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Two Chinese military helicopters are suspected to have carried out an aerial surveillance close to the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Chumar sector of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir last Thursday, testing Indias air defence mechanism.
Sources in the Indian Military establishment on Sunday confirmed that two Chinese military helicopters flew too close for comfort near the LAC in Chumar, the same sector where on June 17 Chinese military personnel transgressed into the Indian side to damage a surveillance equipment and went back carrying the camera.
The Chinese helicopters adventurism came within a week after Defence Minister A K Antony returned from a Beijing visit on July 7. The helicopters did come too close to the LAC for our comfort. But they did not violate the Indian airspace, a source in the Indian military establishment said. The choppers were spotted flying close to the LAC by the Indian observers from the Air Defence posts around 8 a.m.
The choppers flew back after a few minutes, sources said. The Indian Air Force and Indian Army air defence teams kept a close watch on the Chinese choppers flying over the LAC and maintained an alert, but they did not activate any air defence response mechanism, sources said.
China has been uncomfortable with the terrain advantage India has in the Chumar sector, which is about 300 km away from Leh, the regions capital.
Chumar, which has witnessed several tensions between the two sides, is around 500 km away from Daulat Beg Oldi, where they had pitched tents 19 km inside Indian territory and stayed put for three weeks on the Debsang bulge, to return to their base only after some hard diplomatic and military haggling by both sides. As a return favour for the Chinese troopers, numbering over 30, going back home, India had agreed to dismantle a tin shed built close to the LAC as a resting spot for the Indian patrol teams.
Based on these experiences of the recent past, China and India are negotiating a Border agreement, which was proposed by Beijing in March and for which a few amendments have been suggested by India.
Chinese military choppers test Indian Air Defence on LAC | idrw.org
Sources in the Indian Military establishment on Sunday confirmed that two Chinese military helicopters flew too close for comfort near the LAC in Chumar, the same sector where on June 17 Chinese military personnel transgressed into the Indian side to damage a surveillance equipment and went back carrying the camera.
The Chinese helicopters adventurism came within a week after Defence Minister A K Antony returned from a Beijing visit on July 7. The helicopters did come too close to the LAC for our comfort. But they did not violate the Indian airspace, a source in the Indian military establishment said. The choppers were spotted flying close to the LAC by the Indian observers from the Air Defence posts around 8 a.m.
The choppers flew back after a few minutes, sources said. The Indian Air Force and Indian Army air defence teams kept a close watch on the Chinese choppers flying over the LAC and maintained an alert, but they did not activate any air defence response mechanism, sources said.
China has been uncomfortable with the terrain advantage India has in the Chumar sector, which is about 300 km away from Leh, the regions capital.
Chumar, which has witnessed several tensions between the two sides, is around 500 km away from Daulat Beg Oldi, where they had pitched tents 19 km inside Indian territory and stayed put for three weeks on the Debsang bulge, to return to their base only after some hard diplomatic and military haggling by both sides. As a return favour for the Chinese troopers, numbering over 30, going back home, India had agreed to dismantle a tin shed built close to the LAC as a resting spot for the Indian patrol teams.
Based on these experiences of the recent past, China and India are negotiating a Border agreement, which was proposed by Beijing in March and for which a few amendments have been suggested by India.
Chinese military choppers test Indian Air Defence on LAC | idrw.org
