Posted on 06/08/2009 9:49:27 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins
GUWAHATI, India, June 8 (Reuters) - India will deploy thousands of additional troops and build airstrips along its remote northeastern border with China, in a sign of persisting wariness between the two countries despite growing business ties.
India and China fought a brief war over their 3,500 km (2,200 mile) Himalayan border in 1962, and both sides claim the other is occupying big but largely uninhabited chunks of their territory.
Although India and China have signed a treaty to maintain "peace and tranquility" along the disputed frontier and agreed to find a political solution to the row, talks have made little progress.
"Two army divisions comprising 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers each will be deployed along the border in Arunachal," said J.J. Singh, the governor of the remote state.
Other than troops, India will add more firepower in the disputed zone with light 155mm guns, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles to strengthen its defences, officials said. They will also build airstrips close to the border.
The state shares a disputed border with China more than 1,000 km (621 miles) long.
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Why now?
Border incursions...
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Thanks for the ping.
The Commies now control Nepal. They control Burma. When Pakistan collapses, will the Chicoms move in and surround India?
Both are vying for future oil reserves anywhere near their countries.
They both need future energy supplies.
And ya know how pushy the damn chi-coms can be. If not as the folks in Nepal.
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