During this period, the international situation in China's neighborhood has become more and more dangerous. The escalation of the South China Sea issue, the resurgence of Japanese militarism instigated by the United States, and even the secret deployment of the United States in the Philippines have all caused the Asia-Pacific region to slide into the abyss of war. And India, which has always coveted China's borders, is even more ready to move. However, the recent actions of the People's Liberation Army in Karakoram show that China is well aware of this.
According to a report by "CCTV Military," the Xinjiang Military Region of the Western Theater of the Mainland recently launched an all-element air defense, anti-missile, and live-fire exercise in the Karakoram Snow Field at an altitude of 5,200 meters.
Although CCTV did not elaborate on the specific exercise items, there is a sentence mentioning that the high-speed target aircraft relied on the complex terrain of the plateau to avoid radar, and the participating troops changed their search mode and successfully captured and shot down the target. Let's not guess whether this "target aircraft" played the Su-30 or Rafale. But one thing is certain, that is, India's previous boast that it can break through China's radar detection has been cracked by China. It also highlights the purpose of the actual combat of this military exercise.
In the face of India's continuous strengthening of its military presence on the border and the size of its garrison, the PLA's move has many meanings. It is not simply a warning and deterrence, but in fact, it is a kind of "bloodletting". We'll get to that later.
Frankly speaking, in the game between China and India in the border area, many netizens have a judgment and impression with great error. That is, India has always been "attacking" China, and China has always been tolerating. But the reality is that China's counterattack against India is far deeper than the outside world thinks.
Many times, there are many factors that contribute to the formation of this false impression. Against the backdrop of the Sino-US game, India has been increasing its troops in the border areas. This almost reflects India's strategic hostility toward China when many Sino-Indian military commander-level talks have been fruitless. In addition, the Modi government has long led India's extreme populism at home and colluded with the United States, but China and India are still negotiating on the border step by step, which has caused a great misunderstanding of China's online public opinion about the situation in India.
Intuitively speaking, the special geographical environment of the Sino-Indian border has greatly restricted the mobile deployment of the large corps, which is a realistic operational condition. In normal times, the high altitude conditions and harsh natural environment also cause serious logistical costs. China's solution is to build up a small number of permanent troops, plus firepower superiority. Under special terrain, medium and small groups of troops can completely rely on drones and terrain to destroy large groups of enemies. China's key construction in Tibet is basically focused on transportation, which actually has a profound meaning. It can not only bring vitality to the local people's livelihood, but also relieve the pressure on logistics and quickly complete the task of ammunition supply.
Contrary to the impression of many people, China has actually taken the initiative to "attack" the Sino-Indian border issue. The small-scale deployment on the mainland's front line, and even the recent announcement by the mainland's Ministry of Civil Affairs of the public use of place names in 30 areas in southern Tibet, are all a signal to India that China is ready to recover the 90,000 square kilometers of land in southern Tibet that it has lost its actual control. In response, India's Modi made a trip to southern Tibet and sent 10,000 troops to the border.
But as we just said, the terrain on the front line is like that, and if you throw 10,000 people into it, you are also queuing up on the road, which does not constitute a real threat. On the contrary, India must also deplete a large amount of financial and logistical reserves every year for the increasingly large border troops. Taking data as an example, India's military spending last year was more than $72 billion, and in order to balance China's layout on the border and maintain a large-scale military presence on the border, it spent 30%, more than 20 billion. In other words, because of China's arrangement on the border, India continues to "bleed" every year for an illusory possibility. This has greatly curtailed India's efforts to modernize its military. This time, China fired "ten thousand arrows" in India's face, and several missiles were launched into the air, which is another strong signal, we are ready for war, will you follow?