Lot of missile n other defence system testing being done this days
Lot of talk about these tests hastened by Chinese aggression, some thanking Chinese for it, forgetting all r in various stage of development n will not enter service till next yr end
Do people think Modi is a knee jerk PM n he dared to take on China w/o proper preparation for full scale war
From day1 Modi knew about the threat from China
He launched China specific diplomacy, first to counter string of pearls n then to befriend all those threatened by it
Simultaneously long pending border roads works, strategic roads, communication issues were fast tracked
Hundreds of km of road, important bridges connecting strategic locations, advanced landing ground (ALG) were sanctioned n commissioned fastening the deployment process
During ongoing LAC tussle China was surprised by rapid counter deployment of Indian army
China specific mountain strike division was raised. Long pending Agni 5 nuclear capable missile covering whole of China inducted
Brahmos production ramped up n sufficient quantity to handle 2 front war made available
M777 light weight artillery purchase for war in mountains
Navy fully equipped to choke Malacca strait n dominate IOR
Deploying full squadron of Sukhoi 30 MKI at Tezpur was a confidence move
Lot of ramp up of IAF infra, communication n command control
Atal tunnel pending from 2 decades put in service. Another strategic Sela tunnel sanctioned n work in progress
W/o stretching further I will only say we were diplomatically n militarily prepared before the Chinese bring their comedy army at LAC.
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