Defence strategy lessons for India in 2017Doklam standoff India and China were locked in an over two-month-long standoff over the latter's contruction pursuits in the India-China-Bhutan tri-junction near Sikkim. Although tensions eventually eased and China, along with Indian troops, withdrew from the site in August, yet the entire episode points to certain gaps in India's defence capacities. The number of terrorists killed by security personnel increased 28% from 165 in 2016 to 212 in 2017. 2/6 PTITrouble in the Ocean Indian warships are heavily outnumbered by Chinese ones- be it destroyers, frigates, covettes or missile boats. China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA-N) has 191 major surface warships, nearly four times as many as the Indian Navy (50).

Source: Economic Times December 30, 2017 06:48 UTC