👉Fear-mongering n Psy warfare propaganda being spread: China is a near superpower with a huge military. Can overrun India in a short time. So don't build roads n don't oppose its land grab
👉China's geographical disadvantage in the Himalayas, long n vulnerable supply lines, lack of hardened airbases, payload restriction for fighter jets in such high altitude n India's absolute control over IOR was known to all leaders of India
👉Still the fear of 1962 n constant bombardment about Chinese supremacy blinded Indian leaders to Chinese lacunas
👉Modi, due to unavoidable circumstances, just happened to be the first leader to have taken on China's vulnerability. He took them head on in Doklam
👉Today again a frenzy is being created about the Chinese in Ladakh. India should rather talk about China coming walking into a trap
👉Even if China dug in defences in Indian Territory or takes over some area, it'll be v difficult to hold on.
👉China has only 2 airbases, Ngari(Gar) N Hotan in 325 KM range n Kashgar 625km from Galwan.
👉India has dozens of airbases along the Himalayas, plus with Sukhoi 30MK range of 3300 km, even central Indian airbases can be put to use
👉Chinese fighter range is 1600km
👉Hundreds of Indian fighter jets can simultaneously attack the 3 Chineseairbases n destroy the airstrips, fighters plus bridges on G219 Xinjiang - Tibet highway
👉G219 is the only supply route for soldiers deployed on the LAC opposite Ladakh
👉Arms, ammunition, fuel, oxygen cylinders, food - everything is supplied through G219
👉Damaging G219 would mean cutting off the lines of supply
👉Now with IAF dominating the skies after taking out 3 Chinese bases n supply lines of the Chinese ground soldiers, cut off, they will be sitting ducks for air n helicopter attack
👉No way can China resume supplies in the absence of aircover. The nearest airbase is Shigatse 1180 km away, Lhasa is 225km further off
👉Ladakh could become the graveyard for the Chinese misadventures
👉Let's answer more myths about the Chinese reason for incursion in Ladakh
👉China wants DBO to safeguard G219 n CPEC
👉G219 runs very close to Indian held positions. The IAF can disrupt it at multiple locations along its 2000km length CPEC in Pak runs from GB to Gwadar coast
👉CPEC is within Indian artillery range at many locations in POK. If IA thrusts into Pak CPEC is gone, IAF can bomb it at multiple locations anytime
👉India doesn't require DBO to target CPEC n G219
👉Next point popping up is China wants to divert Brahmaputra n Sutlej river waters
👉Only 10% of Brahmaputra's water comes from Tibet. End user of Brahmaputra is Bangladesh. Very little effect on India
👉Tibet area contributes a very small portion of Sutlej river flow, major contributor is HP n some narrow channels from Tibet which carry melted snow water
👉Indus river's main user is Pak, India uses very small quantity in Ladakh
👉Coming to river diversion. Diverting water of these rivers is impossible due to the numerous mountain ranges, height difference, requirement of pumping against gravity
👉Area bordering Ladakh in Tibet, from where these rivers originate is the Ngari Prefecture
👉 Its area is 3 lakh sq km i.e. 1/10 of India. Population is 95,000 only, with its capital Gar alone having 16000
👉This area has a small hydro power plant 0.8MW n a 10MW solar plant
👉With scattered n thin population there is no electricity grid
👉Just consider the power situation. To divert river water, China will have to built a series of dams n pump the water against gravity
👉To pump the water, mega sized pumps will be required. Rough estimate,
based on our Telangana pumping experience, is that China will require above
15000 MW of power just to pump the water
👉For generating such power one needs power generating plants, coal,
ideally from nearby coal fields n railway lines to transport the coal
👉Nearest railway line is 1300 km away, nearest coal field 3-4000km away
👉So diversion of the river is not a joke n against engineering principles
due to terrain complications
👉Another interesting point has suddenly emerged, ultra fresh water
requirement for semiconductor production
👉There are 37,000 glaciers in Tibet alone, with thousands of fresh water
lakes. In addition, Tibet is the origin of a large No of giant rivers viz:
Hwang Ho, Yangtze, Mekong, Irrawaddy, Salween, Indus, Brahmaputra
👉For thousands of kms from the origin of these rivers, there is very
sparse population. Unlimited ultra fresh water is available, why not use it
👉Plus China can use ultra fresh water from hundreds of glaciers n other
rivers in different parts of Tibet
👉Still an important issue remains, why did China mobilize more than the
normal numbers of soldiers n decide on carrying out an incursion
👉The whole world was against China after the Covid 19 propagation. They
could face tough sanctions or boycott. Public anger in affected countries
would play on the minds of their leaders
👉China verbally attacked US, threatened US, Europe, Australia, sent
fighters towards Taiwan, ships towards Vietnam and Japan; n in the same
frenzy, troops towards India
👉India should not let go this opportunity
👉In private, India should highlight to China how vulnerable they r to our
counter action n not giving it an honourable exit
👉To avoid humiliation infront of own citizens n the world China should
choose a logical path. India shouldn't go soft, but extract it's huge pound
of flesh
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