Thread by @a_sandhan

👉Lot of missile n other defence system testing being done this days
👉Lot of talk about these tests hastened by Chinese aggression, some thanking Chinese for it, forgetting all r in various stage of development n will not enter service till next yr end

👉Do people think Modi is a knee jerk PM n he dared to take on China w/o proper preparation for full scale war
👉From day1 Modi knew about the threat from China
👉He launched China specific diplomacy, first to counter string of pearls n then to befriend all those threatened by it

👉Simultaneously long pending border roads works, strategic roads, communication issues were fast tracked
👉Hundreds of km of road, important bridges connecting strategic locations, advanced landing ground (ALG) were sanctioned n commissioned fastening the deployment process

👉During ongoing LAC tussle China was surprised by rapid counter deployment of Indian army
👉China specific mountain strike division was raised. Long pending Agni 5 nuclear capable missile covering whole of China inducted

👉Brahmos production ramped up n sufficient quantity to handle 2 front war made available
👉M777 light weight artillery purchase for war in mountains
👉Navy fully equipped to choke Malacca strait n dominate IOR

👉Deploying full squadron of Sukhoi 30 MKI at Tezpur was a confidence move
👉Lot of ramp up of IAF infra, communication n command control
👉Atal tunnel pending from 2 decades put in service. Another strategic Sela tunnel sanctioned n work in progress

👉W/o stretching further I will only say we were diplomatically n militarily prepared before the Chinese bring their comedy army at LAC.