Military situation in the sino-indian border
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Hendrik_2000
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I think putting a large army close to the border is sign of weakness rather than strength because they are vulnerable to attack from the air and from artillery. Modern artillery has long range 30 or 40 km plus even more if you considered rocket.
Having concentrated army near the border make it a juicy target. A good strategy would be to disperse the army and have good infrastructure to give the army the mobility allowing it swift reinforcement where it needed
Then why did Indian position large army on the border? Because they don't have infrastructure.
I really don't understand why the Indian move large tank to the border. They can't move in narrow road and in low capacity bridges. They will clogged and slower the army movement.
Anyway China control the high plateau of Tibet and He who command the height has strategic advantage. .Plus China has excellent road, railway and 9 airports in Tibet allowing it mobility and reinforcement on notice.
Remember the Gustav line where the German under Kesselring execute a clever retreat and bogged down the Allies army by shooting it from the height of Monte Cassino
Only landing from the back of Gustave line save the day But in Himalaya there is no such landing
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It's just posturing. It's unlikely India would launch a surprise attack and even more unlikely China would do so. The most serious escalation would be if foreign troops or installations are put in the area, I doubt the Modi government will tilt that far towards US containment of China though.
I don't like these flame baits, China can de-escalate and so can India. it doesn't really matter. Honestly, does Brahmos mean much in the Himalayas? What can a few Brahmos do? I don't think China will break a sweat.
Hendrik_2000
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I don't think this missile pose any threat to China . To begin with is short range missile only 300 Km.
All the Chinese have to do is position their base away from the border .
Another thing this missile has high trajectory profile and fly supersonic the whole flight regime . It is just light up the sky like Christmas tree.
It would be easy for Chinese radar to pick it up HQ 9 should have no problem picking it up
Nah Brahmo is more of a hype than anything else. The Russian doesn't deploy it widely even though their version is longer range
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Blackstone
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It's in the interests of both countries to have good deterrence against the other and once secure in that item, deescalate and demilitarize their border area. Hopefully, we'll someday see border resolution too, but the power of respective countries have shifted in PRC's favor, and it's not likely to offer same deal as Zhou Enlai and Deng xiaoping. On the other hand, I don't see India accepting anything less.
joshuatree
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That site is known for an anti-China bias. Everything discussed about China is mostly through the context of how China is "terrified" or "complaining". The PLA Daily commentary is only stating that the Brahmos can pose a serious threat to the immediate provinces which is true and objective but that is no where near "terrified". The "complaint" was actually a warning to India to not deploy a regiment of Brahmos in Arunachal Pradesh which is contested by China. It warned countermeasures may happen in response. It's not like China doesn't have its own supersonic missiles.
De-escalation can take place by either side. India not deploying Brahmos there would also be de-escalation.
If we went with the National Interest's train of thought, any time another country warns China about an issue, they must be terrified and a complainer.
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