‘Mountains Favour The Defender’

NEW DELHI: The India-China standoff along the Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh may be nowhere closer to resolution but India has the advantage by occupying tactical heights on the southern bank of Pangong Tso. Mountains favor the defender; whoever occupies dominating heights is in control of the battle, says Siachen hero Lt Gen. Sanjay Kulkarni (Retd). At altitudes in excess of 16,000 feet, warfare assumes an entirely new dimension, he told StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale. Acclimatisation is the key and battle-hardened Indian troops are far better equipped than the Chinese, said Gen. Kulkarni, the first Indian army officer to land on the Siachen glacier in 1984 as part of ‘Operation Meghdoot’. With the current round of LAC standoff poised to extend into winter, Gen. Kulkarni said logistics will be the key. At those heights, you not only battle the enemy but also Nature; the wind chill factor makes it worse, he added.
#Indian #China #Laddakh

[@doncorleone3901]

Sanjay Kulkarni, the legendary soldier that first dropped on to Siachen with weapons!!!! What a privilege for mere mortals to listen to him!!! I have seen many other half baked Interviewers not realizing who they are talking to and mess it up. But we must give it to Nitin for bringing out the best from this legend. Great job stratnews

[@rajsalgam]

True Heroes are so simple and humble in nature! Salute to Sanjay Sir and kudos to Nitin. What a relief from shrill TRP hungry TV anchors!

[@themtoniraniremaxbroker2447]

I cannot Thank StratNews Enough for Bringing on this Absolute Brilliant Gen Kulkarni, What a Super Analysis. Respect!!! Many Thanks From Canada!!

[@chandankumargantayat8926]

Saheb tamne pan abhinandan, time kadi ne jova mate

[@uddhavpradhan3480]

Fantastic discussion. Gen. Kulkarni is absolutely a gem

[@jkvel421]

Jai Jind ... General ji..... Nitin feed me with more of this kind....greaaaaaat.....

[@UMS9695]

Thanks Nitin for this very interesting chat with Lt. Gen. Kulkarni. Thanks to Lt. Gen. Kulkarni for giving insights into what the world's best army is made of!! Jai Hind ❤

[@ranjitsuryawanshi7047]

Operation Meghdoot Hero ! While flying over Siachin Glaciar after the operation Indira Gandhi seen Capt Kulkarni holding Indian Flag , so impressed called Capt Kulkarni now Leut General and send him vacation to US . Great Soldier !

[@sanjchopra]

This interview is worth it’s weight in gold, for anyone wanting to understand what’s happening between India and China in Ladakh, and what the future holds 👍🏼

[@mainhunsas]

Nitin Ji, we have been mostly taking about Pangong side, pls have these experts talk about Despang plains where I believe there are few drawbacks for us. Thanks again for getting the siachen hero.

[@harsh1222]

PLA choked the roots of Patroling Points on Depsang !

[@sudhakar3991]

Unless until Galwan type incident happened china doesnt come to a conclusion, here in Galwan they earlier told whole galwan is our now have cam eo a conclusion for an assumptionary LAC @ Galwan. So if such incidents happen definitely china will. Come to conclusion

[@beng2889]

Nitin, you are just fab. The knowledge and experience that ur talks spread is something long forgotten in Reporting Circle. Par excellence 👍👍

[@007swatcid]

SIR YOU TRUE SOLDIER OF INDIA THAT NO CAN DARE FIGHT

[@upendrashukla1441]

We can't trust Chinese that's for sure. They've not fought war, only posturing, winning war without fight. So they've shown their character. What's needed is resolve on our part.

[@adityanathjha8470]

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[@shahbahadurrajput1115]

@Johney Smith we will see about that

[@explorerfoxy]

@Johney Smith Mulla Smith, Allah gandu mulla maha gandu pisslam di bund vich danda chal phut sullae

[@rameshvenkat6907]

India should prepare one million youth for these kind of activities voluntarily. Every village even if not urban areas produce brave kids their energy should be utilized properly.

[@vijayanand2769]

Sanjay Kulkarni, Pleasure hearing to you sir. Nikhil thanks for having Sanjay Kulkarni.

[@praveenlakhe2471]

How about raising a campaign for our troops on lac, "a rupee for my soldier" 135 crores atleast! Will help their morale during coming winter,a most crucial time. Your views and idea if liked to take fwd.

[@dannycbe949]

Brilliant idea!!

[@praveenlakhe2471]

@truth seeker PM Cares fund does not have mandate for this.More so it is suggested as a token from we the civilians for special forces where many are tibetians.Such an act may help trigger something positive in the minds of Tibetans.

