People are needlessly bringing 1971 or any other war fought by India before the advent of Islamic terrorism in Kashmir in 1990 into this debate.
There is only one precedent(an incomplete one) where Indian govt & armed forces planned for months for an offensive inside POK but couldn't execute bcoz of 9/11... that was "Operation Kabaddi".
Coming to the present... as many are hinting of a long drawn plan to punish pakis... where the preparation lasts from 1 months to 6 months as per different members.
Now... ask yourself what can the forces actually acquire in 1 to 6 months to make any significant difference.
Airforce: Spares, ammunition, missiles or some electronics/avionics pods. They can in no way bring in new aerial assets in 1 to 6 months.
Navy: same as above... no new ships/subs can come in next 1 to 6 months.
This leaves only one service that is...
Army: Again they also can't acquire big platforms in numbers like howitzers... but within a few months time a sizeable amount of infantry can be equipped with latest stuff for offensive ops... the Artillery can stock tens of thousands of shells... and all other arms their spares and ammunition.
Now bcoz people are concerned about economy... so is the govt... so be rest assured the navy will be used only for posturing... confusing pakis and dividing their aerial asset deployment.
Iff govt really is going in for long game then that surely is an "Operation Kabaddi plus".
Whatever the GOI is planning now would have already happened in 2020 if the Chinese wouldn't have come in then.
The long drawn conflict that GOI is planning would be invasive in nature but would be limited to J&K LOC/WB.
The aim would be to acquire high grounds and all thinly/sparsely populated area across LOC.
Terror camps are empty... so what? The target would be the "Irregular" Mujahid force who are both pak army members and become Mujahideen for ops inside Indian Kashmir.
For Op kabaddi preparation time was 3 months... but now that preparation can happen in much less time owing to our industrial capabilities & economic might.
