At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked the Indians to light a “diya (lamp)” for the soldiers deployed on the borders of Ladakh, the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), General Bipin Rawat, asked the three services that will stop all activities in peacetime out of deference. deploy troops and be prepared in the worst case.
It is understood that the Navy marine commandos have been asked to deploy to East Ladakh, where the Indian army is locked in a clash with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in Gogra-Hot Springs and on both shores of Lake Pangong. Tso. MARCOS will be deployed with Indian Special Forces to gain experience in polar desert conditions with high wind chill factor and heavy snowfall.
Deployed troops are awaiting the last shipment of fleece winter clothing and face masks, which are expected to arrive from the US Army’s own reserve reserves by the first week of November. Like the PLA, the Indian army is prepared for a long road and is not in the mood to give up an inch of territory to the aggressive Chinese army. The PLA has already deployed strategic blockers in Arunachal Pradesh and is proposing a massive upgrade of infrastructure and storage capacity in both Xinjiang and Tibet.
According to the military high command, General Rawat has made it clear to the three services that these are not normal times with troops, artillery and tanks deployed along the 1,597 km Royal Line of Control (LAC) in Ladakh and therefore therefore, all activities in peacetime. it must be stopped. “Since the situation in eastern Ladakh can get worse at any time in the event of an accident, the armed forces must be prepared for any scenario. It can’t be that while the entire northern army command and western air command are deployed to battle in freezing conditions, the rest of us are celebrating festival season and playing golf. Let no one forget there is a war in Ladakh, ”said a South Block official.
Instead, the Indian Navy has been asked to focus on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to monitor the activity of Chinese warships in the Indian Ocean rather than worrying about PLA Navy deployments. off the coast of Africa. The Indian island territories of Lakshadweep and ANC are the key to national maritime security, dominating the most important shipping lanes, from the Persian Gulf to the Straits of Malacca, in the world.
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