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The problem with crossing down the mountains is that you need to cross down the mountains. Mountains are not just some imaginary map feature, they are real and moving stuff up and down the mountains sucks ass, there is a reason why they are considered defensive factor multiplayer.

There is a reason why both sides are content with border skirmishes, mountains are a terrible place for a large scale conflict, unless opposing force is led by an utter idiot (Conrad von Hotzendorf, Enver Pasha, Luigi Cadorna) pushing through is just not worth it and both sides know it.

Of course thy can, they would be all too glad to sink a foreign submarine in their territorial waters, but their ASW gear is old, so it would be difficult, but not impossible. It would be huge loss of face for them, so they might accept Chinese offer/demand to send their own ASW helis and...

The problem is that according to maritime law, the civilian shipping can use their territorial waters to pass through, while use of foreign military vessels to attack these civilian ships during peaceful passage is rather frowned upon. So Chinese navy can escort tankers and cargo ships from...

And millenias ago it was a crude stick figure with exagerated mamaries.

That only means their porn was cruder.

Tankers can take longer routes and unless Indian navy goes tanker hunting against neutral shipping all over the globe it will merely increase the fuel prices for China, though that will be bad for their economy.

They do, but they are not some magic win button.

I think it's quite the opposite, discipline is quite good, but the land claims of both sides overlap and the higher ups on both sides demand that border guards police the borders exactly where their maps show it to be, resorting to all means, short of diplomatic incident levels of violence. So...

These border brawls are a common occurence, I guess it must have been a slow news day.