[@explorerfoxy]

@truth seeker tare naam sae pata chal gaya ki tu harami suvar gaddar sulla ha chal phut harami sullae ja Pakistan

[@vinothborn2win]

Brilliant! I first press the like button and then watch your videos.. plz continue. Pls talk about how India is prepared for Information and Cyber warfares..

[@illuminatusdeus3051]

I say, don't be the defender, a defender always has something to lose, go on an attack for once. Head to a contested territory and then eat a chunk of new territory. I say, start patrolling in Aksai Chin, occupy some segments of a disputed territory. I say, start patrolling near Kailash Mansarovar (there was a small Indian enclave there, I heard), put them on the defensive for once.

[@illuminatusdeus3051]

@Albert Dacosta Yes, but a defender means you are defending a territory, in essence, depending on the terrain, you are restricted in your forward movement. You can only bleed your adversary if you're able to choke him, or if you are able to limit your advantage to 1 attacker vs 3 defenders. I have heard that defenders can multiply their advantage with terrain, but even if they dig trenches, they are still in claimed Indian territory.

[@upendrashukla1441]

Time is not ripe, that should be of our choosing.

[@sssbhavaniprasaa]

na hoga yaar..

[@ajaymittal5239]

@Albert Dacosta Wrong ! Sure the attacker will loose resources but the defender will gain Nothing even in a hundred years.... that is what is happening with foolish India. When we dont attack we encourage bad behavior of the attackers to try attacking us again and again.

[@MrReon1806]

Illuminatus Deus but it’s in our culture, history and conviction that India never ever attack or claim another country land. We are getting strong to defend ourselves and protect those who need our help. That’s the moto of India, strongest as It can be to protect our motherland from all outside evil. India never believe in conquering strategy. It has never ever happened in last 5000 years.

[@user-kp5ps7gj8b]

Thank you for this amazing Interview.. Hats off to Lt Gen Kulkarni.

[@bhooshanjoshi]

नितीनराव : सन त्झु vs कौटील्य - एक कार्यक्रम ठेवा साहेब रानडे साहेब, कुलकर्णी साहेब आहेतच

[@roshanchachane142]

Defensive approach never works out for too long, we need to permanently adopt aggressive policy with China and Pakistan.

[@jayakrishnanm2975]

ya of course we will have an aggressive policy with a country which is twice our strength,economy,etc

[@roshanchachane142]

Jayakrishnan M India is seven times bigger than Pakistan. We don’t need docile people

[@jayakrishnanm2975]

@@roshanchachane142 i wasnt talking about pakistan bro the other one LOL

[@ashokulu]

@@jayakrishnanm2975 it doesn't work like that

[@roshanchachane142]

@@jayakrishnanm2975 You obviously missed the point and also the analysis by experts.

[@PromodhSridhar]

Proud of the Indian army - Jaihind 🇮🇳

[@shanmugharajthangaraj8119]

Great overview of the terrain given by our general. Kudos to Nitin ji

[@sujataganguly4529]

Thank you!Enjoyed it. .did not want it to end!

[@ArvindSingh-ym4bg]

A humble Namaskar to General Sahab for the difficult life he has lived to protect us.

[@jeetendrajagwani]

Its an honor to listen to the great legend Lt Gen. Sanjay Kulkarni in person! And what amazing insights !

[@saiecorp5646]

I was wondering what makes StratNews Global discussions such a great deliberations, it is knowledge of sh. Nitin Gokhale on military matters. Just see how he commands respect of great veterans like sh. Sanjay Kulkarni. Kudos to you, sir. Great show.

[@sunitjain7333]

Nice discussion and information shared by Mr. Kulkarni...thanks

[@vishwajeetdhamdhere3210]

Once again, just impeccable dressing sense by Lt gen(retd) Kulkarni, something Indian Army etches on you! and yes, Marathi panel again \m/

[@dcmhsotaeh]

Kannadigas proud of the duo Kulkarni common surname in Karnataka also North karnataka and Vidharbha maharastra one in ancient times called kuntala desha karnataka kishkinda kshetra near present day Hampi birth place of Hanuman of ramayan Chalukyas of badami in Karnataka rulers of entire deccan plateau Pulikeshi II won over harshsvardhana of kannuj using very clever elephant maneuvers over Narmada river.Same areas gave rise to the Rastrakootas with capital city of lattur in present day maharastra and anorher caputal in malkhed in karnataka ruled up to kannauj and rastrakoota army was the preeminent indian military power in first millenium india ( called karnata bal ).Both chalukyas and rastrakoota though of kannnda origin encouraged maharastri prakrit also Shivaji maharaj family origin from karnataka in Gadag near dharwad Bhosale surname is from Hoysale name of a famous dynasty of Karnataka

[@vishwajeetdhamdhere3210]

OMG😂 We Indians can argue over literally anything😂

[@umardharini2011]

Thank you Mr.NITIN Ji !! ~ RESPECT Gen. Kulkarni, _/\_ #JaiHind

[@TWIxi2012]

Very logical questions asked from the visitor....

[@vivekdagaonkar5085]

Excellent discussion. Thank you Nitin Gokhale Sir👍🙏

[@TanujAbhayKhanna]

Our Soldiers have never failed us. Our Babus & Politicians Have. Thats what one should worry about!

[@kiransahni100]

But Chinese are building air defences at an incredible speed, converting temporary to permanent, so this warfare will not be landbased but air powered, please comment

[@sudipvro]

Every Chinese armament & infrastructure from Finger 4 to Finger 8 is directly under India's Bofors guns....China will have to use airpower to silence our Bofors , but surely our army knows it & have placed many manpads equipped soldiers along with anti-aircraft guns and akash SAMs with the Bofors guns....finger4-8 distance is 8 km & Bofors range is 30+ km..... Two options chinis have through air is direct air attack which will be suicidal OR use some million dollars Air-to-ground cruise missiles to destroy few lakh dollars of artillery guns.... either suicidal or Uneconomical option for chinese

[@sudipvro]

@Apoorv Chauhan M777 howitzer hai , radar nhi , and using ballistic missiles to destroy infantry and artillery is something highly uneconomical...

[@sudipvro]

@Apoorv Chauhan also S-400 in mountainous terrain would be cannon fodder for brahmos....asked an ex-brigadier in twitter... India has kept 3-4 brahmos ready for each s-400 launcher....

[@sudipvro]

@Apoorv Chauhan wohi toh 1billion $ hai ek S-400 regiment , brahmos 2.75 million $ per unit ... Even if India uses 30 brahmos for whole S-400 regiment ( 8 vehicles in total ) it's 80 million $ gone to destroy 1 billion dollars 😂.... the damage to China would be 200 times the cost of those brahmos's .....but had it been flat land , brahmos would have had little chance.....s-400 can't attack with steep mountains in front of it.

[@shahbahadurrajput1115]

@Apoorv Chauhan and what happened. No one died.

[@abhijeetyadav8835]

This is a quality content..blessed to find this channel and people

[@JS-zc2jr]

Great job 🙏 thanks

[@DeveshGarg15]

Call this legend more frequently on your shows. Great man!

[@dannycbe949]

Phenomenal interview!!🙏🙏

[@samirharris1]

Great !!

[@sudhanshusharan5720]

Very comforting interview with General Kulkarni.

[@tantricghost]

Amazing interview with a living legend!!

[@hemangmehta7081]

Your show is always fantastic and gen. Kulkarni has given great insight and excellent information about mountain warfare it is always a pleasure watching your programme

[@atchyutuniharshakeyboardis4143]

Excellent 👏👏

[@chandannewsviews3475]

Good and educating discussion, learned lot, thanks

[@AKS-qq1fw]

Superb video. Very informative.

[@vasireddi]

amazing show! thanks for the insights. one question.... how would the use of drones in the warfare change things?

[@mihirsarkar5197]

Fabulous 🙏🏼

[@d.rajendranduraisamy9248]

Very good discussion.

[@shekharsharma3113]

Really impressed with Sanjay Kulkarni

[@chandankumargantayat8926]

Namaskar Nitinji. You are just too good

[@nanduriseshacharyulu1988]

Very informative dialogue,Sir.

[@asht9193]

China is different animal. They may have accounted for this. I have faith in Indian Army but let's not underestimate aggressor

[@shahbahadurrajput1115]

First rule of indian army khabar dushman ki. News of the enemy

[@prakash7921]

Yes. Let's not forget kargil.

[@maitreychahataray3535]

Sir you should have asked questions both in terms of defending as well as attacking point of view. What can be done, in what way China can be to attacked & make it a possibility to push them beyond Akshai chin

[@rakadus]

Man to man matched / better. Traditional fire power metrices; matched. Question that needs to be discussed is air power. How do we stack up in contactless air combat scenario?

[@jayakrishnanm2975]

"poor" is the word any guy with a little knowledge on fighter planes will agree

[@yazi7790]

Would like to see the situation around the Depsang explained too, sir. Very little has been discussed about it yet.

