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China might do a quick strike and proclaim victory. They might be looking for an opportunity. Jayadev Ranade spoke about this.

Of course IA is there to deny them this opportunity.

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I don’t think the land version will have nukes. Will most likely have conventional warhead. But maybe they were manufacturing K 15s

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Why Shaurya was not inducted till now? Did the armed forces not feel a need for this. Did they not think of a situation along LAC?

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With XJP staking so much on the Ladakh situation, action is likely after the FM talks. Hope IA can deliver a bloody nose.

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After India took the heights in South Pangong, it is expected that China will mount some kind of operation to dislodge IA from the heights.

The question is can India try an operation to evict them from finger 4 and Gogra area?

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SSridhar, yes your list makes sense. Most likely they want to show that they are the boss of ASIA

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Based on that FT article, the crux of China's problem seems to India developing defence infrastructure in Ladakh. That is why they are making new claims to affect the infrastructure development.

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Looks like Beijing wants some action on the ground.

https://twitter.com/AmyKazmin/status/13 ... 5421215744

IYMI: Yun Sun of @Stimson_EAsia
tells @FinancialTimes
that Beijing feels "a rough consensus on the line of control can only be settled on the ground.

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China will also think twice before provoking India because now India can also do a countermove.

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Mountain Strike Corps showed what they are made of. Instead of being defensive everywhere, India needs to attack like this.

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https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/indian-offensive-retake-chinese-seized-territory-hidden-story The story of India's military action late last month. Surprised and shocked, the Chinese mustered their club wielding troops and advanced towards the positions now held by the Indians. More shock wa...

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I meant drama by China. They did all this drama.

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I see. Most likely India will use the latest move as a negotiation tactic. But hard to see China agreeing to status quo ante after all this drama.

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There was some news about a test around August 20-22. But I don't think we saw any press release regarding the same. Does anyone have any info

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Can IA hold the heights it has occupied recently through winter? If yes, India has less reasons to push for status quo ante.

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Vikram Sood seems to be warning Modi about getting too close to US?

http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.c ... o-us-ties/

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John Garver's paper on Chinese anti encirclement efforts. Focuses on US India and Japan. http://www.chinacenter.net/about/associates/home/docs/Garver_China%27s%20Anti-encirclement%20Struggle.pdf I think he makes one error in assuming that Vietnam has agreed to Chinese supremacy. The paper is Chinese...

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What stupid logic from the Chicom folks. What explains China's deals with Pakistan Bangladesh etc. Super inferiority complex. Inferiority complex making them aggressive, seeking revenge for their past humiliations.

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Exactly. That what's I meant in my earlier post. Recently Panetta talked about threats from China and India. Keeping them divided helps them. China also helps them in that by its boorish behaviour. The only reason I can think why US still panders Pakistan inspite of its perfidies is because of its i...

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The other thing I got from the Heritage foundation discussion is that US wants to sell weapons and derive economic benefits from India. But Ashley Tellis had said in an interview that US does not need India to take care of China. They had taken care of USSR earlier. From their point of view, they wo...

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From the Heritage foundation event which featured Bharat Karnad, Apparently a US official in 2009 went to Asia saying that just as UK handed over the leadership to US, US was starting the process of handing over leadership to China. Goes to show why India should be wary of US motives in Asia. Anothe...

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Perkovich solutions regarding India will surely make India unfriendly towards the US. Not sure what US will gain: it will neither tame Pakistan and piss off India. Very scholarly. Even when US was the dominant superpower in early 90s, this policy would have not worked.

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Nirupama Rao is now ambassador to US, I think.

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shiv, essentially what BK is saying is what Arun_S was saying a while ago, isn't it? But I still don't understand why he caps the capability at 20Kt. er it is the other way around. People quote Bharat Karnad - who has been in the loop before 1998, sits in on high levels meetings and is in touch wit...

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shiv, essentially what BK is saying is what Arun_S was saying a while ago, isn't it? But I still don't understand why he caps the capability at 20Kt.

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Leaving the TN aside, is it accurate to say that all India can deliver is a 20KT bomb? Can't India make 200Kt reliable boosted fission bomb? Would be heavier or sure compared to TN.

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Why does Bharat Karnad say India can produce only 20Kt weapons. Didn't Arun Prakash say that there should be no doubt about a 400Kt(?) boosted fission bomb.

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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/test-looms-for-china-over-india/story-e6frg6ux-1226127557284 Test looms for China over India The incident brings into the open India's strategic ambitions in Southeast Asia and, it appears, China's displeasure. However, the development of a security role in...

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RahulM, This is from the book called History of Marathas by Kincaid. These continual disasters broke the spirit of the imperial soldiery. Worn out by twenty years of war, they could only, if led by Zulfikar Khan, be made to face the Maratha horse. That is why I asked what was it about the Maratha ho...

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Can someone highlight why the Mughals could not handle the Maratha horse? Especially from say 1700-1707.Was it the mobility that made them dangerous? Battle of Palkhed for example.

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When Marathas captured Aurangzeb, well almost Source: A history of Maratha people By C. A Kincaid and Rao Bahadur D. B. PARASNIS. pages 117-118 Seeing that the grand army was about to fall back, the Marathas strained every nerve to destroy it, before it reached a place of safety. Hamid-ud-din Khan ...

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Was it Dhanaji Jadhav who came close to killing Aurangzeb when he was retreating from Deccan? One historian wrote that Jadhav could have killed Aurangzeb but was overawed by the royal camp of Aurangzeb.

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mentally I had always associated marathas with MH and MP ...didnt know they ranged so far and wide Marathas ruled over Orissa over quite a few decades. They had advanced upto Bengal. They were in Delhi, Punjab. Quite a big area under theor control but more like a confederacy. If they had won the 3r...

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How useful will this new 150 Km missile be in the China context?

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Wiki talks about Agni 6 missile and says the source is a DRDO news letter. I could not find any reference to Agni 6 in the newsletter.

Can someone shed some light on the differences between Agni 5 and Agni 6? Thanks

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni-VI

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Nial Fergusson writes about Mughal India in the context of British. Where were the Mughals when the British were in India? Thought he was a historian.

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Some of these NGOs might have been egged on by political parties aiming to politically benefit from American intervention in Gujarat riots. Subsequent events have shown that some of these NGOs have indulged in not the best practices. We also know what Namo told the CG about human rights when he met ...

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What's with Americans advising India to reach out to Pakistan and resolve Kashmir. Ignatius crap and now Teresita Schaffer. Maybe something is cooking. That is why BJP is doing this flag hoisting yatra to Srinagar. Pakistan is not cooperating in Afghanistan, so India has to come up with concessions....

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Great achievement by China in getting to this stage so fast. Congratulations.

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Just as Gandhi's assasination provided a cover for anti RSS operations, sections of Congress want to use "terror" charges to go after RSS.

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