... but India still needs to do a lot to neutralize Chinese IRBM advantages.
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Taipei, Jan. 2 (CNA) India enjoys "partial advantages" over the Chengdu Military Region of China, in the event that a conflict were to break out in the two nations' border areas, Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television reported Friday.
The People's Liberation Army's (PLA's) Chengdu Military Region has recently staged a series of military drills, with India as its "imaginary enemy."
According to post-drill reviews conducted by officers in the Chengdu Military Region, which is tasked with guarding China against Vietnam and India, the China-India border area, located mainly in the Qinzang Plateau, has two geographic characteristics -- high altitude and cold weather -- both of which are equally unfavorable to India and China.
The Qinzang Plateau has an average altitude of 4,500 meters above the sea.
However, India enjoys "partial advantages" in battle preparedness, especially in the transportation and supply of military personnel and materials in high-altitude mountainous areas, the report said.
Besides, India has largely enhanced its skills in electronic warfare in the surveillance, interference and paralysis (of its enemy) as a result of military cooperation with the United States, Russia and Israel.
But, the PLA said, its greatest advantage against India is its deployment of the high-accuracy mid-range Dongfeng-16 missiles in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.
India has partial advantages against China s Chengdu Military Region Politics FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS
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Taipei, Jan. 2 (CNA) India enjoys "partial advantages" over the Chengdu Military Region of China, in the event that a conflict were to break out in the two nations' border areas, Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television reported Friday.
The People's Liberation Army's (PLA's) Chengdu Military Region has recently staged a series of military drills, with India as its "imaginary enemy."
According to post-drill reviews conducted by officers in the Chengdu Military Region, which is tasked with guarding China against Vietnam and India, the China-India border area, located mainly in the Qinzang Plateau, has two geographic characteristics -- high altitude and cold weather -- both of which are equally unfavorable to India and China.
The Qinzang Plateau has an average altitude of 4,500 meters above the sea.
However, India enjoys "partial advantages" in battle preparedness, especially in the transportation and supply of military personnel and materials in high-altitude mountainous areas, the report said.
Besides, India has largely enhanced its skills in electronic warfare in the surveillance, interference and paralysis (of its enemy) as a result of military cooperation with the United States, Russia and Israel.
But, the PLA said, its greatest advantage against India is its deployment of the high-accuracy mid-range Dongfeng-16 missiles in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.
India has partial advantages against China s Chengdu Military Region Politics FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS
