Saturday, October 5, 2019

Part 22 CDS & JOINTNESS PLA : PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY DEPLOYMENT IN DOKLAM EFFICACY OF PLA IN WESTERN THEATRE COMBAT COMMAND


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Part 30 of N Parts
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/11/cds-jointness-pla-part-central-theater.html


Part 29 of N Parts
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/11/part-29-cds-jointness-pla-strategic.html


Part 28 of N Parts

Part 27of N Parts
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/10/chinas-future-naval-base-in-cambodia.html


Part 26 of N Parts
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/10/part-26-cds-jointness-pla-n-strategic.html


Part 25 of N Parts
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/10/part-25-cds-jointness-pla-southern.html
Part 24 of N Parts
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/10/part-24-cds-jointness.html


Part 23 of N Parts
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/10/part-22-cds-jointness-pla-chinas-three.html


Part 22 of N Parts
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/05/peoples-liberation-army-deployment-in.html

Part 21 of  N  Parts 
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/09/cds-part-9-cds-jointness-pla-part-x-of.html

Part 16 TO Part 20 of N Parts

https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/10/part-16-to-part-20-cds-jointness-list.html

Part 15 of  N  Parts 
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/09/cds-part-10-pla-q-mtn-war-himalayan.html


Part 11 of N Parts
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/09/china-defense-white-papers1995.html

Part 10 of N Parts

https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/09/part-10-cds-jointness-pla-series.html

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https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/09/source-httpwww.html

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https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/09/cda-part-goldwater-nichols-department.html

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https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/08/cds-part-6-chief-of-defence-staff-needs.html

Part 6 of N Parts:
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-constitutional-provisions-for.html


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https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-4-cds-or-gateway-to-institutional.html

Part 4 of N Parts:
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/08/chief-of-defence-staff.html


Part 3 of N Parts:
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/08/fighting-separately-jointness-and-civil.html

Part 2 of Parts:
  https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/08/jointness-in-strategic-capabilities-can.html



Part 21 of  N  Parts 
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/09/cds-part-9-cds-jointness-pla-part-x-of.html


Part 16 TO Part 20 of N Parts

https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/10/part-16-to-part-20-cds-jointness-list.html

Part 15 of  N  Parts 
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/09/cds-part-10-pla-q-mtn-war-himalayan.html


Part 11 of N Parts
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/09/china-defense-white-papers1995.html

Part 10 of N Parts

https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/09/part-10-cds-jointness-pla-series.html

Part  9 of N Parts
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/09/source-httpwww.html

Part  8 of N Parts
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/09/cda-part-goldwater-nichols-department.html

Part 7 of N Parts
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/08/cds-part-6-chief-of-defence-staff-needs.html

Part 6 of N Parts:
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-constitutional-provisions-for.html


Part 5 of N Parts:
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/08/part-4-cds-or-gateway-to-institutional.html

Part 4 of N Parts:
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/08/chief-of-defence-staff.html


Part 3 of N Parts:
https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/08/fighting-separately-jointness-and-civil.html

Part 2 of Parts:
  https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/08/jointness-in-strategic-capabilities-can.html






SOURCE

GOOGLE EARTH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poAVmF8BPjk

https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2018/07/geographys-curse-indias-vulnerable.html


  EFFICACY OF PLA CDS ,INTEGERATION                                            & 
                      MODERNIZATION  
                                       IN  
           THE WESTERN THEATRE  TIBET                            COMBAT COMMAND 

                                    By 
                            Vasundhra


                                                                         
REFERENCE: Must read
>Click URL to Read


 Geography's Curse: 


     India's Vulnerable 'Chicken's Neck


https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2018/07/geographys-curse-indias-vulnerable.html

                                                                                            





Forget about  India's Mountain Strike Corps. It has been put in the cold storage by SHEER PANIC ATTACK after  a  "THREAT"  from an obscure Chinese media agency "GLOBAL TIMES" .

 On assumed  figmentation of vested imagination, propagadated  as hostile action performed by Indians,  against  the docile , peace loving  civilised  chinese. The   Global Times launched a direct media offence directing the Indians to stop the raising & modernizing its armed forces  or face the dire consequences.  Chinese media onslaught  succeeded  in  suppressing, subduing and persuading  by coercion  in  convincing the  Indians  who mattered in the Indian hierarchy  that the Chinese media threat  be taken in all seriousness  as official Chinese  "DIKTAT". Chicken hearted Indian  bureaucrats simply panicked and forced  the modernization of armed forces on hold .    -- Vasundhra ] 



 Without entering into  the detailed back ground of the  DOKLAM  CRISIS let the issue be discussed purely from the MILITARY angle.  Militarily consequences of freezing the raising of Indian mountain strike corps was the direct reason which encouraged  the CHINESE for the DOKLAM  to happen.  Indians became the victim of chinese refined art of Sun tzu's principle of war:

