Year After Pangong Clash, China Reinforces Positions, Rotates Troops Along LAC
Not willing to de-escalate China is further reinforcing its military positions & rotating troops in the “depth areas” along Line of Actual Control.
Editorial Staff
Year After Pangong Clash, China Reinforces Positions, Rotates Troops Along LAC NEW DELHI : A year after Indian and Chinese soldiers first clashed on the north bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, China is now further reinforcing its military positions and rotating troops in the “depth areas” along the Line of Actual Control in a clear signal that it has no intent to de-escalate anytime soon. With the harsh winter having receded, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is fast converting the temporary structures, ammunition dumps, helipads and surface-to-air missile positions it had set up last year in the “depth areas”, ranging from 25 to 120-km from the LAC, into permanent positions now. “There is no fresh accretion of PLA troops on the frontlines in eastern Ladakh. But China continues to maintain sizable forces in the areas to the rear of the friction points, while it reinforces military positions all along the frontier in the region,” said a senior officer on Tuesday. Also Read: U.S. Pullout a Big Step, Must Ensure Democracy Prevails In Afghanistan: S Jaishankar “The …
