In First Mention, Defence Review Says ‘Unorthodox’ Weapons Used in Galwan Valley
China used “unorthodox weapons” and amassed a large number of troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and escalated.
Editorial Staff
In First Mention, Defence Review Says ‘Unorthodox’ Weapons Used in Galwan Valley
China used “unorthodox weapons” and amassed a large number of troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh and escalated the situation, the Defence Ministry has said in its year-end review of 2020. This is the first time that the Defence Ministry has officially mentioned the use of such weapons by China during the eight-month military standoff that began in early May. The Ministry had mentioned China’s “unilateral aggression” in its June monthly report; however, that report, and all other monthly reports, were taken off its website later. The year-end report said the “Indian Army with assistance from IAF, mobilized troops including accretionary forces in a very short duration including heavy equipment like guns, tanks as also ammunition, rations, and clothing”. It said the Army “resolutely countered adversaries” on the LAC and the Line of Control (LC) with Pakistan and “carried out relentless Counter Insurgency (CI)/Counter-Terrorist (CT) operations”. On the clashes in G…
