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Originally Posted by MR2
Who strikes first? Who strikes last? India. What about India?
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India won't strike first, the government here doesn't have the balls to do so.
Of course India has to worry about the defense spending of the Chinese because their best friend(Pakistan) is our worst enemy.Other neighbors like Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh are pretty much more pro-China than they are pro-India. We can very safely assume that if somehow the Chinese declared war on us the Pakistani's will definitely jump at the opportunity to join them. The Japanese and the South Koreans are worried about this development too. As someone has mentioned in this thread about the Island skirmishes with Japan and South Korea has to worry about China-North Korea.
But then we aren't too far behind. India too is spending a lot on its military, let me list down a few sales:
->Apache and Chinook Helicopters from the US
->126 Rafale fighter jets from France.
->Phalcon AWACS from Israel.
->12 C-130J aircrafts acquired.
->Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier to be delivered with Naval Mig-29K's from Russia.We have 2 more indigenous aircraft carriers in production.
->Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft/Sukhoi PAK-FA project with the Russians.Test flights have been made.
->Artillery guns on order from BAE.
So basically to sum up they may have the upper edge on quantity but we have the edge on quality. Also to add that India is having a lot of exercises with the USAF,USN and US Special Forces along with the British,Russian,Israeli and French armed forces.We are getting to learn and train with the best, the Chinese aren't availing this opportunity.
The Indian Army due to its Counter-Insurgency ops. in Kashmir and the North-East has seen much much more combat than the commie PLA.
I wouldn't worry much about the Special Ops front. I somehow feel that the Chinese aren't that ahead in Special Forces given their attitude of Mass Production. They probably wouldn't match our Para's and the MARCOS and neither do we underestimate them. Since some members here have been part of exercises Vajra Prahar with Indian SF maybe then can give a better comparison.
In the end we(India) are worried about this development and steps are being taken to counter it. I have never liked the Chinese and probably will never trust one.
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