If the Indians were going to do something, they would have done it by now. Trying to fight a war in the Himalayas in winter is just pointless. Hell, if India just tries to maintain its current force levels and positions it could set themselves up for further humiliation as they are already struggling to supply their troops. Trying to outlast and our supply China is playing to China’s strengths while massively stretching Indian capabilities. They would be lucky not to loose men to the elements if they tried.
Despite all the Indian wishful thinking in the world, they are no threat to China.
Realistically India would need decades of sustain and massive economic outperform against China, as well as a top-down quantum leap in infrastructure, education and technological development to even come close to being a challenge for China. Basically they need to do what China did to America to China, but they are still stuck in the Cultural Revolution stage, with all bluster and no action.
India wants to be an existential threat to China, but they are at best decades away from having anything close to the means to do so. China know’s India’s intentions, but know they can keep for a few decades. In the meantime China has more pressing priorities to deal with first.
