Border Clash Between China and India

| June 17, 2020

In addition to flexing its Navy in the South China Sea, China is flexing its Army at its border with India. According to a source with the Indian government, the recent border clash utilized iron rods and stones. The Indian Army claims that 20 of its soldiers were killed.

From Reuters:

The deaths were the first since the last major border clash in 1967 between the nuclear-armed neighbours – also the world’s two most populous countries – which have been unable to settle the dispute along their lengthy frontier.

China and India have traded accusations over who was to blame for Monday’s clashes in the snow deserts of Ladakh, which came after military commanders held meetings to resolve the situation.

Since early May, hundreds of soldiers have fronted up against each other at three locations, each side accusing the other of trespassing.

On Monday night, a group of soldiers came to blows in the Galwan Valley, the Indian army said in a statement, adding that the two sides had now disengaged.

The two sides had been discussing ways to de-escalate but at some point, an Indian government source said, China’s People’s Liberation Army had turned on a group of Indian soldiers that included an officer.

“They attacked with iron rods, the commanding officer was grievously injured and fell, and when that happened, more soldiers swarmed to the area and attacked with stones,” said the source, who had been briefed on the matter.

The Chinese side brought in reinforcements and the brawl went on for a couple of hours, the source said.

The Reuters article provides more detail on the current border dispute, as well as past border disputes. China improved on its infrastructure near the border. India recently did the same.

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Jeff LPH 3, 63-66

Why couldn’t they have thrown snow balls at each other??

11B-Mailclerk

Like in 1770?

Combat Historian

The last time the two sides fought in a hot border war in Oct 1962, the chicoms beat the Indians’ asses and occupied something like 20,000 square miles of Indian border territory in Ladakh and Assam; land which the chicoms still occupy. I hope the Indians under PM Modi are much better prepared this time…

11B-Mailclerk

We -could- help with that.

Jus Bill

WW III?

Slow Joe

Nah. Just a retard fight.

Ex-PH2

Iron rods and stones? Well, at least no one got shot.

Sapper3307

Sound like a payday weekend at Bragg.

SFC D

Irish wedding reception.

Green Thumb

All-Points Logistics’ Security (Felons cannot carry firearms).

UpNorth

Or a Friday or Saturday night in many cities across the U.S.

Slow Joe

Yeah. I saw that and I was like “what the hell?”, just like the old black guy driving the garbage truck in the opening scene of the original Terminator.

5th/77th FA

A shooting war between the two most populous countries in the world that BOTH have nukes? And an attitude toward one another? And a slim regard for human life? Would not bode well for the graves registration people…on both sides. They better chill.

DocV

The ChiComs seem to have a propensity for letting genies out of bottles. Hopefully the nuclear one stays tightly corked.

The Other Whitey

I wonder if the Pakistanis will just sit and watch. If India and Red China start shooting at eachother, they may very well see it as an opportunity to make their own moves in Kashmir. That could get out of control in a hurry.

Green Thumb

Containment theory, if possible, wold be the only US option.

I wonder in the liberal press has picked a side yet? I mean, isn’t this Trump’s fault?

Forget the history books between the two. Blame Trump!

Green Thumb

Also, the Russians better take note.

1/2 of the world’s population about to throw down.

They will need resources….

penguinman000

I wonder how much of this is being fed by the CHICOM leadership realizing they have managed to convince significant amounts of manufacturing to be moved outside of their control? And a significant number of those countries are looking at moving into India.

penguinman000

Companies rather, not countries.

Jus Bill

That and the return of the Chicom Virus in Beijing. Nothing like a war to take peoples’ minds off their lot..

A Proud Infidel®™

Lars/Major Moonbat blaming President Trump in 3, 2, …

Slow Joe

OMG, China and India are fighting a stone age war!

Did Mao and Gandhi forget to upgrade their starting units?

11B-Mailclerk

Socialism.

11B-Mailclerk

WW4

Fought with sticks and stones.

Hm.

samir sardana

As an aside, does anyone believe that PRC lost 100 men in Galwan ? This is also a PLA strategem – to let the Indian Cowards gloat – AND NOT TAKE BACK THE OCCUPIED LAND. The Chinese know the Indian Psyche – the psyche of cowards and weasels. The Indians are LYING .There ate many more dead and POW and MIA.The PLA is also lying – and their casualties should be near ZERO.The encounter happened on PLA land – and would have been over very soon.Killing 20 men with spikes is easy chowmein with Beijing Steamed Duck. The PLA calculus is that – Indians will gloat over 100/1000 PLA dead (which is a lie) and forget the land taken over by the PLA – in the noise of the lies.They bet that Indians will be conned by the cheap bravado of their politicians ! dindooohindoo They bet right ! NO ONE IN THE INDIAN MEDIA IS TALKING OF THE LAND ! THEY SALIVATE OVER THE FAKE NEWS OF THE CHINESE PLA DEAD IN GLOBALTIMES.WHAT IS GLOBAL TIMES ? IT IS LIKE HAARETZ A MOSSAD OUTPOST ! If PLA is on the heights and the Indians went into PLA zone for talks – how can 100 PLA be killed ? At night ? With Night Vision Goggles and Thermal cameras ? Ate there knife wounds,or wire wounds or stone wounds ? And the Indians went unarmed ? The Indian apes did not learn the lessons of Shivaji and Aurangzeb ? Zora Singh who was killed by the Chinese – also made somewhat the same mistake And the PLA kill squad made 1 mistake.1st kill the radio/wireless man,then kill the radio,then check the dead bodies of thermal trackers,kill the trackers and then kill the rest.That way there are no re-inforcements.And then do not kill with knives and nails.Kill with stones and fracture the bones and throw the man into the lake to freeze.That way – it is an accident – which no post mortem can prove otherwise. Planning and the right advice is key – and for which a performance based consultant… Read more »