Line of Actual Control (LAC) : India & Tibet Border Updates
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With 3 carriers, US is just signalling intent to protect Taiwan and enforce freedom of navigation which is a stated policy objective for the US. The deployment also helps India by keeping the cream of the PLAN tied up. That between themselves, the carriers pack ~140 fighters, not to mention Airborne Radars and we have China keeping air units in the sector as well.
That is pretty much it. US going to war is EXPENSIVE and Trump can be really miserly at times.
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@globaltimesnews Very funny. Sho me a single reference of DF21 tested against any naval target. Your paper propaganda missile will not work against US a/c. As per one study, China will loose its 40 % navy to sink one US aircraft carrier. Continue your propaganda to impress chinese people.
VIPUL021969 (@vipul021969) Tweeted:
@Nrg8000 It is the time for Bhutan to merge with India. Necessary amendments should be done in Indian constitution to grant special status to Bhutan king with maximum autonomy. It is better to be a part of democracy with same culture rather than the slave of oppressor dictatorial regime.
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Just the kind of shit that ticks off smaller nations. On one hand you saw days of expansionism are over, on the other you use a crisis to advocate absorbing nation states. Even if Bhutan is small it has a right to continued existence.
Pakistan’s Mil officer reportedly posted to the Joint Staff Department of China’s Central Military Commission. Pak Mil rep to China’s operational planning dept for a possible two front war? 
China may also deploy S-400 near LAC, if a war appears imminent. Besides the military utility of the AD system, another reason for the deployment could be a political one i.e. To force Russia, to put pressure on India to de-escalate. Because India will strike and try to neutralize chinese S-400 in the early stages of the conflict. If India succeeds in destroying S-400, it would land a devastating blow to the mythology surrounding S-400, and lead to a reduction in russian armament exports..
I had written earlier also that it is not S-400 but only some elements of it which may have been shifted to Aksai Hind as China needs them to protect the eastern sea board.
That's not how it will work. If the apprehension is that India may take out S400 at the very start, India will tell Russia to ask China to not deploy them in the first place or their market will be badly hit! Nobody is going to deescalate because Russia doesn't want to lose face as its S400 may be taken out! LOL
The main threat from the S-400 comes from the short and medium range weapons. The medium range weapon is capable of stopping Brahmos.
The Chinese do not have the 40N6 yet, dunno if they will get it either. And our jets can avoid the 48N6 by flying low, the lack of a seeker is its biggest weakness.
Against low flying targets the short and medium range weapons will have a range of 20-40Km at best.
In effect, the S-400 in Ladakh is a poor cousin of the Indian MRSAM.
China does not have S-500. They have only S300 & 400. They have made copies of S-300 and they have just three regiments of S400 which are deployed on the eastern seaboard.
Tying up some of the PLAN and PLAAF is expected. But the Chinese have created theatre commands with enough assets for all commands, and along the LAC, it's not going to play any part.
Personally, I do not see anything much happening between IN and PLAN, that's far too much of an escalation and neither side is gonna go for it.
BREAKING: 1st Chinese pullback from Finger 4 Pangong since May 10:
1⃣ Some Chinese posts dismantled at Finger 4 ridgeline
2⃣ Some of the 62 new PLA Finger 4 positions moved
3⃣ China had raised >300 new posts after May 10
4⃣ Indian post west of Finger 4 remains
*ARMY WILL VERIFY* https://t.co/mypWRPZlz8
1⃣ Some Chinese posts dismantled at Finger 4 ridgeline
2⃣ Some of the 62 new PLA Finger 4 positions moved
3⃣ China had raised >300 new posts after May 10
4⃣ Indian post west of Finger 4 remains
*ARMY WILL VERIFY* https://t.co/mypWRPZlz8