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China set to gain a decisive military advantage: No response from India
by rawemotions Sat Mar 25, 2017 11:16 pm
https://nationalinterest.in/china-set-to-gain-a-decisive-military-advantage-174fb1345ecc?source=placement_card_footer_grid---------0-41
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Unfortunately, the common Indian response to profound military changes across the Himalayas has been to say “Oh, they can do it because they have an authoritarian government”. Yet the reality is, facing similar political and fiscal challenges as India, the Chinese government has taken a purposeful approach to military reform. They are acting in the supreme national interest.
It’s now been reduced to whether or not New Delhi will appoint a permanent Chief of Defence Staff, as if appointing one officer who wears one more star is a substitute for structural reforms that were deemed necessary a decade and a half ago. It’s worse when it is suggested that raising a new mountain corps is an adequate response to the next generation PLA.
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]In a few years from now, India will be looking at an entirely different type of military adversary across the borders, in our waters, in the air, in space and in our communication networks. We can seek refuge in our political and bureaucratic excuses, but let us be clear that our current path and pace of modernisation will tilt the balance of military power to China’s advantage in less than a decade. [color:e474=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.]Our nuclear arsenal will deter a direct major conventional attack, but it is unlikely to prevent coercion, indirect conflict or a steady erosion of our geopolitical footprint.
[color:e474=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.]So no, we will not have a repeat of 1962. We will have an entirely different fight on our hands. And we are not going to be ready for it.
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More than a trillion yuans, the restructuring of the PLA calls for a wholesale review of India’s defence structure beyond what the Kargil Review Commission advised.
:Unfortunately, the common Indian response to profound military changes across the Himalayas has been to say “Oh, they can do it because they have an authoritarian government”. Yet the reality is, facing similar political and fiscal challenges as India, the Chinese government has taken a purposeful approach to military reform. They are acting in the supreme national interest.
The sense of urgency that the Kargil Review Committee sought to impart 15 years ago does not seem to manifest itself in our defence planning circles even today.
It’s now been reduced to whether or not New Delhi will appoint a permanent Chief of Defence Staff, as if appointing one officer who wears one more star is a substitute for structural reforms that were deemed necessary a decade and a half ago. It’s worse when it is suggested that raising a new mountain corps is an adequate response to the next generation PLA.
[color:e474=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.
]In a few years from now, India will be looking at an entirely different type of military adversary across the borders, in our waters, in the air, in space and in our communication networks. We can seek refuge in our political and bureaucratic excuses, but let us be clear that our current path and pace of modernisation will tilt the balance of military power to China’s advantage in less than a decade. [color:e474=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.]Our nuclear arsenal will deter a direct major conventional attack, but it is unlikely to prevent coercion, indirect conflict or a steady erosion of our geopolitical footprint.[color:e474=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.
]So no, we will not have a repeat of 1962. We will have an entirely different fight on our hands. And we are not going to be ready for it.
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