JUST-IN: India Deploys 40,000 Troops & Offensive Tank Brigades to China Border!!

What the fuck. This is the end so it seems!

- Sara

Authoritative MoD (Ministry of Defence) sources tell Business Standard that the plan, cleared by the MoD, involves raising six new armoured regiments, equipped with 348 tanks (58 tanks per regiment, including reserves).

In addition, three mechanised infantry battalions will be raised, amounting to about 180 BMP-IIs.

The decision to deploy tanks to beef up India’s light, mountain infantry divisions was taken due to doctrinal changes in China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

India wont strike. Shes being cautious with Chinas spat with Japan raging

What the! Wow, this is just moving faster, then fast. Even though this is an on-going situation, it just makes matters that much more difficult;


"As first reported in Business Standard, India is also raising a mountain strike corps in the northeast, consisting of two mountain divisions with about 40,000 soldiers. The addition of an armoured brigade would add real teeth to the strike corps.

The army demanded such capability because China’s infrastructure build-up in Tibet allows it to rapidly concentrate forces in a sector, overwhelming the Indian defenders there. If China manages to capture a chunk of territory, India will no longer be forced into bloody, Kargil-style, counter-attacks to recapture it. Instead, an Indian strike corps could launch an offensive in an area of its choosing, capturing Chinese territory."
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[link to www.business-standard.com]

As first reported in Business Standard, India is also raising a mountain strike corps in the northeast, consisting of two mountain divisions with about 40,000 soldiers.

The addition of an armoured brigade would add real teeth to the strike corps.

[link to www.business-standard.com]

First time ever? Ohhhh DOOOOm ON! Everyone is digging in!

Fuck me. Doomgasm all day!

PIN DIS!

How many starved to death before they got there?

The Indian side has been spooked by the build-up of the PLA.
They are taking necessary counter-measures.

this is a medium to long-term measure
it's not like india is rushing troops to the border right now

Much thanks for another super pin!!

Sorry for the stupid question...

Now India has a beef they want to settle with China or are they just flexing their muscles for Japan...Or are they there for China?... There's so much going on... I'm lost!!!

Thanks!

Just a drill.

Geesh! My head is spinning with all the stuff this morning!

Doomy Monday!!!!!!

Was Tibet under the protection of India before China stole it?

Why???!

Doesn't add up man!!

Brief!!! Wait for me to have another coffee!!!


Good Morning Doorbert, Brief, Sara & the rest of GLP!!!

India has been wary of China ever since the 1962 India-China border war. This is a long term measure by India to not get caught off-guard, like they did in '62.

India, China, Japan ... those cultures all thing in long term strategy ... unlike most Western govts that only see 1/2 inch past the tip of their noses!

Thanks for the info. ..

Don't be a fucking Chinese bitch, yank.

Another pawn moved into position!

Now, both countries have nuclear weapons...

Russia hands over aircraft carrier to India

Indian Navy INS Vikramaditya Sea Trial P-2

One step closer..

Jeez......get home from work and a lot to catch up on!

Morning everyone! :)

INS Vikramaditya trial malfunctions to delay handover to India

17th September. 2012.

MOSCOW: Malfunctions detected during trials of Indian Navy aircraft carrier Vikramaditya will delay the vessel's handover to India, the Kommersant business daily reported on Monday.

The Vikramaditya, formerly the Russian Navy's Admiral Gorshkov, is to be handed over to India after ongoing sea trials following a much-delayed refit. According to the latest agreements, it was to have been handed over Dec 4, but the deadline has been postponed again until October 2013.

The problems started when the vessel tried to gain maximum speed.

"Seven out of eight steam boilers of the propulsion machinery were out of order," an official told Kommersant.

The official, who prepared the Vikramaditya for sea trials, said the reason for the boilers' failure was that India refused to use asbestos as a means to protect the boilers from heat, fearing that the material was dangerous for the crew.

He said the boilers' designer had to use firebrick, which proved not sufficiently heatproof, the official said.

[link to timesofindia.indiatimes.com]

Kool!!!

Morning, Amy!