[EpochTimesOctober292021](Epoch Times reporter Lin Yan compiled a report) The US-made military Chinook helicopter (Chinook) is seen as a possible change in the rules of the game on the Sino-Indian border. With the strengthening of the defense relationship between the United States and India, India has recently deployed a new batch of American weapons to the border to strengthen the border military and counter the CCP.
Northeast India is adjacent to Bhutan and Tibet, with the Tawan Plateau as the center. China claims that this area belongs to China; however, it is actually controlled by India. The location here has historical political and military significance.
Now, US-made Chinook helicopters, ultra-light towed howitzers, rifles, Indian-made supersonic cruise missiles and new surveillance systems have been deployed by the Indian army to the Sino-Indian border, close to Tibet, and can help quickly transport troops, weapons and Provide supplies.
Lieutenant General Manoj Pande, commander of the Eastern Indian Army, said soldiers, armor, artillery and air support are being combined to make the Indian army “flexible, capable and lightweight so that we can deploy faster.”
He said that these equipment have been fully deployed to the Mountain Attack Corps, and all units including combat and combat support forces have been fully upgraded and equipped.
The newly formed Indian Army Aviation Brigade is currently stationed south of Tawang.300kilometer(186Miles), this is the air base where American pilots fought against the Japanese Air Force during World War II and assisted China in resisting Japan.
Air India Brigade is now equipped withChinookHelicopters can transport U.S.-made light howitzers and troops quickly across the mountains; at the same time, coupled with Israeli-made unmanned aerial vehicles, it can24Hourly broadcast real-time pictures of opponents.
Major Kartik, the pilot of the newly formed brigade, said: “Chinook is a game changer.They provide unprecedented mobility and maneuverability——Troops and artillery can be quickly transported from one ridge to another. “
In 2020, China and India had the worst bloody conflict in decades, resulting in the deaths of at least 20 Indian army personnel and 4 Chinese soldiers (the death toll announced by the Chinese side is questioned). India has begun to strengthen its border defense measures with China. . Although the two sides have negotiated, they have not yet reached an agreement on withdrawal.
Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, director of the Security, Strategy and Technology Center of the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi, told Bloomberg that India’s border buildup showed its disappointment at the lack of progress in negotiations with China. The military confrontation between the two sides is unlikely to be resolved soon.
The new “Land Boundary Law” passed by the Chinese Communist Party last week disturbed New Delhi. Beijing says this is a “uniform standard for strengthening border management”; India warns that the new law passed last week may affect the current border tensions. Wang Wenbin, a spokesman for the Chinese Communist Party’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that this is an inappropriate guess.
In the past year, at least 30,000 Indian recruits have been deployed to the east. The government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Narendra Modi) has been worried about a repetition of the 1962 battle in the Himalayas. At that time, the Indian army was insufficiently prepared and weakly led. When the Indian army retreated, China took Tawang.
According to a senior military commander familiar with the situation, India now wants to use the area to “fight back” the CCP when necessary. The commander said that the area is critical to India’s defense because the Indian border extending east to Burma is not conducive to defense, and the narrow corridor that passes through Bhutan, Nepal, and Bangladesh—because of the connection between central and northeastern India. Natural gas pipelines and railways are even more important.
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