Taking the enemy seriously is the solemn duty of any professional military. While we can laugh at the Indian military all we want. The PLA, by duty cannot do that. They must assume that their opponents are professionals, and that losses are part of the job. This is the kind of mindset that is needed to build a truly powerful military force.I'm honestly surprised they took the Indians so seriously. Fighting America? Absolutely. Intervening against Israel, sure, just in case. Fighting India? It's gonna be chuckles all the way there and back. But I guess that's their admirable professionalism, to take every fight like it could be the toughest opponent and the last. And that's what the Pakistanis were saying, that their air force training far far overestimated Indian capabilities and I guess that's what you have to do to come home delivering total destruction on the enemy without taking any loses.
Not taking the enemy seriously is what the Indian military routinely does. They have allowed politics and propaganda to get into their heads. Unlike the PLA, the Indian military had never fought from the position of the underdogs, actual or perceived. Even in 1962 and in 2020, the Indians had assumed that the PLA were pushovers. Under Modi, the Indian military is in at a shocking level of a lack of self reflection. That is why the Indian military had actually gone downhill despite procuring more modern equipment. It is the mindset, not the modernity of the military that wins conflicts.
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