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Updated Apr 09, 2021 | 20:30 IST The strengthening of the Mountain Strike Corps is part of the steps taken by the force to rebalance its focus more towards the Chinese border from the western front with Pakistan. Image for representational purpose&nbsp New Delhi: Further strengthening its deployments along the Northern borders, the Indian Army is adding around 10,000 more troops to its only mountain strike corps responsible for looking after offensive operations along the...

Indian Army strengthens mountain strike corps looking after China border SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 09, 2021, 03:24 PM IST Share Synopsis An existing Division formation, with around 10,000 troops, located in the Eastern sector has now been assigned to the 17 Mountain Strike Corps headquartered in West Bengals Panagarh, government sources told ANI. Getty Images A Border Security Force soldier wearing a mask guards a highway as Indian army convoy makes way towards Leh, bordering China, on June 19...

Experts believe that Pakistan has between 150 and 180 nuclear bombs. Heres What You Need to Remember: Could Pakistan and India both give up their nuclear arms? Pakistan’s reliance on tactical nuclear weapons to offset weakness in conventional weapons will make it hard for Islamabad to divest itself of its nuclear arms. Of all the countries in the world, just nine are believed to have developed nuclear weapons. One member of this exclusive club is Pakistan, a country that occupies a unique st...

India’s Service chiefs or retired senior officers need to tell hard facts to the government. Can we actually fight a two-front war?

Indian tourists can keep the Chinese away from LAC. Govt must open borders Power differential with China doesn’t allow us to take back the usurped areas, but habitat across LAC will safeguard India against further loss of territory. Text Size: A+ The formal response of the Indian and Chinese governments to the “discovery” of a newly constructed Chinese village 4.5 km inside Indian territory on Tsari Chu river, Upper Subansiri district, reflects on the current power equation in the hig...

On Ladakh Standoff, India and China Keep Their Gunpowder Dry Xi Jinping’s selection of Gen. Zhang for PLAs Western Theatre Command may signal a reconciliatory attitude for the summer following the Chinese Communist Partys centenary in July. Indian army trucks depart towards Ladakh amid standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh, at Manali-Leh highway in Kullu district. Photo: PTI Security25/Jan/2021 The ninth round of dialogue held between Indian and Chinese military comm...

Strike Corps reorientation comes for Ladakh but Army needs larger restructuring Strike Corps reorientation comes for Ladakh but Army needs larger restructuring At last the Army has recognised that it is China, and not Pakistan, that is the principal threat to India’s national security. Text Size: A+ A crisis is an opportunity riding a dangerous wind’ goes a Chinese proverb. The Chinese-perpetrated crisis in Eastern Ladakh seems to have inspired the Indian Army to seize the opportunity ...

Text Size: A+ New Delhi: Stressing that India is prepared to hold its ground in eastern Ladakh “for as long as needed” to achieve a non-detrimental solution to the Ladakh standoff, Army chief General M.M. Naravane said Tuesday the Army was rebalancing towards the northern borders. Noting that soldiers are fully prepared to tackle any challenge, General Naravane said India is focusing on a solution to the Ladakh standoff through talks, which will be based on “equal and mutual ...

Reportedly, these measures are being taken to strengthen the preparation at the LAC.

The Indian Army is planning on converting some of its fighting formations into dual tasked one which would allow them to fight both China and Pakistan.