Thursday, 19 May 2016

Dragon appeasement pointless (Pravin Sawhney, South Asia Monitor)

According to the Pentagon’s recent annual report to the US Congress, China has bolstered its defence capabilities and force posture on the disputed border with India. This has raised the question: Why and how must India respond? Building defence force does not mean much since China has mobile, hard-hitting regular forces, which, in large numbers (about 32 divisions or 400,000 troops in two to three weeks) can be brought to the Tibet Autonomous Region with road, rail and air-lift capabilities

http://southasiamonitor.org/detail.php?type=pacific&nid=17075

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