Posted on 10/10/2021 2:37:23 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Indicating that the militaries of India and China have “dug in their heels” along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), Indian Army Chief General MM Naravane on Saturday said the infrastructure build-up by China along its side of the LAC seems they are “here to stay”.
“ We have matched the infrastructure on our side,” said the Army Chief. The built-up by the Chinese shows they are at the LAC for a second winter—the first one being last year.
The Army Chief...remarks come a day ahead of the scheduled 13th round of talks between senior military commanders of either side.
On being asked if the LAC could turn into a Line of Control (LoC) type deployment, the General said “ We will be in LoC-kind of a situation but not as active as the LoC.”
The LoC is the 749 km divide between India and Pakistan.
On being asked to judge what could the adversary be thinking, the General said “This is a question to understand why the Chinese have done this ( at LAC) when the world was reeling under a pandemic and they had their own issues on their eastern seaboard (with US over Taiwan).” China has not achieved anything because of the rapid response of the Indian Army, he added.
“Future could have more over the horizon strikes rather than physical engagement,” he said adding in the case of India unsettled borders means we cannot do away with ‘boots on the ground’ as we embrace technology. After the LAC stand off the Army is now focused on intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.
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So this is where China has been putting all their boats.
Tricky…..tricky…..
Bkmk
The map I posted shows the areas of 2020 India-China skirmishes ; but your arrow points to Afghanistan. Not sure what that means.
The 2020 skirmishes took place on your map in the ‘little hat’ region where it say Line of Actual control. Which are the same areas that are red circled.
What’s in Afghanistan? The LAC is in India.
China is right to be concerned about reinforcing borders when it is planning offensive operations elsewhere. Were they just to launch an offensive op without doing so, it would impress other enemies that it was a good time to attack.
It also makes it easier to launch a second offensive op, in that the build up to existing units is less noticeable.
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