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India-Pakistan
India deploys another 50,000 troops to its disputed border with China - as tensions between the nuclear-armed sides remain high after deadly mountain battle
2021-06-29
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] India has deployed another 50,000 troops on its disputed Himalayan border with China - a significant display of power to its nuclear rival.

The two sides clashed in a high-mountain battle last year that left more than 20 soldiers dead in the bloodiest days since the Sino-Indian War of 1962.

Over the last three months, India has dispatched soldiers and fighter jets to the border, bringing its total up to 200,000 troops, an increase of 40 per cent on last year, sources told Bloomberg.

It is not clear what numbers China has but it has bolstered its infrastructure across the tundra with runways, bomb-proof bunkers for fighter jets, howitzers and outposts.

Beijing has also sent long-range artillery, tanks, anti-aircraft missiles and fighter jet squadrons over the last few months, Bloomberg reported.
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  but as soon as something shows up that wasn't in the briefing

'Unexpected' is our middle name, Mike.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-06-29 10:23  

#4  50,000. That's a non-trivial raise. Wonder how much is in the pot so far.
Posted by: Mercutio   2021-06-29 08:41  

#3  I'd hope that somebody on our side was having some quiet exchanges of data over tea with India, but I'm not confident.

The "exchange of data" was likely with the Chinese.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-06-29 07:16  

#2  ^As I said before: too many Confucian scholars, too few drunk Taoist monks.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-06-29 06:46  

#1  ...One thing that I'm seeing - but not sure how accurate it is - is that the Chinese are competent enough as long as things go according to plan, but as soon as something shows up that wasn't in the briefing, they're on the back foot and stay there.

I'd hope that somebody on our side was having some quiet exchanges of data over tea with India, but I'm not confident.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2021-06-29 06:43  

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