hgupta wrote: ↑03 Jan 2024 00:36
Ok then what was the point of talking about Taiwan if it was not relevant to India's security issue. He is basically saying that India has nothing to worry about which is not true. He is lulling us into a false sense of security by saying that USN can take care of PLAN when it comes to Taiwan but saying nothing about what IN have to do to defend itself against PLAN when no-one else would come to the aid of India.
China facing a humiliating loss in Taiwan will force the Politburo in Beijing to think twice about further military adventurisms in their neighbourhood. That is the least that will happen in China, if they lose. You are left to your imagination, as to how much further humiliation will occur after such a devastating loss. The very existence of the Communist Party in China could arguably be in doubt, if a full scale of invasion of Taiwan miserably fails.
If they could not stomach the loss of their troops at Galwan and sheepishly admitted to only four men being killed [oops...martyred
], it will be utter pandemonium in Beijing if the PLAN publicly loses the Fujian, the Shandong and/or the Liaoning and their battle groups. This is what happens when you sell your countrymen a fable that your military is invincible and undefeatable. The Communist Party will not do a single thing that will put their own position in danger. They could care less about their own countrymen. The CCP thinks only about the well being of the CCP. So if an invasion of Taiwan fails and the CCP is held accountable, what point would that serve the CCP? The Chinese people will have Xi's head on a platter.
And a loss of this magnitude is very relevant for India. Without even lifting a finger, India will emerge much stronger geopolitically against a much weaker and humiliated China. The author is not lulling anyone, especially the Indian Navy, into a false sense of security. The Indian Navy is full aware of what the PLAN is capable of and more importantly, what they are NOT capable of. They are equally aware that no one will come to India's aid, in a conflict against the PLAN. That is why the Indian Navy keeps insisting that the Quad does not have a military angle
hgupta wrote: ↑03 Jan 2024 00:36I was never under any doubt that USN would beat the crap out of PLAN but it cannot be said the same for IN. So how are we doing about it?
Already answered by a former Chief of the Indian Navy. Our navy's capability has only continued to grow since this article was published in 2018, in the form of ASW helicopters (MH-60R), MRCBFs (Rafale M), MRMRAs (C-295), MPAs (P-8I), unmanned drones (MQ-9B), newer surface combatants (Vizag Class, Nilgiri Class) and much more.
Exclusive: We can match China in the Indian Ocean region, says Navy Chief Sunil Lanba
https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/inte ... 2018-11-17
26 Nov
2018