[@MegaAkash12345]

Two Legends in one frame..

[@manishupadhyay2009]

It is heartening to listen to Military leaders and experts. However, fighting in a climatewise hostile territory far away from Han Chinese settlements ( North and mostly East) is convenient for the Chinese..the heat and tension doesn't seem to be reaching them, and anyway they have suppressed the death of their soldiers killed in action. There is nothing to win here, only to defend. We need action in South China sea for these people to get the full taste of what lies ahead when you cross the line. Maybe not by us but by US.

[@soumennagchoudhury8739]

Great conversation, just want to know what is the significance/importance of the 'owl' as a center piece ??

[@pravinutankar2107]

Jai Hind 🙏👍

[@swamivasswaminathan9254]

Very informative but a simple request Nitinji, let the guest complete without being non-stop interfered with 'absolutely, yes, ehm, right and so on', thanks. Keep up your good work!

[@RAVIKumarmystic]

Legend

[@surendrabarsode8959]

Thanks for bringing over Lt. Gen Kulkarni!! Brilliant discussion!! Next time, please discuss some scenarios like how India will deal with missile attacks and use of Air Defense Radars that China can use. Also, which sectors China is likely to attack India - Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh or Himachal Pradesh. Let us say we will wait and see where do Chinese like to attack us! Wat happens after April 2021? How do we get ready to take on China? etc.

[@vivm2645]

Is this an old video ? As between 6.40 and 6.49 Lt Gen mentions now we are in 2018.

[@sssbhavaniprasaa]

in Kargil.. pak wwre defending sir.. lost war .. it always depends who got❤️ for a fight.. for long

[@mandy28887]

We had more troops we had better trained troops and we had air power

[@sandippurankar9719]

That's what their point was, India suffer high casulaities while taking back those heights. That too without air power and artilaries used by opposition.

[@saurabhpatkar2250]

Nitin ji I request you to please have a session on recent news of chinese attack on Indian satellite communications between 2007- 2017,18. How can we counter, is the Chinese threat in such sectors really so dangerous or not.

[@MrRed2bee]

What these gentlemen completely miss out is that they haven't considered electronic warfare. What they are discussing is the war of the previous century.

[@jayakrishnanm2975]

yes but in that we may have an advantage as some experts say that we have had training drills with US,Russia Isreal but im not taking his word because underestimating ur enemy is the worst thing u can do

[@joshihemant2568]

I agree, with due respect to Lt. Gen. Kulkarni's experience, what is the answer to 'swarm of drones' carrying explosives instead of 'Hot food'... What will the defender do, or how many drones will they take down? 10, 200, 500 How many?

[@jayakrishnanm2975]

@darkprince well yes

[@SumiOccult]

How did the Indians and the Chinese suffered casualties in the Galwan Valley? Through medieval arms. Not through Electronic warfare.

[@MrRed2bee]

@@SumiOccult kindly read about the new dimension of warfare in the electromagnetic spectrum. It is enough to make anything useless and a sitting duck.

[@commonerIndian]

nice interview

[@shiladityadas8791]

Nitinji, I always hear you with keen interest, specially in strategic details topics. May I request you, Please have a discussions regarding defence strategic scenario of Bhutan - China border, and India's role there.

[@maitreya.jamkar]

Nitin sir, please throw some light on the Depsang plains as well as the Air force role/domination in the standoff. Do you think that the chinese will alter from ground attack to air force coercion ?

[@muralineerukonda5453]

Super 👌

[@smartbibhuti]

What a legend!!

[@ravik007ggn]

What will be the impact if they are able to jam satellite communication?

But in current arms with rockets And arty fire can heights still be an advantage?

[@2010anilshukla]

🙏🙏👍👍

[@aniltewari7043]

Is it advisable to discuss such issues on air when the adversaries are preparing for an encounter with the defending forces positioned at advantageous hights ??

[@shahbahadurrajput1115]

Trust me all information discussed here is very superficial every one knows that

[@WarriorSez]

Always interesting and informative as ever. One small suggestion to Nitin will be to try and avoid the temptation to finish sentences for others, sometimes you end up preventing the other person's thoughts/words from coming out naturally.

[@couponscyber]

Excellent exposure from the SME, thanks Nitin.

