Operation Acharaj: Modelling a combined Indo-American Special Forces mission

On 11 April 2022 a summit — commonly referred to as “two-plus-two” — was convened between India and the US which stressed the shared commitment of both countries to “uphold a free rules-based international order to safeguard sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence.” In the meeting, US Secretary of Defence Lloyd J Austin III stated that India and the US were “working together to build one of the most consequential partnerships of our time.” The crucial meeting took place when the atmospherics in South Asia is careening out of control with Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar in the throes of grave economic and political uncertainties. Operation Acharaj is a hypothetical vignette whereby a force comprised of US and Indian Special Forces along with Tibetan guerillas, the Amdos could be called upon to signal solidarity in the context of a geopolitical chess game that “two-plus-two” envisages. In a clear reference to “China’s increasingly aggressive military actions in the South China Sea” Vice President Kamala Harris stated that the US and ASEAN have a shared vision for the region. This mission plays a small part in the USINDOPACOM campaign plan to pressure the Chinese into détente as the unexpected Indo-US attack would upset China’s Central Military Commission’s “grand strategy” for world dominance as also leverage the combined Indo-US SF’s unique capacity to work together on a mission that gives Washington and New Delhi political cover via non-attribution.