Posted on 06/16/2020 9:32:06 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Twenty Indian soldiers were killed during "hand-to-hand' fighting with Chinese troops in a disputed Himalayan region, India's military said, the first deadly clash between the nuclear powers in decades.
Both sides blamed the other for Monday's violence, which followed weeks of rising tensions over their competing territorial claims, with thousands of extra troops deployed.
The clashes reportedly involved intense fighting and no gunfire, in line with longstanding tactics to avoid a full military battle over the disputed 3,500-kilometre (2,200-mile) border.
An Indian army source told AFP there was no shooting but there were "violent hand-to-hand scuffles".
The fighting occurred in the precipitous, rocky terrain of the strategically important Galwan Valley, which lies between China's Tibet and India's Ladakh.
The soldiers threw punches and stones at each other, with Chinese troops allegedly attacking their Indian counterparts with rods and nail-studded clubs during the more than six-hour fight, the Hindustan Times reported.
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I’m told that China lost about 43 soldiers in that encounter.
I suppose throwing punches around, is better than throwing nucs.
well social distancing is not a joke
The chicoms stirring the pot in North Korea as well....
they have rifles....use the damn things. WTF do they issue them for, if not to shoot the enemy invaders.
Got a dumb question: What were they doing in the same place at the same time?
As they got used to it the Chinese brought guns and RPGs. Fortunately the Russians brought MLRS and it was brought to an end.
China v. India v. Pakistan.
That’s a billion casualty war brewing.
China should give up on the whole Kashmir thing, it’s really not worth it.
A big tub of popcorn, please.
Not my Circus, not my Clowns.
Will it cut back on Chicom spies and on H1-Bs?
Neo-cons or the current equivalent, will find a way to involve us.
Just like we’re already in World War 3 with Russia over Russian Special Forces in Syria, and in an atomic war with North Korea. Remember the “This is not a drill” nuclear attack warning about Hawaii “sent in error” ?
“the more than six-hour fight”
...at altitude.
Those guys are in great shape. The survivors, anyway.
Heard someplace a cliff sheered off and they all got clobbered.
[China v. India v. Pakistan.
That’s a billion casualty war brewing.]
Sounds like wars and rumors of war.
I make mention because it seems noteworthy that (reportedly) China has deployed across 4,000km (!) of border with India.
Yikes
It’s sort of our clowns, but not really.
I’m quite sure that this is in some way the result of the G7 Summit where Russia, the US, India, and others all started putting financial pressure on China.
It’s also why the Chicoms are so desperate to get people banned from social media and keep the WuFlu and BLM narratives going, because this is more or less their last gasp before they crumble before the financial dominance of the US and the only way out of the financial chokehold is to try to remove Trump from office.
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