Origins of OP-PLAN
Resurrected OP-PLAN
OP-PLAN Based on Flawed Assumptions & Brain-Dead Operations Analysis
A Series of Deceptive Military Briefings for Ignorant Civilian Decision-Makers
Political Ownership of OP-PLAN Despite Strong Reservations
Spectacular Debacle at Muntho Dhalo (Camp Badr) & Staring at Outright Defeat
Pakistan Army’s Depleting Fortunes, Military Reverses & Growing Civil-Military Discord
Complete International Isolation, Plus Fears of Indian Vertical Escalation
Clinton-Sharif Meeting That Sealed Pakistan’s Fate
Unilateral
& Unconditional Pakistani Withdrawal, But No Ceasefire by India, While a Policy of Denial Led To Internal Revolts & Severe Demoralisation Within Pakistan Army
Assessments & Lessons Learnt
Inferences for the Future
Incidentally, 1999 was not the first that Pakistan had engaged in such double-crossing. Back in 1982 another such incident had taken place, which had then led to the Indian Army and Indian Air Force launching OP Meghdoot along the Siachen Glacier. What follows below is a narration of what transpired between 1982 and mid-1984.
(to be concluded)
Escalation Ladders Explained
Escalation Ladders Explained
205 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 205 of 205Hello Sir.
1)There are rumours that Jammu and Kashmir will be trifurcated.What do you think of that?Would that be a good decision or a bad one?
2)After Modi's Independence Day speech in 2016 and the next couple of months that followed,it was thought that Brahamdagh Bugti would be granted asylum by India.Why wasn't he granted asylum?
3)https://www.dawn.com/news/1433197/pakistan-willing-to-open-afghan-land-route-for-india-us-envoy The US Ambassador to Afghanistan had told India's Economic Times newspaper that Pakistan is willing to start talks to enable India to use the land route for trade with Afghanistan.It seems as though the most obvious reason for the U turn is that Pak is rattled by the reduced dependence of Afghanistan on Pakistan.Any other hidden reason for this?America seems to be squeezing Pakistan hard.
Sir mpatgm ki Jo b info ho pls share. Seems lengthy Missile.
Thanks.
Sir
1.with regard to indigenous BMD system how are things headed?will it be inducted in future?
2.why do India needs to undertake two short range ballistic missile programmes such as pralay and Agni 1p?will they be employed for different missions?
3.if the first flight of Tejas mk1a next year would it take three years to certify all its components?
4.is india developing any new towed array sonar?
To BENO: 1) Not at all in the near future. Maybe distant future. 2) Agni-1 is an old BM with strap-on inertial reference system for navigation using dry-tuned gyros. Pralay uses RLG-INS for navigation. 3) Yes. 4) No.
To BHOUTIK: Every operational patrol of a SSBN or SSB armed with SLBMs or nuclear warhead-armed SLCM is a covert employment at sea.
To ASHISH GAUTAM: Yes, what was test-fired yesterday wasn’t the MPATGM that has 2.6km range, but a 4km-range ATGM that uses the same guidance mechanism as the MPATGM. The short-range ATGM is the RAFAEL-supplied Spike-SR. There is also a plan to later equip the medium-range ATGM variant with fibre-optic wires for longer-range, i.e. something like NORINCO of China’s Red Arrow-10 FOG-ATGM. MPATGM was unveilled at Aero India 2017:
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m6jD7M5zsjA/WKta--lz4MI/AAAAAAAAMgQ/_UAikc7t2xgjqSb7fpmMOMzOvqiP24gUACLcB/s1600/MPATGM.jpg
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MPATGM & its longer-range variant have NOTHING in common with the 45kg-heavy Nag/HELINA. Hence, all those claiming that the MPATGM is derived from the NAG are ‘mahaa bandalbaazes’.
To ENIGMA: 1) Rumours only, & no truth in it. 2) Because India failed to walk the talk. 3) The land-route is already in use, but it allows only fully-loaded Afghan trucks to come up to Wagah but on the return journey these trucks all go back empty. And no Indian trucks are allowed entry into Pakistan.
To KANE: Yes. India’s nuclear doctrine & nuclear thresholds are both clearly defined.
To SRINIVASA NANDURI RAMANUJAM: LoLz! Let’s wait & see how far the S-400 deal proceeds. Same with the four Project 1135.6 FFGs & the Ka-226Ts.
To KRITAVARMA: What we are witnessing is the polarization of the corridors of power between the US Congress, which is convinced that POTUS has had links with certain Russian Oligarchs, & the White House that is gradually running out of excuses, which could possibly lead to POTUS being impeached. Hence, for as long as CAATSA is there, India’s sovereign options are severely limited. Nor does India have all the cards necessary for engaging in strategic defiance, since the US can marshal enough coercive power from countries like Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, the UK & the EU.
To RAD: Just look where the probes of the Jaguar IS, Rafale & Mirage 2000N are. None of the probes in them obstruct the pilot’s forward field-of-view. On the Tejas Mk.1A the probe is located too far forward & this in turn will obstruct the optimal employment of the Targo HMDS’ off-boresight cueing of the SRAAM’s IIR sensors. LCA-AF Mk.2 cannot be delivered in the timeframe desired by the IAF & hence the urgent reqmt for 110 MRCAs of imported design. Ramjet-equipped AAMs or ASMs won’t appear begore 2023. India’s strength is not in developing cutting-edge software reqd for weapon sensors. That also explains why India isn’t developing any industrial robotics. Watch this to see why China’s OEMs are buying away Germany-based companies by spending US$10 billion every year on corporate acquisitions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3F-0C7bTbc
To SUJIT: Kaveri on Rafales? All over the world countries have had to spend up to US$4 billion on developing decent turbofans, while India has so far spent less than US$350 million on the Kaveri. So how the hell can Kaveri ever be expected to equip any functional MRCA? Kaveri is still decades away from flying. The Spectra suite has both passive ESM & directional active jamming like Elettronica’s ELT-568 jammers on the MiG-29UPG. It has nothing to do with stealth.
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