I think a few analysts might dispute this. The PLA airports are outnumbered by Indian ones in the LOAC region, and the PLAAF is aware of this. There’s a rail route under construction, but the short term stuff would depend on which side had control of the sky.
This kind of rhetoric is partially fuelled by the last war; China had to relinquish its territorial gains as it could not support its troops. This may be intended to signal that it won’t be the same next time. There have definitely been improvements eg the joint logistics force
But fighting in mountains is hard, and the forces assigned to the Tibetan MD aren’t that numerous. They’d be relying on PLAGF forces from elsewhere to maintain the fight. And, more importantly, the planes and roads to get them there. All infrastructure could be threatened.
Any losses of Y-20 or Il-76s would degrade the PLAGFs fighting ability quite considerably, as would any damage to the air ports and roads that serve the area. Modern PGMs would likely be able to impact all of those elements of China’s battlefield in a short space of time.
Let’s hope we never have to find out for real, which side has the better logistics.
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