[@asht9193]

Please keep up. I don't know what will happen in case of actual war but at least feel safer, proud and confident watching your vedios. There are other channels demoralising us

[@lensviewbykaushik]

Nittin please allow the guests to complete the sentences. The problem is you are equally aware of the subject and hence you are tempted to complete a thought process before the guest completes fully . It’s better to wait so that our esteemed guests to complete their answer or idea then you can talk

[@rasputin4u1]

The principle that themountains favour the defender is okay to a limit but if the other has good airpower the equation can change

[@ieyeispy1]

Nitin, please also discuss the option for India to go on the offensive!

[@HassanAmin77]

Why is height a serious military advantage in era of missile and satellites ?

[@ChuckAmadi]

Eventually you'll need boots on the ground, only so much drones can do..😉

[@anshul9462]

Why we all are focused only on pangong tso. Why no focus on Depsang and Galwan. Galwan ok Chinese retreated from there but that was due to flood in Galwan River. But Depsang?Chinese have encroached and are holding crucial position over there overlooking DSDBO road and bottleneck area as well. Have we accepted new normal at Depsang?

[@shahbahadurrajput1115]

We are not the Army. Trust me this BJP government will cut their heads than giving any land. And don't forget this pandemic has only made us stronger mentally for starters. Don't forget their will be lot of technology Americans want to test against Chinese we are operating them now. We will get covert support from all the world make no mistake about that.

[@anshul9462]

@@shahbahadurrajput1115 Still Why arent we discussing Depsang? Neither Government, Nor Media nor at Military or strategic discussion. Why silence on Depsang. Even in Pangong Tso, wasnt our claim till Finger 8 and today our control is at Finger 4 in North Bank. Only South bank we have garnered some advantage. Turning away from knowing the weakness because it is bitter makes no good but harms only.

[@sritejampra]

Very informative , and our troops preparedness is very much a confidence booster.

[@rajeshrai42]

Very Nice Nitin Sir. Sanjay sir is great strategist and narrator .But never under estimate china. They have brought tanks and drones. Which can lead to no touch fight first. They will try to pound bombs first then bring soldiers only in last

[@rohitmania1]

@10:55 - Can air-dominance help attacker in such cases? #BenefitOfHeightToDefender

[@RawLu.]

Hi from Canada :-)

[@ananjain]

One question is what happens if Air Force is used?

[@hareshjoshi1537]

What if they use missiles and drones to attack

[@psuyog]

India is not Armenia. We have atleast 5 air defense systems like Pechora Russian, Israeli Spyder etc and now Smash-2000 is under procurement for individual soldiers.

[@atuldua875]

What about air war

[@sidd1212]

why

[@HassanAmin77]

Why is height an advantage in present day era of missiles and satellites ?

[@r.sudhakaranthattaram4026]

A war is havingsomany consequences. Talking for aggressiveness not that much wise. But when situation compell ofcourse India will do what is required at that juncture. Still we have to find this skirmish as anopportunity. To compel China to make clear cut border with India permenantly. Then after chinese cannot indulge in dirty games. Thank you for experiencial information and the viewers comments.

[@jayaramansundaramoorthy1248]

A real hero speaking to us . Thank u. But, what is worrying is that China may employ a horde of armed little drones- I heard that they are perfecting this deployment - to take out our brave jawans from the heights for which we may not have adequate defence. To forestall that it is better to go on the offence & push them back even accepting the risk of a hot war.

[@AmitKumar-qh1ts]

Isn't it that its China which has come ahead and captured land? So its China that have to defend the captured land. The ball is in India's court and India has to use force to push China back. India doesn't seem to be in condition to do that. So now Chine will just sit, and India will keep asking them to go back. Time will pass.

[@gireeshhegde1415]

Who are these 13 disliking, are they Informers to PLA ? Lutyen gang ?

[@sudheesatyan3636]

Why do you interfere when the guest is talking Nitin?

[@kaushik377]

Chinese doesn't want to fight thy want to occupy d land on sit on them ...thy want them to b d defender they don't want to attack...they want india to attack

[@nukeengineer5214]

Time to show some "Indian Swagger", have confidence countrymen we can beat the Chinese if we all work hard to develop our nation. Think like a nation of Billion plus people as Dr. Abdul Kalam said.

[@maitreychahataray3535]

We have spent so much in militarily build up in ladakh, spent so much in making all Missiles..why shouldn't we strike the Chinese & push them beyond Akshai chin. They are still occupying upto finger 4 & in depsang well inside LAC

[@kulkarniravi]

All these videos show very vague maps. There are some maps on Wikipedia they provide far more details. One such is here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depsang_Plains#/maplink/0

[@gtanj]

So, India cannot drive the Chinese out of Aksai Chin?

[@vishy89]

Aren't we giving away too many details ?