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Originally Posted by Anoop C
1. Since the IA's aim is limited to shallow penetrations, it has decided to trade mass in favor of velocity. So far so good, but given the need for quick deployment, won't the region of attack be confined to places near the peace-time locations? Given that peace-time locations are fairly well mapped out, what happens when the PA mirrors the IA's peace-time locations even as the IA rotates formations through various locations? Doesn't that negate the element of surprise and blunt the advantage? In your opinion, what approximate time frames of action (i.e. how quickly can the IA start off the blocks - hours, days?) are realistic?
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A few things in the attacker's favour.
1) The defender do not know where the attacker would attempt his point of entry and thus must at least monitor all points of possible entry.
2) By the very term Cold Start, the attacker has at least a 10 hour leadway before the defender could detect the movement.
Both of these points allow the attacker to reach the battlefield under his conditions.
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Originally Posted by Anoop C
2. The role of the IBG's would have been much easier if the unpsoken political directive "to lose no ground" did not exist. What happens if the PA returns to it's 'Riposte' doctrine and decides to lose ground in order to gain ground elsehwere in India?
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There is a delay from when the orders are issued and when they're carried out. For any decision from Dehli to ground commanders would take at least 24 hours to execute. The size of the IBG is suspected to be brigade size, thus, the battle would be over before the orders could be executed.