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India to Bolster Defenses Along China Border
By vivek raghuvanshi
Published: 23 Apr 10:50 EDT (06:50 GMT)
NEW DELHI - The Indian Defence Ministry is drawing up a list of additional equipment and weapons to support a proposed buildup of Army and Air Force forces along its border with China.
Senior Defence Ministry planners are working on building infrastructure, increasing troops, building additional airfields and upgrading roads and infrastructure along the China border, Defence Ministry sources said.
Special troops also will be raised for deployment.
The additional weaponry to be bought includes light 155mm guns, a variety of helicopters, rotary unmanned aerial vehicles, air defense systems, C-130J aircraft for swift deployment of troops, and C3I equipment.
The buildup will take place along the Ladakh sector in the north Uttarkhand region, and along the eastern border in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
The Army also has decided to raise two new mountain divisions numbering about 15,000 troops to be deployed along the 4,057-kilometer Line of Actual Control (LAC), between India and China. The 1.1 million-strong Army has 10 mountain formations in about 34 divisions.
The Indian government also plans to develop more than 600 kilometers of road along the LAC, which will further link to additional road networks in the hinterland.
India to Bolster Defenses Along China Border - Defense News
By vivek raghuvanshi
Published: 23 Apr 10:50 EDT (06:50 GMT)
NEW DELHI - The Indian Defence Ministry is drawing up a list of additional equipment and weapons to support a proposed buildup of Army and Air Force forces along its border with China.
Senior Defence Ministry planners are working on building infrastructure, increasing troops, building additional airfields and upgrading roads and infrastructure along the China border, Defence Ministry sources said.
Special troops also will be raised for deployment.
The additional weaponry to be bought includes light 155mm guns, a variety of helicopters, rotary unmanned aerial vehicles, air defense systems, C-130J aircraft for swift deployment of troops, and C3I equipment.
The buildup will take place along the Ladakh sector in the north Uttarkhand region, and along the eastern border in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
The Army also has decided to raise two new mountain divisions numbering about 15,000 troops to be deployed along the 4,057-kilometer Line of Actual Control (LAC), between India and China. The 1.1 million-strong Army has 10 mountain formations in about 34 divisions.
The Indian government also plans to develop more than 600 kilometers of road along the LAC, which will further link to additional road networks in the hinterland.
India to Bolster Defenses Along China Border - Defense News
