Monday, July 27, 2020

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 27, 2020

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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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- July 27, 2020

India Deploys T-90 Tanks in Ladakh as Satellite Images Show Massive Military Build-up by China -- Sputnik

Sources: Indian spy satellite passes over China's military base causes stir in China -- Zee News

86 per cent of Indian military equipment of Russian origin: Stimson Center paper -- Indian Express

Video: France Dispatches Rafale Fighters for India Amid Tense Situation Along Chinese Border -- Sputnik

India’s first batch of Rafale fighters is on its way from France -- Defense News

Indian armed forces unprepared for Chinese military -- The International News

USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group joins 5th Fleet in Indian Ocean -- UPI

USS Eisenhower, carrier strike group head to Mediterranean Sea -- UPI

After the US Navy’s Bonhomme Richard catastrophe, a far-reaching crackdown on fire safety -- Defense News

Opportunity in the Bonhomme Richard disaster -- Gary Anderson, Navy Times

Keel laid for USS Beloit, Navy's 15th Freedom-class littoral combat ship -- UPI

Meet the ‘Smuzzle,’ the Army’s new hybrid suppressor that reduces sound, recoil and flash -- Army Times

Army investigating how M1 Abrams accidentally fired on another tank at Fort Bliss, injuring a soldier -- Army Times

US Army plans long-range missile fly-offs for future helicopters -- Defense News

US Army plans long-range missile fly-offs for future helicopters -- Defense News

In a future USAF bomber force, old and ugly beats new and snazzy -- Air Force Times/AP

In latest $740 billion defense bill, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and a progressive ally send a warning to one of the US's closest allies -- Business Insider

U.S. Space Force realigns its administrative structure -- UPI

GAO report: Pentagon has not considered contractors' climate change risks -- UPI

GAO: Pentagon not considering climate change risks to contractors -- The Hill

Trump bypasses arms control pact to sell more large armed drones -- The Hill

US warplane approaches Shanghai as tensions remain high amid consulate closures -- SCMP

US puts record number of eyes in the skies off China coast in July -- SCMP

China May Be Building Completely New Kind of Aircraft Carrier, Reports Suggest -- Sputnik

Chinese shipbuilder planning advanced amphibious assault ship -- SCMP

Chinese President Xi Jinping Calls on PLA Air Force to Strengthen Drone Warfare Capacity -- Sputnik

China’s AG600 amphibious aircraft clears sea trial on its way to being used in emergencies and South China Sea -- SCMP

Russian and NATO militaries are getting more active in the Arctic, but neither is sure about what the other is doing -- Business Insider

US P-8A Poseidon aircraft intercepted by Russian Su-27 fighter jet over Black Sea -- TASS

Russia's Far East Starts Massive Drills Involving Over 4,000 Troops -- Sputnik

Russia’s state arms seller demonstrates heavy flamethrower to foreign customers -- TASS

Putin reveals plan to expand Russia's navy with 40 new vessels -- Euronews

Yasen: Cutting-edge submarine: Russia’s underwater fighter -- TASS

Iran tows simulated U.S. aircraft carrier into Strait of Hormuz -- UPI

Kim Jong Un gifts commemorative pistols to his officers -- UPI

US, China jockey for advantage in space race -- The Hill

1 comment:

Jac said...

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.
We 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.