Posted on 06/09/2021 11:36:43 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
CHINA and India continue to build up their military forces along their disputed border in the Himalayas, as fears grow of an imminent war between the Asian superpowers.
Last June saw the first deadly outbreak of fighting between the two sides since 1975 in the Galwan Valley. Soldiers confronted each other with weapons, including clubs and sticks, leading to the death of at least 20 Indians and four Chinese. The root cause of the conflict lies in an ill-defined, 3,440km (2,100-mile)-long border that both countries dispute, known as the Line of Actual Control
Tensions have continued to rise between the nuclear-armed neighbours, with satellite photos showing both sides rapidly building up their military capabilities.
New Delhi has boosted its military presence in the region with the deployment of 60,000 troops and sophisticated weapons including surface-to-air missiles and 24 Rafale fighter jets.
India has also added 10,000 troops to its Strike Corps that is specifically trained for combat with China and Pakistan.
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is this just a shiny thing? i don't know what is in the area that could be that important/valuable to start a border war over when the chins have enough REAL problems to deal with
it just seems like misdirection
from chinaflu?
India has a different account: “...The Indian Army on Tuesday said 20 Army personnel, including including a colonel, were killed... ‘There were 35 casualties on the Chinese side, the sources citing US intelligence reports...”
China lies so I tend to believe the Indian report.
Pei-Ping.
“...Indian government officials have confirmed that at least 20 of their troops were killed and several others are in critical condition, suggesting the death toll may rise. Indian reports claim PLA soldiers “hunted down” their Indian counterparts to kill them even as they retreated into undisputed territory...” “...The Times of India, citing “official sources … quoting U.S. intelligence reports,” said on Wednesday that China suffered between 35-50 casualties, which includes both killed and wounded. The newspaper noted that separate sources only said that China suffered “proportionate” casualties to those of India...”
China thinks it can get what it wants through bullying alone.
India won’t play that game.
China will eventually “normalize relations” on India’s terms.
Brainless Joe should appoint a special envoy, maybe Hunter Biden?
Mining of ore possibly. But the area is mountainous and inhospitable to humans.
China needs to bloody its troops and test out their new mountain tanks and other new never-used-in-combat weapons
This one will be a high altitude meat grinder.
I saw a video that China is now claiming most of Eastern Russia as their ancestral territory.
With that happening I wonder which side of a war between India and China Russia would take?
Whoever has the most oxygen wins.
China is so used to bullying it’s weaker neighbors and getting it’s way. Hong Kong is gone. Taiwan...next. North Korea...already depends on Chinese aid. Japan....has dis-avowed nukes. Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, etc already dominated by China. Chinese leaders must be mad because India won’t acquiesce to Chinese domination.
Would have thought the ChiComs had learned their lesson. The Indians are far better soldiers. And a lot meaner as well.
Mountain tank sounds like an oxymoron.
Tanks are generally too heavy to make it up anything like a steep grade.
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Yep. Like this.
"The Chinese military is equipping soldiers stationed in Tibet with newly developed helmets embedded with a self-destruct button. The button will trigger an embedded bomb to go off, killing the soldier.“At a battalion or brigade level command center, a commander monitors a soldier who is far away by using the navigation system. The commander can activate the self-destruct function of the soldier’s helmet if he can’t get in contact with him,” state-run media China Observer reported on Dec. 27.
Soldiers can also press the button themselves. “If a soldier is seriously wounded and doesn’t want to be captured, he can activate the self-destruct function himself. This can maintain his dignity, as well as prevent the enemy from obtaining this system,” the report stated."
What “report?”
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