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Monday, November 4, 2024
TopicMountain Strike Corps

Topic: Mountain Strike Corps

As tensions with China continue, beefed-up Mountain Strike Corps reaches Arunachal for exercise

The exercise will see use of various IAF assets and integrated operations with a focus on springing offensive capabilities in short period of time.

China in focus, Army’s Strike Corps units reach Ladakh as part of ‘rebalance’ strategy

Strike Corps units, which have been dual tasked with focusing on Pakistan and China, reach Ladakh amid massive deployment by China.

Ladakh face-off has become Mexican standoff. LAC could heat up in summer

The onus to disengage in Eastern Ladakh is on China rather than India, which only reacted to the PLA’s aggression.

Army plans to keep 2 strike corps for mountains facing China amid Ladakh crisis

I Corps, deployed on western border with Pakistan, is being realigned to focus on northern theatre, while 17 Corps will focus on eastern theatre.

Amid China stand-off, Mountain Strike Corps to get its own artillery brigade

Work has already begun on raising the new artillery brigade, which will see larger deployment of the Ultra Light Howitzers besides other guns. 

Army to debut its Mountain Strike Corps next month, at HimVijay exercise in Arunachal

The exercise will be held at over 10,000 ft next month and will see, for the first time, Army's integrated battle groups that are self-sufficient agile units.

Modi will win 2019 thanks to Rahul Gandhi, and rifle-hunting for the Indian Army

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Mountain Strike Corps shelved, and Arun Jaitley makes Modi soften stand on Section 377

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint in the last 24 hours.

Indian Army puts Mountain Strike Corps aimed at China in cold storage

The instant order to stop ‘new raisings’ – create battalions with fresh recruits – has been prompted by financial constraints.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.