If you want to stop cross-border terrorism, the number of terrorists don't really matter, nor the numbers killed. Your post is actually supporting the point I'm making. You can have 50 Balakots and it won't make a difference. The main enemy is the PA, that's the organisation that needs to feel the heat.
PA must be punished as much as possible, and the easiest and cheapest way to do it is by using artillery from the front and economic attacks from the rear.
If that's the case, why did we undertake Balakote. We could have stuck to escalation on the border thru shallow cross border action vide our SFs & continuous artillery duels we've been undertaking since the past 3 decades.
I guess you haven't gone thru those screen shots I've enclosed. They clearly indicate that of the 1.5 lakh soldiers present there only 22% comprise of the PA. The rest are pata military forces , most of whom are locals from the NLI , whose loss makes no difference to the PA as they're not part of the PA's ORBAT.
Hence, in what way are artillery duels of the kind that's happening & of the kind you're supporting going to affect the PA is beyond me. Incidentally, if you've gone through those screenshots, PKS actually details what we need to do in order to effect precision strikes. One could follow his advise to undertake such action against the PA. But that would mean stepping up the escalatory ladder.
They buy stuff in order to look good on paper. But the reality is they can't use everything they buy because they do not have the money to run their stuff.
Their force structure and budget do not match at all. Even our CAPFs have a bigger budget while not being capital intensive.
You're not making any sense whatsoever. I'd just introduce you to the Indo China analogy. In both conventional & non conventional forces the Chinese are far superior to us. Yet, in spite of their belligerence & might if they've not undertaken action on any of their stated declaration to seize parts of our territory that they lay claim on it's coz we've put up enough resources there which is definitely not going to defeat China but may just effect a stalemate.
Short of an outright win, the Chinese aren't bothered with mounting any such campaign. That's the reason why we're going on for such high value big ticket imports like the Rafale, S-400, etc.
That's precisely Pakistan's game plan. If it's your contention then that after making such costly acquisitions they'd be berthed in some Quay as a dock queen, you're either being disingenuous or you're talking through your hat.
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@Falcon for details. we are in a position to take over certain high value areas in POJK but being stopped by GOI due to this covid19.
The bare essentials would also do. One needn't get into too many details that would give away the plot. As it is Falcon is a very reticent person. I've rarely seen him divulge info which can even remotely be declared as classified secrets.Salami slicing would also do as of now before we reach the stage of an endgame.