{"id":33150,"date":"2020-09-16T19:27:49","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T13:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=33150"},"modified":"2020-09-16T19:27:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T13:57:49","slug":"indian-army-fully-geared-to-fight-full-fledged-war-in-eastern-ladakh-northern-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=33150","title":{"rendered":"Indian Army fully geared to fight full-fledged war in eastern Ladakh: Northern Command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Army\u2019s Northern Command headquarters made these assertions reacting to China\u2019s official media reports that India\u2019s operational logistics is not geared up adequately and it will not be able to fight through winters effectively.<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

PTI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asserting that it is fully prepared to fight a full-fledged war even in winters in eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army on Wednesday said if China created conditions for war, they will face a better trained, better prepared, fully rested and psychologically hardened Indian troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

In a statement, it said compared to physically and psychologically battle-hardened Indian troops, Chinese troops are mostly from urban areas and not used to hardships or prolonged deployment under field conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Army\u2019s Northern Command headquarters made these assertions reacting to China\u2019s official media Global Times’ reports that India\u2019s operational logistics is not geared up adequately and it will not be able to fight through winters effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis can best be attributed to ignorance. Indian Army is fully prepared and more than capable of fighting a full-fledged war even in winters in eastern Ladakh,\u201d a Northern Command spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndia is a peace-loving country and wishes to have good relations with its neighbours. India always prefers to resolve issues through dialogue. While talks are in progress to resolve the border issues with China in eastern Ladakh, at the military level it is well prepared for the\u00a0prolonged stand-off,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said altitudes in Ladakh range from high to super-high altitude and there is a lot of snowfall – up to 40ft after November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cCoupled with this, the temperature dipping down to minus 30 to 40 degree Celsius is a usual phenomenon. Wind chill factor makes matters even worse for the troops. The roads also get closed due to the snow. But despite all this, the most encouraging part for India is that the Indian soldiers have a huge experience of winter warfare and are psychologically tuned to operate at short notice,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While these facts are known to the world, he said, adding the operational logistics capabilities, however, are hardly known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cLogistic capability relates to mobility, habitat and billeting, quality services for health, special rations, repair and recovery, heating systems, high-quality weapons, ammunition, quality clothing, and so on. While much of these capabilities existed earlier and troops could simply plug and play, a lot has also been boosted since May this year when China showed first signs of aggression,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spokesperson said it is important to understand that the Army has the experience of Siachen, the highest battleground in the world, where conditions are much more demanding than the frontiers with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cTraditionally there were two routes for moving into Ladakh, that is through Zojila (Srinagar-Leh Highway) and Rohtang Passes (Manali-Leh). Recently India commissioned a third road from Darcha to Leh which is much shorter distance-wise and less prone to closure,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spokesperson said completion of\u00a0Atal tunnel\u00a0on the Rohtang route has multiplied the logistic capacities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn addition, we have a large number of airbases with the help of which we can maintain the Army well. Modern snow clearing equipment has also been placed on these routes to keep them open beyond November, thus giving us more time for daily maintenance of the troops,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The spokesperson said special fuel and lubricants for tanks and armoured personnel carriers have also been stocked adequately, including spares for their maintenance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWater points and tube wells have been established for the troops and animals such as mules and yaks. The living barracks have also been prepared which are comfortable and warm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

He said facilities such as the central heating system are some of the high points of these facilities. \u201cAmmunition of various types including small arms, missiles and tank and artillery ammunition have also been adequately stocked. The medical system is also in place for any eventuality,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The spokesperson said China\u2019s concept has always been to win the wars without fighting, hence, if they create conditions for war, they will come across better trained, better prepared, fully rested and psychologically hardened Indian troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese worries have been percolating in the minds of Chinese troops and are visible in Chinese media,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Army\u2019s Northern Command headquarters made these assertions reacting to China\u2019s official media reports that India\u2019s operational logistics is not geared up adequately and it will not be able to fight through winters effectively. PTI Asserting that it is fully prepared to fight a full-fledged war even in winters in eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}