pmukherjee
SENIOR MEMBER
- Joined
- Mar 8, 2009
- Messages
- 2,089
- Reaction score
- 0
No, not enough firepower to invade a nation, let alone India. Not enough to do anything except maybe some ELINT. Basically a show of force. What more do you expect 3000 policemen to achieve? FBI or Secret Service, they are still policemen and not Marines. How many Marines were needed to capture Iwo Jima? Definitely many more than just a brigade. 3000 is not even a brigade strength. And Iwo Jima is so small a speck in the Pacific ocean that it can hardly be seen.
But there is a lesson in all this. This is the kind of stuff that a Head of State should be backed up with, during a foreign visit, if the visit is to mean anything. Perhaps someday we can give this kind of security cover to visiting Indian Head of State.
But there is a lesson in all this. This is the kind of stuff that a Head of State should be backed up with, during a foreign visit, if the visit is to mean anything. Perhaps someday we can give this kind of security cover to visiting Indian Head of State.