For too long Delhi’s policymakers have watched idly as China’s military prowess has grown, says Nitin Gokhale. Not anymore.
Last May, just days before India’s general election results were announced, the country’s highest policy making body for security matters was convened by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Its mandate: Find ways of enabling India’s military to take on an increasingly powerful (and belligerent) China.
At the end of a marathon meeting, the Cabinet Committee on Security initiated a comprehensive, well-funded plan to bolster India’s land, air and naval forces to counter China’s rising military prowess. The plan is historic, coming after years of dithering by an Indian establishment seemingly paralysed by memories of the country’s humiliating defeat at the hands of the Chinese in a brief but brutal war in 1962.
Since the CCS plan was launched, there have been significant and wide-ranging signs that Indian policymakers are finally willing to realistically assess possible military responses to China’s rise. One clear example is a new division of troops aimed exclusively at the border region of the two great powers. India is now mid-way through raising two mountain divisions for the north-eastern border area with China, with the two divisions pencilled in to be ready for deployment by the middle of next year.
The goal is to plug existing gaps in India’s preparedness along the Arunachal Pradesh-China frontier, and the two divisions, consisting of about 20,000 well-armed troops, will include a squadron of India’s armoured spearhead—Soviet-built T-90 tanks and a regiment of artillery. They will be backed by enhanced command, control, communications and intelligence (C4I) capabilities aimed at covering the Tibet region.
But that’s certainly not all.
The Indian Air Force has over the past year deployed 36 Su-30MKI, its most advanced multi-role fighter aircraft, to Tezpur in the country’s north-east in response to the People's Liberation Army Air Force's seven airbases in Tibet and southern China.
Meanwhile, the Indian Navy is working to counter the growing clout of the PLA Navy. The current thinking at Indian naval headquarters is that China will move to aggressively increase its presence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) to secure its extended energy supply lines (despite its name, military planners in Beijing don’t feel India has ownership of this expanse of water).
As a consequence, the Indian Navy’s plans are based on the premise that it needs to be a fully-networked and flexible force capable of meeting any ‘out of area’ contingency. Successive Indian naval chiefs since 2004 have spoken about the need for the Navy to have ‘longer sea legs’ by 2020 and to be capable of influencing the outcome of land battles. The importance of the Navy’s role was underscored during the 1999 Kargil skirmish between India and Pakistan, when the Indian Navy played a crucial but silent role in blockading Pakistan’s sea lanes, putting Islamabad under significant pressure to end the conflict quickly.
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Bose
Pakistan Boasts a lot and in reality Pak Army is junk big hole look at the Paki intelligence and Air system americans entered did a massive operation with few commandos and blew osama away……… what could pak do ……. bull shit Pak Army …. dont show your tired muscles to Indian Army……. come and needle us there will no pakistan in the world map and moreover we can takeover pakistan within few hours……
cobra
if u guys really want to fight, fight corruption, poverty, the real enemy is not outside the country but within.
Happy victory…
Anupam
india cannot fight against corruption and the govt because its citizens are very selfish and cowards.
Anupam Sengupta
Do u know why India is so backwards frm western countries. Ans seems very complex bt in reality its quite simple :
1. Indian ppl r very-very SELFISH (almost 99% ppl).
*”SELFISHNESS”* is the root couse of All Evils eg. corruption,diversity,rich-poor gap etc in india. It creates fear for one’s life, thats why no1 comes forward 2 fight evil
2. LAZYNESS is another evil in indians, which creates under-development and slow progress
3. IGNORANCE is another evil which gives rise 2 factors like communal diversity,lack of education,promotion of political crime etc. Thre s a saying tht “parent’s ignorance spoils children”. Thats the reason why india has no unity in diversity(main cause of social unrest)
4. Last but not least, indians r NOT-PATROTIC (again root cause- Selfishness & Ignorance) ,which encourages enemy country ….
In simple words, SELFISHNESS is the prime evil which creates distress in india. Jst remove selfishness fm evry indian mind(only God can do it) & india will be on top of the world.
Anupam
I.A.F. took 4 days search time to just just spot the chopper wreakage of the Arunachal C.M. , Dorjee khandu in the hilly forests of Anini, Arunachal Pradesh.
Jst imagine, such is the (rubbish) preparation of I.a.f against tht mighty China.
Girish
Oh so was that your analysis to calculate the capabilities of IAF? lol..
arun
it’s good that we indian lastly understand the plan of china .And i request our goverment that improve the strength of our army . Think globaly . people will listen only those people word who have some power to do something like usa and russia . for that we require strong army.
