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India Needs To Look Into LAC Lapses To Be Future-Ready
It is time for the government to consider launching a review into the intelligence and operational lapses resulting in the debilitating faceoff with China that erupted last May.
Indian Army vehicles moving towards the Line of Actual Control (LAC) amid border tension with China, in Leh, Sunday, September 27, 2020. Photo: PTI
Security19/Feb/2021
With the complementary withdrawal of Indian and Chinese troops from the bitterly contested Pangong Tso or lake region along the disputed Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh underway, it is time for the government to consider launching a review into the intelligence and operational lapses resulting in the debilitating faceoff that erupted last May.
On Ladakh Standoff, India and China Keep Their Gunpowder Dry
Xi Jinpingâs selection of Gen. Zhang for PLA s Western Theatre Command may signal a reconciliatory attitude for the summer following the Chinese Communist Party s centenary in July.
Indian army trucks depart towards Ladakh amid standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh, at Manali-Leh highway in Kullu district. Photo: PTI
Security25/Jan/2021
The ninth round of dialogue held between Indian and Chinese military commanders on Sunday, after a gap of nearly three months, was a damp squib but was the first round to be held since the newly appointed PLA Western Theatre Commander Gen. Zhang Xudong took charge last month.
Strike Corps reorientation comes for Ladakh but Army needs larger restructuring
Strike Corps reorientation comes for Ladakh but Army needs larger restructuring
At last the Army has recognised that it is China, and not Pakistan, that is the principal threat to India’s national security. Text Size:
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A crisis is an opportunity riding a dangerous wind’ goes a Chinese proverb. The Chinese-perpetrated crisis in Eastern Ladakh seems to have inspired the Indian Army to seize the opportunity to initiate structural and organisational reforms. Without much ado, it has given directions for 1 Corps one of the three mechanised forces, predominant Strike Corps focussed on Pakistan to be restructured and reoriented as the second Mountain Strike Corps for Ladakh. 17 Mountain Strike Corps will now become the strategic reserve dedicated only to the Northeast, and it will be restructured into three-four Integrated Battle Groups, or IBGs.
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New Delhi: Stressing that India is prepared to hold its ground in eastern Ladakh âfor as long as neededâ to achieve a non-detrimental solution to the Ladakh standoff, Army chief General M.M. Naravane said Tuesday the Army was rebalancing towards the northern borders.
Noting that soldiers are fully prepared to tackle any challenge, General Naravane said India is focusing on a solution to the Ladakh standoff through talks, which will be based on âequal and mutual securityâ.
âAs events in eastern Ladakh show, there was indeed a requirement of carrying out re-balancing of the northern border. That is what we have put in place,â the Army chief said, addressing the annual press conference ahead of Army Day on 15 January.