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[–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
  1. I wasn't purely talking about military strength. India has a relatively large industrial vase (decent amounts of steel production and large labor pool) which could in theory supply the west
  2. India has the ability to help enforce a blockade of the straits of malacca.
  3. India has borders with China, meaning they could occupy a front and divert resources
  4. India is building up missiles and ships. It's not as if they don't have any domestic production of weapons.
  5. India has a large population for youth, and therefore could supply the west with a large amount of manpower

I still think that in a ww3 scenario, China will win no matter what, but the west could drag things out much longer if they have India.

[–] commiewolf@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is somewhat true, but it makes little difference, India's navy is still orders of magnitude below the standard of the modern Chinese fleet, and their doctrine is outdated in modern naval warfare, where carrier groups are a thing of the past. Also, their land borders with China are all nearly impassable Himalayan mountains and narrow passes, and their industrial base is large but very antiquated, and is modernizing at a snails pace due to corruption and mismanagement.

Yes they do have a newfound initiative to create domestic weapons technology, but it is largely unproven and still only makes up a portion of their stockpile, their best equipment is licensed from NATO and Russia.

I'm just saying that if Mao were alive today, he wouldn't call the US a paper tiger, but rather India, which today is probably the least capable major power in the world militarily relative to other similarly sized countries. The main (and only if we're being honest) strength of the Indian military is it's fleet of Nuclear warheads. Which again, are inconsequential because the moment those are flying, it's game over. I don't think anyone wins in a ww3 scenario. But in conventional war or some kind of limited military intervention, India has no chance.

[–] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 days ago

India’s navy is still orders of magnitude below the standard of the modern Chinese fleet, and their doctrine is outdated in modern naval warfare

This assumes that things remain the same for the foreseeable future. If WW3 starts and finishes by the end of the decade, I would agree with this point. However, it is difficult to imagine that India will make no headway in military modernisation by 2030, especially if it has plans to participate in hostilities against China.

Not to mention, in a collaboration scenario, the west can help india speed up modernisation (and it will have its own internal initiative as well)

Also, their land borders with China are all nearly impassable Himalayan mountains and narrow passes,

They don't need to conquer China through the himalayas. They just need to occupy Chinese efforts and attention.

the least capable major power in the world militarily relative to other similarly sized countries

The only country with a similar size is China.