‘India can’t defeat China militarily’: Ex-IAF captain warns as Air Force’s squadron strength down to all-time low

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1. SS: Former Indian Air Force (IAF) Group Captain Ajay Ahlawat has warned that India will be unable to defeat China militarily for the next three to four decades, saying that there is a need for fighter jet procurement as the force’s squadron strength has dropped to a ‘dangerously’ low level. He also highlighted the need for a comprehensive National Security Strategy to align all armed forces towards a cohesive security objective, a framework he sees as essential to effectively navigate its growing challenges, especially with China.

   “We need something like a national security strategy that compels all services to re-tailor their doctrines towards the achievement of National Security objective. From that doctrine flow our equipment, training philosophies, and tactical and operational deployment. There are various ways to tackle security – we can decide not to fight, or we can decide to go aggressive and fight. Our security strategy should tell us, what is China – a friend, a competitor or we need to go into a shooting war with them,” he said in an interview with ThePrint.

2. I wonder when if ever India gets their shit together. So much potential is being wasted.

3. Understatement, China has been building up their military for years. But do they both lack in real time experience?

4. What about Pakistan’s military?

5. IAF have no idea how corrupt their enemy is, so they drew wrong conclusions! A war between Weak elephant vs, paper dragon , we will see.

6. To fair India is protected from China by some pretty hefty mountains so I feel their military is more geared towards deterring Pakistan to which they outspend many times over.

   Like is a full scale invasion from China to India over that sort of Himalayan terrain even possible?

7. Of course India can’t defeat China militarily. Only a fool would believe otherwise.

   The real question is, can India wreck China enough to deter China from going to war? And the answer to that is, it depends on how effective the nuclear deterrent is. This is why the most important Indian military program is the nuclear submarine program and not the MRFA or AMCA because ultimately this is what actually deters China.

   And we have seen in the Russia-Ukraine war exactly how much pain aggressor countries are willing to take. To avoid war, the pain India should be able to impose on China should be considerably more than what Ukraine is able to impose on Russia.

8. Calling an airforce Group Captain as Ex IAF Captain is nuts lol.

9. The understatement of the century. India has one of the greatest potential in the world but by got they are mindboggeling inefficient and visionless. Their entire military acquisition process and industrial domestic policies are so beyond broken and stupid, and Indians would be the first to point that out. Entire new vocabulary, words and slurs have been invented just to describe the situation. The “Import Bahadurs” has been thrown around so much that its basically become a valid conspiracy theory among Indian military analyst.

10. I mean duh?

11. I would be super surprised if China wants more than some slices of India for now so wouldn’t ground control be of relative more importance? India also has nuclear bombs.

12. Accepting an issue is the first step towards solving it !

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