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http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...-border-arunachal-pradesh-china/1/707753.html
India steps up defence along Indo-China border in Arunachal
The drill, aimed at boosting surveillance and response from the Army dugouts in the forward posts of Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang sector, was witnessed by an India Today TV team.
BRIEFCASE
Barely few kilometres from the boundary, the Indian Army conducted its first ever exercise code named 'Operation Bunker Bust' over the weekend.
BOOSTING TAWANG SECTOR'S FORWARD POST
The drill, aimed at boosting surveillance and response from the Army dugouts in the forward posts of Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang sector, was witnessed by an India Today TV team.
Indian troops, highly-placed military sources said, have been ordered to force the PLA back in case they attempt to overrun Indian territory again.
SOLDIER'S ARSENAL
Soldiers used the indigenously built 105-mm field guns in this weekend's Operation Bunker Bust. As part of the exercise to ensure combat readiness, infantry troops fired light-machine and sub machine guns to destroy enemy bunkers in coordinated strikes.
Troops were also seen using high-tech surveillance equipment from under the bunkers to keep track of the PLA's activities.
At Bumla, the furthest of army posts in Tawang district, more than 100 Indian soldiers have been trained in the Chinese languages, senior military officials said.
CHALLENGES DISCOVERED
The Chinese, said Tawang Brigade commander DS Kushwaha, must realise the presence of Indian troops in these areas. "They also must realise that we are keeping an eye on their movement," Brig Kushwaha told India Today TV. The LAC, he insisted, remained under intense Indian surveillance. But the India Today TV crew found inadequate infrastructure posed a momentous challenge to Army movements from Guwahati to Tawang.
India steps up defence along Indo-China border in Arunachal
The drill, aimed at boosting surveillance and response from the Army dugouts in the forward posts of Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang sector, was witnessed by an India Today TV team.
BRIEFCASE
- 1
Army conducted 'Operation Bunker Bust' few km along the LAC.
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Drill aims to boost surveillance, response from Army dugouts in Tawang.
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Troops used high-tech surveillance equipment.
Barely few kilometres from the boundary, the Indian Army conducted its first ever exercise code named 'Operation Bunker Bust' over the weekend.
BOOSTING TAWANG SECTOR'S FORWARD POST
The drill, aimed at boosting surveillance and response from the Army dugouts in the forward posts of Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang sector, was witnessed by an India Today TV team.
Indian troops, highly-placed military sources said, have been ordered to force the PLA back in case they attempt to overrun Indian territory again.
SOLDIER'S ARSENAL
Soldiers used the indigenously built 105-mm field guns in this weekend's Operation Bunker Bust. As part of the exercise to ensure combat readiness, infantry troops fired light-machine and sub machine guns to destroy enemy bunkers in coordinated strikes.
Troops were also seen using high-tech surveillance equipment from under the bunkers to keep track of the PLA's activities.
At Bumla, the furthest of army posts in Tawang district, more than 100 Indian soldiers have been trained in the Chinese languages, senior military officials said.
CHALLENGES DISCOVERED
The Chinese, said Tawang Brigade commander DS Kushwaha, must realise the presence of Indian troops in these areas. "They also must realise that we are keeping an eye on their movement," Brig Kushwaha told India Today TV. The LAC, he insisted, remained under intense Indian surveillance. But the India Today TV crew found inadequate infrastructure posed a momentous challenge to Army movements from Guwahati to Tawang.
