India’s Cold Start Doctrine depends on quick movement through difficult terrain. Improved logistics are making that more feasible in the disputed Kashmir region.
The Sasoma-Saser La-Brangsa-Gapshan-Daulat Beg Oldi Road may be the most ambitious piece of India’s infrastructure push near its disputed border with China.
As India and China agree to “intensify efforts” to de-escalate border tensions but continue their spat over border land demarcation, the arduous task of reassessing gaps in border infrastructure along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) remains the primary focus of the Union Home ministry, which does not want to give Chinese PLA another chance to make inroads into its territory.