Rad fang Usman malik
1. Pakistan’s (pashtun) airforce is bettr quality than Indian airforce.
2. Pak commando ranking 2nd best, India commando ranking 20th. 80% of pak army can fight at nite, while for india its only 40%
3. Pak has Shaheen III, Range-2500km. China has Dongfeng 40, Range-13000km. While India has Prithvi II, Range-2000km.
4. China navy fleet is 5 times bigger than Indian navy, air fleet 3 times biggr, artillery 10 times biggr
source:
@rahil shekh
your army ll b the biggest fool to attack Pak+Chn
Abraham T Philip
My dear friend What are you talking, Pakistan is such China is such? Does it make any sense?
You have been receiving all the help from China and the US but till date what self reliability has your nation achieved in weapons production
All your missiles are either from Korea or China. You guys just changed the names.
Think twice before you comment
John L. Yoon
Actually Pakistan does make a lot of their missiles themselves, however their military capabilities are nowhere near India’s
Mohammad Asjad
@usman malik
Data u hve given is so lame.I dont know from where u pakis post these stuff. U should not be so pethatic in something which require a lot of debates.
Pakistan and India.
Im posting their real military and economic facts.
ARMY
Pakistan-
There are around 612000 active army personals in pakistans army.
Pakistan’s ground forces
are equipped SMG’s like Heckler & Koch MP5, Heckler & Koch MP5K, Rifles like Heckler & Koch G3 (PA’s main rifle),M4 carbine. With Other Chinese
weapons like FIM 92
Stinger SAMs, BGM-71
TOW anti-tank missiles.
But PAK ARMY CURRENTLY
HAVE ONLY 320 AL-
KHALID TANKS
, 320 NUMBERS
OF T-80UD TANKS
AND 300 AL-
ZARAR TANKS. ( There are some recent developments thre4 numbers are in approximation).
So Pakistani army is like any other modern world army which cannot be underestimated.
India -
India army has 1,325,000 active soldiers which is the one of the largest in the world.
Indian
ground forces are
equipped mostly by
home-made or Soviet
technologies like IR guided
9K35 Strela-10 SAMs, 3rd
Gen IR guided Nag anti-
tank missiles, and large number of UAVs
Indian army has 200 T90S, 1900 T72 UPG, 500 T55.
So india army is seen as one of the rising tough ground force.
AIRFORCE-
Now a days airforce play a key role in a war. Let it be blasting opponents defences, to destroy stradegically important buildings and With a very important role of transport, supplies.
PAF-
Pakistan Air Force
currently operates nearly
800 manned aircraft,
including over 413 combat
aircraft, 274 training
aircraft, 31 transports and
tankers and seven special
mission aircraft
With 50 JF 17 and 100 F 16 FALCON (83 1983 built)
PAF clearly lacks supiriority in air with mostly outdated jets in its fleets, and also becz of nt having apparently big plan to achieve new aircrafts in large number.
IAF-
IAF with over 1,600
aircraft is the world’s
fourth largest air force. With 151 SU-MKI, 69 MIG 29S, 200 MIG 21 BIS/BISON.
IAF has 470+ frontline fighters, and 250+ ground bombers , 249 transport aircrafts. 3 AWACS, 6 TANKERS.
Apart from these India is closing on 126 multirole fighters and will choose from typhoon and rafale for final deal. Iaf will also induct 220 sukhoi mki by 2019, And $ 35b project with russia to produce 250 5th gen stealth fighters till 2030, With LCA project going on which will induct 120 tejas by 2017.
This way IAF will become far more superior than PAF in numbers and technology. (And yeah we all knwow the skills of india pilots.)
NAVY-
After the overwhelming
losses in the 1971 war
against India, Pakistan
rapidly increased the size
of its naval fleet which
doubled in the 1980s after
a massive 3.2 billion dollar
military and economic aid
by US President Ronald
Reagan. At present,
Pakistan’s navy owns over
45 vessels , most of them
of US or European origin
which include submarines,
destroyers, frigates, patrol
and mine warfare boats. It
operates from its sole
naval port in Karachi and
naval facilities in UK, USA
and France. It had
recently been involved in
various humanitarian
operations during the
2005 Tsunami in South
East Asia. Indian Navy on
the other hand, is a three
dimensional naval force
consisting of missile-
capable warships, an
aircraft carrier, mine
sweepers and a host of
marine aircrafts; most of
its warships indigenously
built in its own dockyards.
The navy operates from
its major naval bases in
Visakhapatnam, Mumbai,
Goa and the Andaman
Islands. Indian Navy has
significant capabilities of
being a true blue water
Navy and is experienced
both in war and
peacekeeping operations
in the Indian Ocean.
