy which is why the desperate attempt for the Chabatar port in Iran to link the long way into Afghan.

 

[caudaceus]

Might be a little out of topic here
Recently I found a military simulation scenario between China and India (in Chinese). The scenario's background is that the removal of Article 370 somehow leads to China-India conflict and subsequently India navy attempts to block Malacca strait. Note that this scenario was written last December, so it did not include Ladakh's contention. What do you think?

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Spoiler: Personal opinion

While I appreciate the detail and good narrative, I think that this scenario might be too favorable to China. FYI, China only lost 3 fighters here, while virtually the entire Indian Navy was obliterated, that's more crushing than Battle of Tsushima. Also somehow Indian Air Force has Su-57 but no Rafale.

P.S. DeepL works better than Google translate IMHO.

 

[Figaro]

Hong Kong SCMP reports 1 PLA soldier dead in Gawan Valley clash.

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SCMP a couple weeks ago said from its sources that no Chinese soldiers were killed and there were only minor injuries. As for this one, maybe he heard a rumor from Weibo, which said one Chinese soldier was killed.

 

[jfy1155]

Rafale is a game changer, Chinese J 20 does not even come close, says former air chief Dhanoa

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[plawolf]

Delusion: 100

 

[siegecrossbow]

Since when did the JF-17 use Italian radar?

 

[Figaro]

Since when did the JF-17 use Italian radar?

Since former Air Chief Dhanoa said so ... now I understand what type of competency it takes to shoot down your own military helicopters.

 

[jfy1155]

Was this the same former Indian Air Chief Marshal got fired after IAF pilot Abhinandan got shot down and captured?

 

[siegecrossbow]

Since when did Chinese fighters use RD33 engines? They can’t even get their basic facts straight.