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Indian Army deploys assault boats in Pangong Tso amid standoff with China in Ladakh

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Indian Army is deploying its new vessel --- Landing Craft Assault(LCA)-- equipped with advanced surveillance gadgets and other equipment to keep a strict vigil over the Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh. The 134-km-long lake at an altitude of 13,900-feet is considered strategically significant. China controls around two-thirds of the lake. Last year, the Army had ordered 12 LCA boats to strengthen its existing fleets of vessels. Watch the video for more.

 
A few years ago.

Indian soldiers injured in boat incident with Chinese army​




LEH, India (AP) — Chinese and Indian army boats collided on a lake in an area of Kashmir claimed by both countries, injuring some Indian soldiers, but the incident has been settled, Indian officials said Thursday.
The collision occurred Wednesday because of different perceptions of the disputed border in the Ladakh region, an Indian army officer said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.
He said army delegations from the two sides met later in the day and settled the incident and withdrew the troops. No other details were immediately available.


Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said in New Delhi that the matter has been resolved.
The countries went to war in 1962 over their disputed border and their armed forces engaged in a 10-week standoff in the neighboring state of Bhutan in 2017.
Occasional skirmishes occur because of unmarked areas of their border.
Indian and Chinese officials have been holding talks since 1980s to settle their boundary dispute and plan another round of talks in coming months.
China claims about 90,000 square kilometers (35,000 square miles) of territory in India's northeast, while India says China occupies 38,000 square kilometers (15,000 square miles) of its territory in the Aksai Chin plateau in the western Himalayas, including the Ladakh region.
 
ITBP = Indo Tibetan Border "Police Force"
Those poor chaps will be the first ones to bear the Dragon's brunt.
Some of them may be tough guys but looking at their videos they seem to be just a stop-gap outfit.
 
ITBP doesn't work individually, it works in tandem with the army and other wings of the military
in wartime it can beef up the military numbers
ITBP corps specialize in mountain warfare so they are a good addition
Essentially it's a border patrol organization which aren't generally meant for offensive purposes.
 

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