tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post1168889946423964123..comments2024-03-23T09:25:42.029-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Pakistan tests tactical nuclear weapon, designed to foil Indian “Cold Start” attackBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-21262490519331274032019-01-30T07:48:34.421-08:002019-01-30T07:48:34.421-08:00Agree with most part of your comment except the la...Agree with most part of your comment except the last two paragraphs. How do you engage in 'sub ka vikas' with a cabal of gun-toting, Quran spouting medievalists and paranoid general hell bent on nuking you to oblivion?Kunaalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160145794009211938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-57577225099284233032019-01-27T04:53:12.633-08:002019-01-27T04:53:12.633-08:00All the rockets and nukes have n Korean/Chinese or...All the rockets and nukes have n Korean/Chinese origin. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-66147129593034890312019-01-25T05:37:23.601-08:002019-01-25T05:37:23.601-08:00Derived from Chinese Weishi rocket system is an un...Derived from Chinese Weishi rocket system is an understatement...More like beg and paint green!Anupam Dashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09576302449690498330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-39374070186871594832019-01-25T04:20:19.428-08:002019-01-25T04:20:19.428-08:00Broadsword article is interesting, as an example I...Broadsword article is interesting, as an example I may add that during the Cold War, the Warsaw Pact had overwhelming tank superiority but if Soviet armour moved up to the Fulda Gap threatening US forces on the Maine river, that was the point that NATO would use its tactical nuclear weapons.<br />The Americans ensured that the Soviets were were made aware of this line.<br />Pakistan has a similar line which Indian armour must not cross - and the Indian government has for more than fifteen years been made aware of this too, India knows that the Pakistani nuclear weapons will be first used on Pakistan territory on Indian tanks.<br />But it’s unlikely that Indian armour will succeed in getting that far, there will be no tactical surprise with cold start - with Pakistan mobilisation at par with or faster than India. We need to win the battle in the air before our armour moves and with squadrons under strength and lack of jointness with the Air Force this will be difficult. Our self propelled howitzers will not be ready in the next five years, there is crucial shortage and defects in ammunition and mechanised equipment. Our ww2 army needs to be modernised first, but there is no extra budget for this.<br />There is no such thing as a limited war, Pakistan doctrine is to retaliate with all its might.<br />Our country will win by not fighting the next war with Pakistan- we need to use sustained diplomacy to ensure peace with our neighbours and possibly mutual disarmament to facilitate ‘sub ka vikas ’ in both countries. Wise leaders would invest on educating our population, improving health care, tackling the coming mass unemployment and coming civil unrest as a result of India’s huge demographic bulge.<br />That chap justice Katju is quite right, bad times ahead, INDIA needs to solve her myriad of internal problems as a matter of urgency.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com