Posted on 06/16/2020 10:47:27 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
The Indian Army late Tuesday night raised the death toll in a clash with Chinese troops on a disputed Himalayan border from three to 20 Indian soldiers.
The army also said in a statement that the two sides “have disengaged” from the disputed Galwan area where they clashed overnight on Monday.
The army originally reported that three Indian soldiers had died, but later said 17 additional soldiers succumbed to injuries they suffered in the sub-zero temperatures of the high-altitude terrain.
China has accused Indian forces of carrying out “provocative attacks” on its troops and has not said if any of its soldiers have died.
Thousands of soldiers on both sides have been facing off for over a month.
The clash — during which neither side fired any shots, according to Indian officials — is the first deadly confrontation between the two Asian giants since 1975.
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The two rudest peoples on Earth.
Looks like China is ready to take on everybody
what does the bible say about a million man army coming in ‘waves’ or something like that?
The only country capable of that is China
China is also saying they have KIAs. No numbers though.
Next to Germans and Japanese.
There’s a mountain range between the two most populous nations on the planet. If there weren’t, this might get chippy.
This thing is quietly escalating as we worry about the stupid news.
The disputed area is above 14,000 feet, snow year around, barren and windy, rivers often flooding, minimal roads.
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Let them have at it.
With a pretty difficult supply chain, it’ll be slow attrition.
Lol so true
I don’t see that re: Indians. Lots of British manners in India or for that matter in Indian restaurants here and elsewhere.
I remember how India had public service campaigns several decades ago to cut down on gents spitting and scratching their privates publicly in the streets.
Modi has them now with nearly universal access to toilets.
This many casualties and they say no one was shooting?
Nonsense.
Maybe all the Indian H-1Bs will go home and defend their country?
I haven’t kept track of India’s military growth, but they better be planning hard, and spending tons, because China will definitely act the bully and worse if they sense weakness.
China wants to break through Indian territory, to run highways and rail lines to Pakistani ports.
Long term, it could also block India’s land routes through the other “stans” to Europe, or Russian oil/gas.
China has been messing around in India for ages.
“...sub-zero temperatures of the high-altitude terrain...” Uh WTH? Sub-zero temps? Does grrrrrreta know about this? After all, summer starts on Saturday. Or is it different on the chinese wuhan calendar.
following, reports are 20 KIA India, 43 KIA (unconfirmed) PRC.
Initial reports are forces from both countries were engaged in a melee on a mountainside, when the shelf collapsed.
(unconfirmed) reports or commentary seem to indicate that location of melee engagement was within the IAC of India.
Mr ding bang pow, tear down that wall.
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