.
Actually, migrant sources who are in the in’s
of this Chinese military operation against the Vietnamese claimed that
China never considered the use of her airforce.
Reasons are as follow:
– While America’s Vietnam experience had taught the Chinese that airpower is
indeed an effective tool, it however also taught them that dealing with a persevering opponents
such as the Vietnamese in an environment such as Vietnam, doesn’t pay dividends.
– Such an undertaking would be way too costly for the Chinese
to absorb, financially, particularly with the limited resources the Chinese had at the time.
Their object was and has always been a land blitz to make a point.
– The Chinese were at odds with the USSR at the time.
They were reserving their airforce for the unthinkable — a military confrontation with the USSR
in the event the USSR launches an attack against China.
Vietnam weren’t that much of a thorn to the Chinese as the USSR was
at the time. China’s aim when she went into Vietnam was simply to send the Vietnamese
a message — a message which says there are consequences – regardless.
Vietnam’s gamble: Backed by and probably stirred up by the USSR who wanted the Chinese
to get trapped in this Vietnam snare now that the Americans has left a void there, Vietnam started
harassing China, militarily, in border regions believing China would be too lame to fight back.
Their purpose: Outstanding
land claims similar to the ones they
have with Cambodia and Laos.
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