 "ENTER THE BATTLE, ONLY ONCE, WHEN THE WAR HAS BEEN WON

 PLA entered Doklam without firing a single bullet and the INDIANs kept on watching mutely and helplessly and in no time under the watch of Indian Army  67.5 sq Kms of Doklam platue was occupied by a DIVISON equivalent of HIGHLY INTEGERATED BATTLE GROUPS OF PLA.   Chinese very subtly  demonstrated the integration of psywarfare, media & armed forces under the umbrella of modernization of the armed forces. The process of this integration was put into action for perfection from early eighties and was detected  by CIA only around 2004. Indians most probably were the first casualty in DOKLAM of this media  & armed forces integration under modernization as developed by the Chinese ( ref to :  https://bcvasundhra.blogspot.com/2019/10/part-22-cds-jointness-pla-chinas-three.html  )

  Before we proceed further on the deployment of  PLA  in DOKLAM , military importance of DOKLAM be examined.

   After 1962 war with China &  withdrawal  of  Indian trade mission from Yatung & Lhasa, Indian Army  occupied   mountain heights along the  crest line of Chumbi valley. Indian army was in the advantageous position along Chumbi viz a viz PLA. This complete advantage now has been lost due to  forceful occupation of DOKLAM  by PLA.

  Before militarily entering into Doklam PLA ensured the back  up of sufficient  military, psywarfare  & diplomatic resources .


     DOKLAM AND  THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY (COG)                                                  OF 
                              THE BATTLE FIELD

      In a FLUID  state of battle be it conventional or unconventional (   STATIC or Mobile or  be it be even Psychological ) there always is a ever shifting point called CENTRE OF GRAVITY ( COG ) at any given point of the battle.  COG if  identified timely  be  immediately be attacked  & destroyed with requisite quantum of force. On destruction of the targeted objective (COG ),  the complete battle field of the ADVERSARY will collapse and the adversaries defenses  will be reduced to the state of  uncoordinated resistance leading to ultimate surrender.  To achieve this AIM of destruction & capture of COG the attackers has to preposition itself  in a  premeditated  location called FULCRUM  to avail the multiple options which may crop up during the course of BATTLE. 

                By occupying  DOKLAM,  PLA has pre positioned   itself on the  FULCRUM  and  has opened up the various options  both TACTICAL & STRATEGIC  to take forward the battle to its advantage.

                     A cursory mental INTELLIGENCE APPRECIATION of the ground situation  will reveal disturbing  &  frightening  end result fallout  which will depend  upon the AIM of what CHINESE & PLA are aiming at.

          Militarily   it cannot not be ignored that DOKLAM is located on the attackers SPRING BOARD  PLATFORM   to pounce on the "SILIGURI  CHICKENS NECK " of India.  Any INFANTRY man will concur  that all the viable targets to be achieved are with in  ONE STANDARD INFANTRY MARCH  to reach upto the target area & occupy ground of INTEREST . 
           
               Having said so let us examine the  strategic capability of  PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY in Tibet. After the setback of 1986-86   Sumdrung Chu confrontation PLA suffered far more casualties due to climatic conditions rather than ground action. This awakened the PLA to the actual state of  ground realities. This gave an impetus to the Political leadership towards the PLA modernization. During DENG era not much progress could be made on modernization due to internal resistance to modernization within the PLA  heirachy . A deliberate push to modernization has come with the advent of President Xi.   

    PLA demonstrated the following  military strategic capabilities:

                 (a) 2008 EARTH QUAKE : PLA air dropped  a complete PARA DIVISION  in one go in the earth quake zone to collate the damage  assessment under the personal supervision of President Xi. A sufficient data is available in the open media

                (b) 2011-12 Mobilization Exercise of Forces  from mainland China to Lhasa Region:  To check  & exercise the speedy mobilization of formations an exercise was conducted to shift the troops from Central, Eastern & Southern Army Group regions. PLA was able to shift almost a CORPs sized troops by airborne mode in stipulated time factor.

IT CAN BE SAFELY ASSUMED THAT PLA HAS PERFECTED ITS  MOBILIZATION DRILLS OVER THE PERIOD



SUBJECT TO INTENTIONS  OF PLA SUGGESTED  STRATEGIC ' COGs ' OF THE BATTLE FIELD  MAY BE CONSIDERED BY PLA ARE INDICATED IN THE DIAGRAM BELOW










     
          ORDER OF BATTLE (ORBAT)                        PLA WESTERN THEATRE 
              COMBAT COMMAND


In addition to the ORBAT given below, during the process of modernization of PLA in 2016 a reduction of 3,00,000 troops was announced. All theses units were transferred  to POLICE FORCE and re-positioned in the areas surrounding LHASA & SINKIANG to maintain peace and supress the internal unrest. No organisational, EQUIPMENT  or manpower  changes were made and all units have remained   directly under jurisdiction & command of PLA, units as usual being commanded by PLA officers and administration. It can be safely assumed that these units will also be available.




