With the military standoff between India and China entering its fourth year, the Indian Army is continuously adding newer weapons in the Eastern Ladakh sector to tackle emergency situations as well as carrying out conventional operations, reported ANI.
As per the agency’s report, the Nyoma military station located at a height of around 14,500 feet has received newer weapon systems and equipments.
The Army in the recent past has inducted the made-in-India Dhanush howitzer which has been developed based on the Transfer of Technology for the Bofors howitzers and has been made more advanced.
Also, the M4 Quick Reaction Force Vehicles started getting inducted into the force last year and the Army has plans of inducting such vehicles in more numbers in the forward areas in the Eastern Ladakh sector.
The root cause is an ill-defined, 3,440km (2,100-mile)-long disputed border along LAC line of Actual control in the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir.
Rivers, lakes and snowcaps along the frontier mean the line can shift, bringing armies face to face at many points, sparking a confrontation.
India’s construction of a new road to a high-altitude air base is seen as one of the main triggers for a deadly clash in 2020 clash.
The two countries have fought only one war, in 1962, when India suffered a humiliating defeat.
