Seems to me there was a complete breakdown in Indian intelligence gathering with reference to the Portuguese forces and their armaments.
This lack of intelligence carried over to cause the humiliating defeat by China in just the next year. Roland. Toronto. > On Feb 13, 2022, at 8:06 AM, Goanet Reader <[email protected]> wrote: > > 25. Mobilisation: Navy & IAF > > Valmiki Faleiro > [email protected] > > India assembled four naval task forces for the 1961 Goa ops. > Led by the newly acquired aircraft carrier INS Vikrant > bearing about a dozen-and-half Sea Hawk combat and Alizé > antisubmarine aircraft, the carrier group had the Indian > Navy’s flagship, cruiser INS Delhi, destroyer INS Rajput and > three frigates, INS Kirpan, INS Khukri and INS Kuthar with > antisubmarine, torpedo and antiaircraft capabilities. > >
