Monday, March 20, 2023

U.S. Intel Helped India Rout China in 2022 Border Clash

US News and World Report: U.S. Intel Helped India Rout China in 2022 Border Clash: Sources 

A previously unreported act of intelligence-sharing prevented another deadly standoff in disputed Himalayan territory and rattled the Chinese government, sources say. 

India was able to repel a Chinese military incursion in contested border territory in the high Himalayas late last year due to unprecedented intelligence-sharing with the U.S. military, U.S. News has learned, an act that caught China’s People’s Liberation Army forces off-guard, enraged Beijing and appears to have forced the Chinese Communist Party to reconsider its approach to land grabs along its borders. 

The U.S. government for the first time provided real-time details to its Indian counterparts of the Chinese positions and force strength in advance of a PLA incursion, says a source familiar with a previously unreported U.S. intelligence review of the encounter into the Arunachal Pradesh region. The information included actionable satellite imagery and was more detailed and delivered more quickly than anything the U.S. had previously shared with the Indian military.  

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WNU Editor: It is interesting that all of this information is being leaked now.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Pooh Bear was caught with his head in a honey jar. Bee stings hurt

Anonymous said...

Former Texas lt. gov says political mentor sabotaged Jimmy Carter's re-election

Anonymous said...

Could this leak send a message to China that if it proceeds with its support of Russia in Ukraine, the US can easily provide more active support to India against China?

Anonymous said...

Woot! What's next, "Pan-Pacific Forum of American Allies for the Peaceful Development of Thermonuclear Energy"? Gotta share that green tech with our friends.

This is good news for humanity but bad news for homo sapiens. At some point China, an ethno-state -- just ask an Uighur -- will realize that the only way forward is to genetically re-engineer themselves to outperform the alliance of USA/India/Japan.