Going by the previous experience of 1986-87 it can be assumed that 13th & 21st Army Group will be deployed against Arunachal and resources from 47th Group Army will be available for Chumbi Valley



       PEOPLE'S  LIBERATION ARMY 
    DEPLOYMENT  IN    DOKLAM
              AS ON  16 Jan  2018
                     

DOKLAM: THE CENTRE OF GRAVITY OF BATTLE FIELD 
AT A STRATEGIC & TACTICAL LEVEL

Below is the url of deployment of PLA on the Doklam plateau. On googling  the the URL complete deployment of PLA in DOKLAM will open. At this stage no comments or explanation notes are given as the developments are in the state of flux . Standard symbols as available in Google earth are used. Any military mind will take no time to put the picture in its correct perspective on the nature of deployment .
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/40431413vwglli1/PLA%20DEFENCES%20DOKLAM%20AS%20ON%2008%20MAY%202019.kmz?dl=0

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                     OUTLINE OF DEPLOYMENT 

As per  GOOGLE EARTH imagery fortifications for a divison level force are ready. There are  NINE Mortor PLATOONS located. TEN Hellipads . Satellite antenna for  illuminating and registering the targets along with transmission to satellite monitoring station for acquisition , targeting and destruction .guidance system to the destruction of  the target

All support arms are chassis  based  & mounted.  Towed wpns have not been sighted. A net work of roads have been laid . New roads from Chumbi to Doklam plateau are in progress via SENCHE LA PASS. Every second day new fortifications can be observed coming up. There are chassis loaded platforms seen of Howtizers, may be a sqadron of light tanks ( 32 tons ), Precision guided Pinaka class rocket tubes, MBRLs. Deployment non mistakenly  is  of OFFENSSIVE DEFENCE posture. This is a initial posture of ATTACK OPERATIONs OF WAR. Intensive additional offensive fortifications are in progress.  


  By conservative estimate the force level in Doklam is approximately a Division ( PLUS or MINUS )  & total force in CHUMBI VALLEY  seems to have increased  by multiplication factor point five(.5) to point seven five( .75)  The  intensive  fresh trench work and realignment of existing roads have been detected which clearly suggests a heavy augmentation of resources in the existing defenses along  Nathu La & Jelep La defended areas

  It can be safely assumed that PLA's likey deployment could be :

                 (a)  DOKLAM:  One Division
                 (b) CHUMBI  :  Three Divisions
                 (C) AXES  SHIGATSE -GYANTSE -PAHARI :                               (a) Mechanised Inf Bdes - TWO
                           (b) Armour Bde .............  -ONE



FIG 1 :  DOKLAM PLATEAU BEFORE PLA INTRUSSION WHICH  TRADITIONALLY WAS ALWAYS A SUMMER GRAZING GROUND






FIG 2  : LAND MARKS IN THE TARGETED AREA OF PLA  INTEREST ON DOKLAM PLATUE





FIG 3  : TOPOGRAPHY DEPICTING STREAMS & RIVER





  FIG 4:  INTERNATIONAL BOUNDRY                    INDIA - BHUTAN -& CHUMBI VALLEY(CHINESE OCCUPIED TIBET)






FIG 5 : DOKLAM PLATUE  ROADS CONSTRUCTED BY THE CHINESE (PLA)  AFTER INTRUSSION 





FIG 6 : DOKLAM PLATUE HELLIPADS


FIGURE  7  :  DEPLOYMENT PLA  ON DOKLAM  PLATUE AS ON 17 JAN 2018






FIGURE 8 : ENLARGED VIEW PLA DEPLOYMENT FIRST QUADRANT               ( 0 deg TO 90 deg)


FIGURE 9 :ENLARGED VIEW PLA DEPLOYMENT  SECOND) QUADRANT        ( 90 deg TO 180 deg)




FIGURE 10 :ENLARGED VIEW PLA DEPLOYMENT THIRD QUADRANT              ( 180 deg TO 270 deg)



FIGURE 11 :ENLARGED VIEW PLA DEPLOYMENT  FOURTH QUADRANT
( 270 deg TO 360 deg)


Detail Intelligence Appreciation  Report will follow in the subsequent Aricles


                                                                         
REFERENCE: Must read
>Click URL to Read


 Geography's Curse: 


     India's Vulnerable 'Chicken's Neck


                                                                                  

          

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