In a piece that appeared Monday, Chinese paper, however, says that the military commanders’ meeting Saturday may have prevented a Doklam-like situation.
Unlike the LAC, the border between India and Pakistan is delineated on a map, signed by both armies and enjoys international sanctity. That's what India-China need.
Senior Indian and Chinese foreign ministry officers held a video meeting Friday, a day before top military representatives of the two nations are scheduled to meet in Ladakh.
China has, over the years, specialised in salami slicing. In Sept 2017, then Army chief Bipin Rawat had cautioned that China was silently taking over territory.
India-China border tensions must be seen in the backdrop of Beijing’s deteriorating international relations during the coronavirus outbreak, experts say.
The Modi government and the military have gone into ‘denial’ about loss of territory, attributing the present situation to differing perceptions about the LAC.
India’s 14 Corps Commander will meet the chief of China’s Southern Xinjiang Military District on 6 June after other rounds of talks failed to resolve the month-long border row.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
Mr Paki…..chengez….k…..??!?chinese are going back…because their technologically advanced forces can make good propaganda videos…but would face little gain…in the himalayan mountains that come after the tibetan plateau…its an infantry playground…and the chinese dont want to play…as tier after tier defences exist on dug in mountains…they know it…well.
With flights grounded, Navy begins runway maintenance
• Taking advantage of the suspension of flights due to the lockdown, the Indian Navy has commenced maintenance and repairs of the runway at the Goa International Airport at Dabolim. The maintenance activity, being done by the Military Engineer Services (MES), will continue till May 7.
• The repairs, which began on April 25, have been going on even as the navy and Airports Authority of India coordinate international relief flights which are evacuating foreign nationals who are stranded in Goa due to the lockdown.
• This is regular pre-monsoon maintenance to ensure the health of the runway and to prevent foreign object damage to the aircraft engines.
Lockheed Martin to provide India with electro-optical fire-control system for AH-64 attack helicopters
• Lockheed Martin will provide the militaries of India and Taiwan with an electro-optical fire-control system that helps AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crews fire weapons accurately and navigate safely in bad weather and at night.
• Officials of the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., announced a $67.6 million order to the Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control segment in Orlando, Fla., for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system and its subcomponents for the Boeing AH-64D/E Apache helicopter.
Airbus to develop thermal instrument to support French-Indian climate satellite
• Airbus Defence and Space has entered an agreement with the French Space Agency, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), to develop a thermal instrument for the TRISHNA satellite which will monitor climate change.
• TRISHNA will be the latest satellite in the joint Franco-Indian satellite fleet dedicated to climate monitoring and operational applications. CNES and ISRO have joined forces to develop an observation system with high thermal resolution.
• Observations from the new satellite are expected to enhance the understanding of the water cycle, improve management of the planet’s water resources and better define the impacts of climate change, especially at local levels.
The line “India’s construction of infrastructure on Chinese territory, ..” leaves nothing to the imagination! Are the airports at Leh and Kargil also considered as infrastructure or they are permitted under rules?
China is publicly kicking Indian military arse…………….With a military of 1.3 million , Indian army chief has not dared to utter a single word regarding Chinese occupation of Indian land. Same is the case with IAF chief who three weeks back was threatening Pakistan 24/7 response, seems to have totally lost his tongue. It is China which has invaded India but it is India that is begging for diplomatic solution. The entire patriotic Indian media is dead along with all famous retired generals…incl. Good ol Bakshi………….Shameful !!!
Mr Paki…..chengez….k…..??!?chinese are going back…because their technologically advanced forces can make good propaganda videos…but would face little gain…in the himalayan mountains that come after the tibetan plateau…its an infantry playground…and the chinese dont want to play…as tier after tier defences exist on dug in mountains…they know it…well.
With flights grounded, Navy begins runway maintenance
• Taking advantage of the suspension of flights due to the lockdown, the Indian Navy has commenced maintenance and repairs of the runway at the Goa International Airport at Dabolim. The maintenance activity, being done by the Military Engineer Services (MES), will continue till May 7.
• The repairs, which began on April 25, have been going on even as the navy and Airports Authority of India coordinate international relief flights which are evacuating foreign nationals who are stranded in Goa due to the lockdown.
• This is regular pre-monsoon maintenance to ensure the health of the runway and to prevent foreign object damage to the aircraft engines.
Lockheed Martin to provide India with electro-optical fire-control system for AH-64 attack helicopters
• Lockheed Martin will provide the militaries of India and Taiwan with an electro-optical fire-control system that helps AH-64 Apache attack helicopter crews fire weapons accurately and navigate safely in bad weather and at night.
• Officials of the U.S. Army Contracting Command at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., announced a $67.6 million order to the Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control segment in Orlando, Fla., for the Modernized Target Acquisition Designation Sight/Pilot Night Vision Sensor (M-TADS/PNVS) system and its subcomponents for the Boeing AH-64D/E Apache helicopter.
Airbus to develop thermal instrument to support French-Indian climate satellite
• Airbus Defence and Space has entered an agreement with the French Space Agency, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), to develop a thermal instrument for the TRISHNA satellite which will monitor climate change.
• TRISHNA will be the latest satellite in the joint Franco-Indian satellite fleet dedicated to climate monitoring and operational applications. CNES and ISRO have joined forces to develop an observation system with high thermal resolution.
• Observations from the new satellite are expected to enhance the understanding of the water cycle, improve management of the planet’s water resources and better define the impacts of climate change, especially at local levels.
With China strategy is important and not messages of patriotism
The line “India’s construction of infrastructure on Chinese territory, ..” leaves nothing to the imagination! Are the airports at Leh and Kargil also considered as infrastructure or they are permitted under rules?
China is publicly kicking Indian military arse…………….With a military of 1.3 million , Indian army chief has not dared to utter a single word regarding Chinese occupation of Indian land. Same is the case with IAF chief who three weeks back was threatening Pakistan 24/7 response, seems to have totally lost his tongue. It is China which has invaded India but it is India that is begging for diplomatic solution. The entire patriotic Indian media is dead along with all famous retired generals…incl. Good ol Bakshi………….Shameful !!!