CONCLUSION-
India clearly has
strategic and
technological
superiority over the
conventional forces of
Pakistan. Indian Navy is
larger in fleet and
personnel size with a
more varied range of
ships including an aircraft
carrier while Pakistan’s
Navy is smaller and has
no aircraft carriers.
Indian’s IAF is equipped
with highly capable
fighters like 4.5th
generation Su-30s and
4th gen Mirage 2000s
which are
technologically superior
to Pakistan PAF’s F-16s
and Mirage IIIs.
Additionally Indian
pilots are better trained
and more capable in air
combat than Pakistani
forces as was
demonstrated by its
various wars with
Pakistan or joint
exercises with US and
UK. In the area of
conventional ground
forces both the Indian as
well as Pakistani Army is
well equipped and highly
trained to survive in
extremities of topography
and climate in combat
conditions.
Rad fang Usman malik
U ppl do not beleve it, ok
C 4 urself then, might of pakistan power…. Reality videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4MJtPNDB9g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A8OntA7afk&NR=1
Rad fang Usman malik
U ppl know very well that india attaked pakistan in 1948, 1965, 1986 siachen and 1999 kargil with 10 times bigger army and succesively got defeated so its clear that its Quality not quantity that matters in war, and Quality of pak army is better, india has only numbers and no specialty. I really pity u ppl that still think u r better. I could have writeen better than this but as every one knows truth so its a useless debate, atleast 4 me.
Anyways, i m desperately in my lifetime waiting to hear the dream broadcasting words…
“” Assalam walekum, its radio pakistan, newdelhi centre….. Amen. “”
Maybe need 2 wait atleast 50 years, but its a dream sure to reality. Because hindu indians dont even know how 2 dream but pakistan not only dream but work toward it. Think and burn.
Mohammad Asjad
. Hahaha usman u make me laugh with ur stupid talks, and fairytale stories.
Are u a 6 yr old kid who posts evrything wht he heards frm his grandma ( thy nvr talk facts, thy jst tell u sme fake patriotic stories to make u sleep early LOL), and from those kiddy short stories ( thz all end with note- and this way 1 pak soldier killed 1lakh indians LMAO )which r popular in pak ??
LET ME GIVE U REAL FACTS !!”
Mohammad Asjad
1965 war -
casualties-
3,000 Indian soldiers,
3,800 Pakistani soldiers
Airforce loss –
IAF- 35 TO 75
PAF- 43 TO 78
Tanks-
128 Indian 137 pak destroyed/captured
(some scources state 210 indian, 471 pak.. Bt im nt sure abt ths)
Now the most important thing-
AREA-
INDIA HELD- 1,500 mi2 (3,885 km2) of
Pakistani territory
PAKISTAN HELD- 250 mi²
(648 km²)
of Indian
territory
RESULT-
PAK wins cz it lost MORE troops, MORE area ( 3885 sq km) , and took MORE damage !!! :D :D
INDIA loose cz it made more damage on pak side, killed more hostiles, and captured VAST area :D :D. LOL
1971 war-
Casualties and losses
INDIA -
3,843 killed
9,851 wounded
1 Frigate
1 Naval Plane
PAKISTAN -
9,000 killed
4,350 wounded
97,368 captured (LOL thy only surrendered after 1400 soldiers were killed! And u call them brave? :D )
2 Destroyers
1 Minesweeper
1 Submarine
3 Patrol vessels
7 Gunboats
RESULT-
PAK SUFFERED HUMILATING DEFEAT!! WITH LOSS OF EAST PAK. I WONDER HW WUD U PROVE THT U WON THIS WAR? :O xP
Mohammad Asjad
1986 siachen-
do you really know what happened there huh?
No ur mum dsnt knw th answr. Ill tell you.
India launchedOperation
Meghdoot on 13
April 1984 when the Kumaon
Regiment of the Indian Army and
the Indian Air Force went into
the glacier region to preempt
Pakistani aggression. Within a few
days, the Indians were in control
of the area, as Pakistan was
beaten to the Saltoro Ridge high
ground by about a week.
The
two northern passes– Sia La and
Bilafond La – were quickly
secured by India. When the
Pakistanis hiked up to the glacier
in 1984, they found that a 300-
man Indian battalion was already
there, dug into the highest
mountaintops.The
contentious area is about
2,300 sq km to nearly 2,600 sqkm of territory in India.
