Ladakh Flash Point

LCR34 said:

I wouldnt call it curbstomp until Type99a actually parked in front of Rashtrapati.

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God no, China would not want to have to try to sort out the dumpster fire that is modern India even if it was offered the nation on a silver platter.

First of all China would be happy to have nothing to do with India, but if sufficiently provoked, it will wreck India on the battlefield and leave it at that. It has no interest in becoming India’s new foreign daddy.

plawolf said:

God no, China would not want to have to try to sort out the dumpster fire that is modern India even if it was offered the nation on a silver platter.

First of all China would be happy to have nothing to do with India, but if sufficiently provoked, it will wreck India on the battlefield and leave it at that. It has no interest in becoming India’s new foreign daddy.

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What about south tibet though

Those people look chinese enough and are constantly discriminated against

Mr T said:

That sounds a lot like saying China can accept unequal treaties so long as it gets on with the other country, which would be contrary to previous Chinese government positions that unresolved unequal treaties would be a barrier to good relations.

Anyway I'll go back to my original question. I asked if China was happy with the revised area of control and if that could form a basis of a settlement, or whether China had further territorial ambitions.

Another user said that China would always punish another country that tried to take its territory, but that doesn't make a lot of sense in this context because as far as I'm aware the consensus on this forum is that India has not moved the border in its favour and it's China that has made advances.

So far I've had one helpful response. Maybe other users simply doesn't know the answer (but won't admit it).

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There is a big difference between interaction of people inside a country compared to how different countries interact with each other. Between different countries, it is the law of the jungle. If a country is very weak next to a very strong neighbor, borders and sovereignty could be a bit meaningless. Just ask Sikkim what happened to its sovereignty. I am not picking on India, this happens with all countries. A strong country does not make a move like India did with Sikkim because it is not in their interest. Faced with this huge disparity in power, it is up to India to have good relationship with China, not the other way around. There are many ways China could screw with India besides taking its land, the reverse is not true. China, facing a much stronger foe in the U.S., swallowed many events from the U.S. that were humiliating before it became stronger. Instead of picking fights, they buckled down and did what was best for China's longer term interest. Unfortunately, Politicians in India failed this task badly. While it might score some political points, it is definitely not in India's longer term interest to be antagonistic with China. The Chinese have been quite restrained with the amount of power they have with regard to India, but we don't seem to see the government doing the right thing.

localizer said:

What about south tibet though

Those people look chinese enough and are constantly discriminated against

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South Tibet or NE India consists of hundreds of tribes that do look like Chinese. Its a very diverse place. The ppl there are extremely tribalistic and only care about their local land/culture and not India (that's another reason why India has managed to hold that place for long as they've exploited inter tribal rivalries resulting in a weakened & dispersed opposition ).
If CCP can guarantee them absolute cultural/social autonomy along with economic growth , you can pretty much expect them to side with China.

localizer said:

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In India, a cow's life is more valuable than that of a human, so I highly doubt they would send cows into battle like this

localizer said:

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Figaro said:

In India, a cow's life is more valuable than that of a human, so I highly doubt they would send cows into battle like this

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You know I think @localizer is on to something here... since India view cows with such reverence... to control and maintain order in India, should any invasion scenario play out, the best way to go are cyborg UGV cows serving as some form of bastardised Robocops/ED-209s, it would be much more efficient and effective than any human, army or peacekeeping force... we the Chinese shall call upon cows that have served us in the fields and rice patties of old, to serve us on a different type of field....



the urban battle fields of India!

Figaro said:

In India, a cow's life is more valuable than that of a human, so I highly doubt they would send cows into battle like this

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Mt1701d said:

You know I think @localizer is on to something here... since India view cows with such reverence... to control and maintain order in India, should any invasion scenario play out, the best way to go are cyborg UGV cows serving as some form of bastardised Robocops/ED-209s, it would be much more efficient and effective than any human, army or peacekeeping force... we the Chinese shall call upon cows that have served us in the fields and rice patties of old, to serve us on a different type of field....



the urban battle fields of India!

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What about this?


Arm it with swinging baseball bats XD

LCR34 said:

I kind of wonder what will happen on the 16th day? Defense salesmen from Europe, US and Russia flew in with catalogues, memorandum of understanding, then contract for another 15 days supply of ammo?

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plawolf said:

You are an optimistic soul to think they will last anything close to 15 days in an actual fight, the original 10 days was already wildly optimistic, and is probably more down to operational reality that they expect a significant proportion of their munitions to be blown up in warehouses, with only a fraction likely to actually be fired in anger (or rather issued to frontline units in the hope of being fired, but mostly will just be blown up with the weapons themselves before they got a chance to shoot).

The whole military campaign will likely take more than 15 days, but the outcome will be decided within the first few days if not hours, with the rest being mop up and punishment.

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I kinda hope that the PLA would send in all their unmanned weapons first, aiming not to destroy the Indian weapons, just to make them fire their weapons. Then on the 16th day, the PLA would casually walk into India, with the Indian soldiers holding their empty firearms and standing around...

vesicles said:

I kinda hope that the PLA would send in all their unmanned weapons first, aiming not to destroy the Indian weapons, just to make them fire their weapons. Then on the 16th day, the PLA would casually walk into India, with the Indian soldiers holding their empty firearms and standing around...

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Not likely, China would probably let the cold and covid take care of the problem meaning that India will end up losing good soldiers for nothing. Also to note is that with the situation in India deteriorating quite fast all over the spectrum, India is basically defeating themselves while China is busy browsing biilibili for the next best buy