Madam.
LoC Warfare tactics
Why Poonch???
Two reasons:
1. Proximity of inhabitations on Indian side with rather large population sizes in near proximity to the LoC. This allows for easy merging of infiltrators with the local population, once they have crossed over.
2. Topographical considerations. A heavily forested area, relatively lower altitudes and shorter distances to traverse to hit road head for further movement, along with the point 1 above, allow for relative mobility as compared to other sectors, say Kargil or Batalik.
Occurrence of Sniper fire on our posts in this sector or it's sub sectors is not a mere coincidence, nor is the fact that this sector is guarded by the biggest brigade of Indian army - 93 Infantry Brigade. Whilst its also true that there are many sectors along our 740 km LoC where not a single bullet has been fired in almost 2 decades.
Correction: 93 Brigade is not the biggest Brigade in terms of troops. It is 102 Infantry Brigade along with 109 Infantry Brigade. The troops composition in number of infantry units, artillery units will remain unmentioned.
Retaliation and response on LoC warfare is generally proportionate, meaning localized, calibre to calibre ,
Madam.
It is the policy only implemented by India. There have been instances of Pakistani regulars shouting across that they have the freedom to fire when they want and the Indian troops will have to call Delhi before firing.
The reason for the relative calm in other locations is the lack of adequate opportunities for infiltration due to reasons mentioned earlier. A similar trend of frequent and consistent attempts by Pakistan to push militants across in Keran sector is noticed, as this sector too has the factors of thick forests, relatively low altitudes and smoother gradients but suffers from the handicap of sparsely populated region and longer distances to reach main towns/villages to merge in population.
So how do we compensate for our disadvantage in Poonch?
The most logical step is to deploy more troops than Pakistan and that is why it is imminent to have one of the biggest brigade - 93 Infantry Brigade, look after Poonch.
Next step would be to construct more posts than Pakistan so as to fire in mutual support. So every time Pakistan army fires from their post they get a befitting reply from not one but several Indian posts
I have an alternate and, in my opinion, a better suggestion. We must declare the right of Indian forces to hit any point that supports infiltration as a legitimate target in it's counter terror/counter insurgency operations. Since Pakistan, on record, has always maintained only non-military support for militants in J&K, we must "assume" that their troops supporting the infiltration, are doing so without their explicit consent. Therefore, we must believe them and say exactly what they say, and hit anyone who is firing at us consistent with their claims.
To implement this, I suggest on station air assets in terms of Gunships and FW aircrafts with Forward Air Observers embedded till as such time as we can acquire armed drones and use them in relay for precision strikes on these 'militant' positions.[/QUOTE]
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