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Second phase of China border upgrade project to start in mid-2013

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NEW DELHI: Indian government is hoping to start implementing the second phase of its China border modernization project by mid-2013, when the programme's first phase, including formation of two new Army divisions and activation of several advanced landing grounds, would be completed.

Discussing Indian military capability along the Chinese border, 50 years after its humiliating defeat in the 1962 war, a senior source in the government told TOI that the three military chiefs have been asked to work out an integrated strategy for the second phase.

With the massive military modernization across the border by China and India's continuous efforts to play catch up, what is unfurling is the world's biggest conventional military build-up along a frontier anywhere in the post-Cold War era. Half a century after the border war between the two Asian giants, a host of factors are now forcing the huge militarization along the border, their growing economy being among the key factors.

The senior government source told ToI that the chiefs of staff committee, comprising the three military chiefs, has been asked to prepare an "integrated strategy" for modernization of military capability along the China border in phase II. "The PMO has asked for an integrated plan. We do not want to have silo approach by the Army, Air Force and Navy," he said.

The move to evolve an integrated strategy came in the face of an Army proposal to create country's first and only mountain strike corps along the Chinese border as well as other components, together worth over Rs 64,000 crore. The proposal was approved by the ministry of defence (MoD) and circulated to the finance ministry and the PMO. In response, the PMO has asked the military chiefs to evolve an integrated strategy.

He said by mid-2013, the government is hoping that the first phase of the modernization would be complete. This includes the ongoing raising of two new Army divisions, activation of eight advanced landing grounds — air fields abandoned at various times since the World War II — and construction of several roads and tunnels close to the border.

The Indian response along the border, virtually abandoned without any modernization since the 1962 war, started only about a decade ago, after it formally reversed the strategy of not developing border infrastructure. India is far too late in catching up with the Chinese side, which has built an impressive infrastructure, with all-weather roads almost up to their forward military posts.

The Indian military also assess that China has built over the years a massive fighting ability across the border.

Namrata Goswami, a research fellow at the New Delhi-based Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, said in a recent paper that China has replaced its old liquid fuelled CSS-3 missiles with more advanced CSS-5s, deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles north of Tibet, and deployed 13 Border Defence Regiments with around 300,000 PLA troops close to Indian border. The paper also points out that China has established airfields in Hoping, Pangta and Kong Ka in addition to the already existing six airfields in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR).

"Of critical value to China's force structure in this regard is the PLA's 23 Rapid Reaction Forces (RRFs). The RRFs have been considerably modernised into a hi-tech force equipped for a limited war in the Himalayas. They are on a 24 hour operational mode, and are trained to function in any environment. These units are composed of two group armies, nine divisions, three brigades, and seven regimental or battalion level units with an approximate strength of 400,000 personnel including the Resolving Emergency Mobile Combat Forces (REMCF)," Goswami says.

Second phase of China border upgrade project to start in mid-2013 - The Times of India
 
Time bound solution is needed in 2nd phase,they shouldn't drag it too long and implement it.
 
13 regiments = 300,000 troops. How does that figure?

one regiment has 1500 soldiers, 13 regiments =19,500 troops, and whole Chengdu military region has 180,000 troops, where is the 300,000 come from???????

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some media even lazy to find basic knowledge before image, and then fantasy in dream and write on day
 
one regiment has 1500 soldiers, 13 regiments =19,500 troops, and whole Chengdu military region has 180,000 troops, where is the 300,000 come from???????

280px-Major_Ground_Force_Units.png

thts totaly false
a regiment is a very broad term and depends on the total size of the army.. The Numbers in a brigade is not a standard and vary greatly.

if an army is closer to 2million units a regiment can very well contain 10k-30k troops.



and the 19.5k number is just laughable ..cmon even Indian northern region carry anywhere between 500k to 800k troops
 
We will always trust our army Chief over any interweb loudmouth. PERIOD !!
China has built a huge network of roads and stationed millions of troops in TAR. Its time we match it by some fraction atleast.
 
This "China has replaced its old liquid fuelled CSS-3 missiles with more advanced CSS-5s, deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles north of Tibet, and deployed 13 Border Defence Regiments with around 300,000 PLA troops close to Indian border. The paper also points out that China has established airfields in Hoping, Pangta and Kong Ka in addition to the already existing six airfields in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR).

"Of critical value to China's force structure in this regard is the PLA's 23 Rapid Reaction Forces (RRFs). The RRFs have been considerably modernised into a hi-tech force equipped for a limited war in the Himalayas. They are on a 24 hour operational mode, and are trained to function in any environment. These units are composed of two group armies, nine divisions, three brigades, and seven regimental or battalion level units with an approximate strength of 400,000 personnel including the Resolving Emergency Mobile Combat Forces (REMCF)," Goswami says
"

Namrata Goswami???researcher of United States Institute of Peace(USIP) and Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
, he also said"China plans to deploy J20 at Tibetan in 2018, India plans for the worst! " , this woman started to work in 2006, never went to China, did bad on analyses.

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Namrata Goswami | LinkedIn
Namrata Goswami | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
 
thts totaly false
a regiment is a very broad term and depends on the total size of the army.. The Numbers in a brigade is not a standard and vary greatly.

if an army is closer to 2million units a regiment can very well contain 10k-30k troops.



and the 19.5k number is just laughable ..cmon even Indian northern region carry anywhere between 500k to 800k troops

Army, air force and navy --2.3million troops, Army=1.4million troops, 7 military region ;
Chengdu only has 2 of 18 army groups of China (13,14), so Chengdu military region has 180,000 troops, the 6th power of China's military regions
 
Add support and logistic groups like engineers ,communication,evacuation teams,equiment maintenance,etc... They to used for limited support.
 
I am not too convinced about PMO's intentions. The person we call PM has always backed away from such initiatives earlier as well and has adopted a pu$$y-footed approach like the coward he is.

I really hope the Armed forces gather the courage to start taking a commanding position when it comes to national security and stop putting up with politician's bullshyte.

In terms of logistics, we need a severe upgrade. Rocket artillery, light tanks, APCs, state-of-the-art command and control, an integrated battle plan dedicated totally to mountain warfare and most of all, AUTONOMY enough to take decisions on the Eastern front without any intervention from selfish traitors sitting in Delhi's South Block.
 

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