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<India is the only big power in the region that can kick the CCP's ass if it has to> Let's be realistic about India's military power. In 1999, India lost 500
by AareyBaba 6y ago
<India is the only big power in the region that can kick the CCP's ass if it has to>
Let's be realistic about India's military power.
In 1999, India lost 500 men when they were ordered to charge up the Kargil mountains WWII style even though they had complete air superiority and were backed by a Bofors artillery barrage all while facing an enemy whose long supply lines consisted of men and donkeys hauling ammunition and food for miles up steep mountain sides.
- naruvimama 6y agoWhat I meant is that it is the only one in the region big enough to stand up to bullying and sustain a short term war. The Chinese withdrew from the recent conflicts only because they knew that India wouldn't back down and the Chinese would get a heavy bashing. It would of course not have happened without the support of the Indian allies on the east coast of China and the US. In Kargil Pakistani troops had captured all the strategic high locations, and fortified bunkers. There are some answers here, https://qr.ae/pNKfPI https://qr.ae/pNKfPI