Since 1984 Pakistan has
launched several attempts to
displace the Indian forces, but
with little success. The most well
known was in 1987, when an
attempt was made by Pakistan to
dislodge India from the area. The
attack was masterminded by
Pervez Musharraf A special garrison (SSG) with
eight thousand troops was built
at Khapalu. The immediate aim
was to capture Bilafond La but
after bitter fighting that included
hand to hand combat, the
Pakistanis were thrown back and
the positions remained the same.
Result and ground position in 2011 -
The Indian army controls all of
the 70 kilometres (43 mi) long
Siachen Glacier and all of its
tributary glaciers, as well as the
three main passes of the Saltoro
Ridge immediately west of the
glacier—Sia La, Bilafond La, and
Gyong La—thus holding onto the
tactical advantage of high
ground.
The Pakistanis control the glacial
valley just five kilometers
southwest of Gyong La.
But billion dollar ques- HOW PAK COME WON ??? XD
1999 kargil war -
what happened?
Pakistani soldiers pretending to b jihadis captured the posts near kargil which were not patrolled by indian army due to winters.
Losses-
India- India claim it lost 543 soldiers, bt i think number is close to 790 as stated by neutral scources.
Pakistan-
Sharif later said
that over 4,000 Pakistani troops
were killed in the operation
Result -
PAK HAS TO RETREAT, NO LOSS OR GAIN OF AREAS TO BOTH SIDES.
A retired
Pakistani Army General, Lt Gen
Ali Kuli Khan, lambasted the war
as “a disaster bigger than the
East Pakistan tragedy”,adding that the plan was “flawed
in terms of its conception,
tactical planning and execution”
that ended in “sacrificing so
many soldiers.”
DO U STILL THINK U WON THIS WAR ?
hafiz rasheed
im an Indian, im a muslim.
It may be asalamualaikum, Newdelhi cetre, never will be radio pak.
Man u r living in the illusion created by ur Army.
I dont knw y u pupil taking hindu India. It is our India, includes muslims sikh christian and so, with Hindu. Even we have prelieges as being minority like reservation in job, scholarships etc. We even get subsidy to take part in Haj(a part of expense is spent by Gov.). It is sad to hw its mispretended
Garuda
Why should India and Pakistan be at each others’ throat? Is it because of religion? Can’t we all go beyond religion and look at each as fellow human beings. We, after all inhabit the same planet. We are so pathetic, our views myopic and too immature. We all bleed and the color of our blood is the same. Can’t we make this world a better place to live in and leave personal, religious and cultural differences behind?
Rad fang Usman malik
@Daya & Aryan
“nvr underestimate indias power”, What power r u tolking abut? U ppl cant evn handle small local militant grps in ur ‘gr8 contry’ india….ur super commandos tuk 5 days to handle 10 terrorists..hw pathtic…..and talking abt fighting 1 million pakistani soldirs and 2.3 million chinese soldirs together….good dreams, go on!
Paakistan ki maa ki choot mein bhoot
at first im gonna speak from an average indians point of view (which i belive at some point does not make sense) and then im gonna represent my thought…
average indian’s point of view……..
dude! u know what? 1 Indian= 5 chinese+2 Pakistanis (strength wise). The very moment an indian is born…. he lifts his wrist up in the air as a sign of victory……. so even if the whole world joins u guyz for the war (which is never gonna happen…), we wud still smack ur asses till the point u gusy show the white flag…..
my point of view…….
if there is a war between india n china-pak team, us, russia, european union is gonna support us because we hv democracy (aka freedom), while no 1 is ever gonna ssupport u two…. so guess what’s gonna happen? U GUYZ WUD B DOOMED!!!!! u guyz r nt even free 2 express ur thoughts… some1 controls ur actions….. guess whats dat….no thats nt ur brain……still didnt get it?…….dont worry…..ill make it simple fr u…….. THE DICTATORS…..rule u guyz….n we….rule ourselves. o.0
Garuda
Why should India and Pakistan be at each others’ throat? Is it because of religion? Can’t we all go beyond religion and look at each as fellow human beings. We, after all inhabit the same planet. We are so pathetic, our views myopic and too immature. We all bleed and the color of our blood is the same. Can’t we make this world a better place to live in and leave personal, religious and cultural differences behind? Let us all grow up!
Rad fang Usman malik
Hahahaha! As i mentioned its not bad to daydream. So go on.
bhagat
i think that the Chinese are already in a big trouble of managing their huge population.so they may not dare to escalate a major war,but we must be alert and be prepared for the worst.I think we are not going to reach china if our UPA govt is wasting resources for getting prepared to battle against the opposition.i think following the ‘carrot and stick’ principle with china is the only way out now.