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Nov 12: In order to strengthen its defence in the country's extreme northeast corner, India was planning to double the present troop strength along the China border. Presently, Indian army's IV corps, consisted of 2nd, 5th and 21st Mountain Divisions, was headquartered at Tezpur in Assam.
Quoting an anonymous senior Indian defence official, New Delhi-based newspapers said that the Indian army decided that it would position its new 15,000-strong 56 division in Arunachal Pradesh, which China claimed as its own, within four weeks.
Simultaneously, it had put out a Request for Information (RFI) for acquiring 300 lightweight tanks that could be deployed in the North East and Jammu & Kashmir.
The Army strategists claimed that the army's lightweight tanks were capable of destroying bunkers and soft-skin vehicles up to 3,000-metre away and should have armour-piercing anti-tank guided missiles and anti-aircraft machine guns. It was learnt, the RFI inserted specific condition that these ordered tanks should "have protection against nuclear, chemical and biological warfare".
In recent months, India activated three airfields along the 646 km Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, last used during the 1962 war with China. The army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police have also stepped up patrolling along the LAC.
Main purpose of India's new initiative in the northeast was reportedly to tighten its defences along the Sino-India border in Arunachal Pradesh. Although, New Delhi had not made any official statement about its concerns regarding China's military build up near international borders, it wanted to ensure of not getting caught napping to safeguard its national territorial integrity.
The reports further say, 'the government was making a fast move to deploy more troops along sensitive borders adjoining China, especially in Arunachal Pradesh. However, on the diplomatic front, New Delhi had constantly downplayed concerns and fears that there were some serious differences between the two nuclear-powered states and that the Sino-India ties were souring slowly.'
As already reported that India had recently operationalised three airfields along the 646- km Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh with China, which had remained non-operational since the 1962 war with China. Besides, The Indian Air Force (IAF) had to station Sukhoi-30 MKI aircraft in the Northeast in Tezpur besides detailing aircraft at Chabua in Assam, close to Arunachal Pradesh.
According to www.starpots.com, this step was also taken to give a robust push towards infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh. A defence official said, "Naturally, we can't just send 60,000 troops there and then expect them to get on without infrastructure. That infrastructure in terms of roads and bases for communication, transport and maintaining a presence will be built up too."
:: The Daily Independent Bangladesh :.. Internet Edition
Nov 12: In order to strengthen its defence in the country's extreme northeast corner, India was planning to double the present troop strength along the China border. Presently, Indian army's IV corps, consisted of 2nd, 5th and 21st Mountain Divisions, was headquartered at Tezpur in Assam.
Quoting an anonymous senior Indian defence official, New Delhi-based newspapers said that the Indian army decided that it would position its new 15,000-strong 56 division in Arunachal Pradesh, which China claimed as its own, within four weeks.
Simultaneously, it had put out a Request for Information (RFI) for acquiring 300 lightweight tanks that could be deployed in the North East and Jammu & Kashmir.
The Army strategists claimed that the army's lightweight tanks were capable of destroying bunkers and soft-skin vehicles up to 3,000-metre away and should have armour-piercing anti-tank guided missiles and anti-aircraft machine guns. It was learnt, the RFI inserted specific condition that these ordered tanks should "have protection against nuclear, chemical and biological warfare".
In recent months, India activated three airfields along the 646 km Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China, last used during the 1962 war with China. The army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police have also stepped up patrolling along the LAC.
Main purpose of India's new initiative in the northeast was reportedly to tighten its defences along the Sino-India border in Arunachal Pradesh. Although, New Delhi had not made any official statement about its concerns regarding China's military build up near international borders, it wanted to ensure of not getting caught napping to safeguard its national territorial integrity.
The reports further say, 'the government was making a fast move to deploy more troops along sensitive borders adjoining China, especially in Arunachal Pradesh. However, on the diplomatic front, New Delhi had constantly downplayed concerns and fears that there were some serious differences between the two nuclear-powered states and that the Sino-India ties were souring slowly.'
As already reported that India had recently operationalised three airfields along the 646- km Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh with China, which had remained non-operational since the 1962 war with China. Besides, The Indian Air Force (IAF) had to station Sukhoi-30 MKI aircraft in the Northeast in Tezpur besides detailing aircraft at Chabua in Assam, close to Arunachal Pradesh.
According to www.starpots.com, this step was also taken to give a robust push towards infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh. A defence official said, "Naturally, we can't just send 60,000 troops there and then expect them to get on without infrastructure. That infrastructure in terms of roads and bases for communication, transport and maintaining a presence will be built up too."
:: The Daily Independent Bangladesh :.. Internet Edition
