I was reading a bit on the war of 1962. As you read, you see Indians convinced themselves into confrontation with China using almost the same arguments they use today. China being alone, having an economic calamity and internal tensions, India having the logistical advantage in the Himalayas, etc... I really find it funny how they (and amusingly the Western blob) believe the country has inherent advantages when China is so much better than India despite the former being in horrible conditions by the time PRC was founded.
20 years ago Indians were joking about the Type-99, QBZ-95 and J-10. What happened to their Indian counterparts compared to these 3 programs? How the Arjun, INSAS and Tejas are doing? They believed they were "winning", they fell much further behind, yet they still believe they are "winning".
To summarize, they have a weird superiority complex and they manage to preserve it even when the real world disagrees.
