India has moved 12 T-90 tanks, armoured personnel carriers and 4,000 soldiers to Daulat Beg Oldi to prevent any Chinese aggression(HT Photo)
Hindustan Times: In China’s troop movements in Ladakh’s depth areas, a hint about its real plan
India’s last outpost at Daulet Beg Oldi DBO lies at a height of 16,000 feet just south of Karakoram pass and on banks of Chip-Chap river, north of the Galwan-Shyok confluence.
With the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) deploying close to 50,000 troops in Aksai Chin, the Indian Army for the first time has deployed a squadron (12) T-90 missile firing tanks, armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and a full troop brigade (4,000 men) at Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) to prevent any Chinese aggression from the Shaksgam-Karakoram pass axis, according to top military commanders familiar with the matter.
India’s last outpost at Daulet Beg Oldi DBO lies at a height of 16,000 feet just south of Karakoram pass and on banks of Chip-Chap river, north of the Galwan-Shyok confluence.
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The nature of the Chinese regime is of biblical simplicity: Hitler invaded all of Europe with his thirst for domination, he even invaded North Africa because his thirst was not yet sufficiently satisfied. Xi Jimping is of the same nature: he needs more and more conquest and there will be never an end.
ReplyDeleteWe failed in Munich in 1938, thinking of appeasing the monster, no, we encouraged him. Let’s not repeat this fatal error, it will lead us straight to World War III.
We must show the dictators their limits.