Maoist Attack on Indian Troops!

rhino123

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Just read the news on net today and in the newspaper yesterday,

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It seemed that the Maoist are a real threat to India's stability, other than that, I am wondering what training and tactics that the Maoists are using, plus what equipment they have for them to actually survive so many years against a much larger and better equipped Indian's troopers.
 
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siegecrossbow

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The Indian Maoists, or Naxals, use guerilla warfare. The ambush attack on the policemen is a classical example of "people's war". Indian military experts say that the Maoists are well trained and some may have even served in the Indian military in the past.
 

solarz

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When I first read the title, I thought Nepal was going to war with India. LOL

I have a question: what are the attitudes of all those Maoist groups toward China? Sympathy? Antipathy? Apathy? Conversely, what is China's attitude toward them?
 

siegecrossbow

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I would say that the attitudes of modern Maoist groups (Nepalese Maoists, Indian Maoists, Shining Path etc.) towards the Chinese government range from apathy to antagonism. You must remember that post-Mao China is Communist in name only and most radical Communist groups think that the PRC is reformist. Remember how the Sino-Soviet split occured due to ideological differences? I think it is ironic that Maoism is less influential in China as it is in countries and Nepal and Peru.

Although I haven't read anything on the Indian Maoists' opinion of China I do recall running across an article stating that the Chinese government condemned a past attack by the Indian Maoists. They simply want nothing to do with the radicals since the PRC is interested in maintaining its current relations with India.
 

rhino123

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I do recall reading from our newspaper in Singapore, it said that the Maoist group in India bought their arms from Chinese smugglers. I am wondering if the Chinese on their side clamped down on the smuggling activities... will it actually cause the Maoist group in India a fatal crush. Since they would not get their source on arms.
 

siegecrossbow

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I don't think that Chinese crackdown on the arms smugglers would have much of an impact on the Indian Maoists. First of all I don't think the government could completely stop smuggling (just look at how hard it is to stop the drug trade in the U.S.) and second of all, the Indians will just get their guns from other sources if the Chinese stop the smugglers. You must remember that most of the weapons in Mao's army during the Chinese Civil War were captured weapons. Indian Maoists should be able to do the same thing.
 

Red Moon

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Indian, Nepalese, Peruvian and some other Maoists see themselves as fighters against 'revisionism'. They are more or less supporters of the 'gang of four', and would have preferred the cultural revolution to end in a different way. In other words, they are opposed to the China's reforms in the late 70's, saying this amounts to capitalism.

There is a second matter, which is that also in the late 70's (but earlier than the economic reforms), China cut off all ties and aid to revolutionaries around the world. For some of the people that supported China this was a factor.

However, when he was prime minister, Prachanda of Nepal visited Mao's home town, and though he has never taken any words back, all indications are that he gets along well with the Chinese leadership. It was India that maneuvered to stop him from taking the post of president after he won the elections, and has been working to marginalize the maoists since.

In my own opinion, It is possible that China would have continued making progress without the reforms of the late 70's, but it would have been much slower, as it would not have been able to utilize foreign capital, and technological absorption would have been much slower. As well, it would not have benefited from world trade as much as it has. Moreover, if it had continued supporting revolutionaries in Nepal, India, Burma, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, etc., it would be impossible to have a friendly relationship with the governments in these countries, and countries wishing to encircle China would have used the resulting antipathy to encircle it. This would have forced China into a situation of having to spend the capital available for investment and growth on military development instead, much like the Soviet Union or North Korea today.
 

bladerunner

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Where are the Chinese smugglers getting the weapons from. I would have thought the authorities in China keep a pretty good watch on their munitions?
 

Pointblank

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Where are the Chinese smugglers getting the weapons from. I would have thought the authorities in China keep a pretty good watch on their munitions?

Probably from China... the authorities in China, depending on location, are often highly corrupt and are more than willing to look the other way with a good sum of cash. This can be especially true in the southern and southwest portions of the Chinese border.
 

pla101prc

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a lot of the weapons are actually hand made by villagers all over the place. there are entire villages of which the income depends on this stuff. they make thousands of AK's every year then sell them.

as for China, i highly doubt that it could be a source of weapon acquisition. the Chinese keep a REALLY tight control of firearms. it doesnt matter how "corrupt" you are, you simply dont mess with this stuff cuz when you get caught, its almost certain death sentence, especially for the military.
 
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