What are the assessed objectives in order of priority of the Indian Navy CBG. ?
- Destruction of the Pakistani Navy and Pakistan's sea board
coastal defenses?
- Blockade of Karachi and Gwadar ?
- Deep cruise missile strikes co-ordinating an Indian Air Force
and Army missile strikes targeting Pakistan's Nuclear
weapons assets and infrastructure ?
- Supporting an amphibious landing assault to capture the
Baluchistan Makran coastline and declare Baluchistan as an
independent state after it cedes control of its mineral wealth
to India ?
India is obviously eyeing Karachi as a war booty
In a "what if " scenario the Indian amphibious invasion may rely on some "India friendly " assets in Baluchistan and Sindh but the situation in Karachi could be different.
Some open questions:
- Would the people of Karachi engage an Indian marine and
navy occupying force in urban guerrilla combat and see the
city become another Gaza or Stalingrad ?
-Given the diversity of the population of Karachi, would there
even be a will to fight an invasion?
Wars are unpredictable but all Indian think tanks believe that a seaborne invasion of Pakistan, and the capture of Karachi is far easier than trying to capture Multan. The capture of Karachi and secession of Baluchistan, Sindh and KPK ( with KPK merging into Afghanistan) would reduce Pakistan to just Punjab which would become a rump state with no seaboard. A puppet Khalistan ( after a deal with Sikhs ) could then be setup merging Pakistani Punjab into Indian East Punjab.
As of now that appears to be the game plan.
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