PLA strategy in an Indian conflict

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A copy of the thread about Taiwan.

Obviously I don't advocate for war against India because I don't consider India to be an enemy, just an annoyance at the worst of times. But they have attacked China twice now, they have nuclear weapons with nuclear capable missiles they can't seem to control. There is also a shift in the language used in Chinese diplomacy when it comes to asserting border issues.

Most importantly it seems they will become more isolated from America as an outcome of their policy in the Ukraine conflict. That's unlike Japan, Taiwan and South Korea who remain American allies.

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Abominable said:
A copy of the thread about Taiwan.

Obviously I don't advocate for war against India because I don't consider India to be an enemy, just an annoyance at the worst of times. But they have attacked China twice now, they have nuclear weapons with nuclear capable missiles they can't seem to control. There is also a shift in the language used in Chinese diplomacy when it comes to asserting border issues.

Most importantly it seems they will become more isolated from America as an outcome of their policy in the Ukraine conflict. That's unlike Japan, Taiwan and South Korea who remain American allies.

Thoughts?
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Good thought proviking thread that requires an equally careful though provoking analysis. So instead of offering my pedestrian views on this matter I am going to simply leave the link of the podcast discussion from the Asian Peace Dialogue started with Professor Kishore Mahbubani and his discussion to delved into the Sino-India geopolitical issues stemming from the past, that's being dealt into the current contemporary times. Give it a listen (am still listening to the podcast) and come back to discuss what you think of the ideas presented by both Professors Mahbubani, and Bajpai.

 
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Do we really need to be so cruel? The gap between china and India has been growing since when I first started following things in the early 2000s. It's to the point where things are not even up for discussion anymore unless you believe mki is better than j16 and rafale is better than j20.

China does not need to attack India. Pakistan can take care of India with the weapons that china is selling. We are a point where Pakistan will have military advantage over India despite having 1/10th the economy. That's quite amazing.

I would also advocate china to continue to supply weapons to Bangladesh and sri Lanka.
 
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China does not need to attack India.
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China doesn't need to attack India but India instead keeps bothering China

You just know that incase of a Taiwan scenario, India would jump in to take advantage of China. Its because we know India that this thread which is about the PLA dealing with them, is needed
 
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tphuang said:
Do we really need to be so cruel? The gap between china and India has been growing since when I first started following things in the early 2000s. It's to the point where things are not even up for discussion anymore unless you believe mki is better than j16 and rafale is better than j20.

China does not need to attack India. Pakistan can take care of India with the weapons that china is selling. We are a point where Pakistan will have military advantage over India despite having 1/10th the economy. That's quite amazing.

I would also advocate china to continue to supply weapons to Bangladesh and sri Lanka.
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I think you're underestimating India and overestimating Pakistan there.

For one India has nuclear weapons, and their ballistic missiles can target any city in China. Given their lax missile safety standards that alone presents a threat.
 
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tphuang said:
Do we really need to be so cruel? The gap between china and India has been growing since when I first started following things in the early 2000s. It's to the point where things are not even up for discussion anymore unless you believe mki is better than j16 and rafale is better than j20.

China does not need to attack India. Pakistan can take care of India with the weapons that china is selling. We are a point where Pakistan will have military advantage over India despite having 1/10th the economy. That's quite amazing.

I would also advocate china to continue to supply weapons to Bangladesh and sri Lanka.
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even Pakistanis are not as confident in their abilities as you are on theirs :) all we need is the ability to defend ourselves when time comes and not be a pushover
anything more is A-not possible B-not even in the doctrine cause of A
 
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Overbom said:
China doesn't need to attack India but India instead keeps bothering China
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So what? A couple of border skirmishes. You got the Himalayas. Are you seriously worried about India?

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You just know that incase of a Taiwan scenario, India would jump in to take advantage of China. Its because we know India that this thread which is about the PLA dealing with them, is needed
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Again, there is Pakistan. The Indian military vastly underperforms its economic potential. We can have a debate about Pakistan/India here, but Pakistan would tie down significant portion of Indian military in any possible scenario. With the Himalaya between India and China, what could India launch (short of nuclear weapon) that would scare PLA? why don't you give me a scenario and we can decide if that would be a problem for PLA or not.
 
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even Pakistanis are not as confident in their abilities as you are on theirs :) all we need is the ability to defend ourselves when time comes and not be a pushover
anything more is A-not possible B-not even in the doctrine cause of A
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And who told you they are not as confident? Again, please present a realistic attack scenario from Indian military short of nuclear weapons that would be threatening to China.
 
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I think you're underestimating India and overestimating Pakistan there.

For one India has nuclear weapons, and their ballistic missiles can target any city in China. Given their lax missile safety standards that alone presents a threat.
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India would get wrecked in any conventional engagement but the fact they have nukes means they are a threat
 
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And who told you they are not as confident? Again, please present a realistic attack scenario from Indian military short of nuclear weapons that would be threatening to China.
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I imagine the Indians will most likely be waiting for a broader conflict like Taiwan to emerge. Just ballistic missiles with conventional warheads could do damage to Chinese military sites.
 
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