{"id":36257,"date":"2018-11-02T11:33:40","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T06:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=36257"},"modified":"2018-11-02T11:33:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T06:03:40","slug":"power-games-at-the-tri-junction-army-in-for-the-long-haul-in-dokalam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/power-games-at-the-tri-junction-army-in-for-the-long-haul-in-dokalam\/","title":{"rendered":"Power games at the tri-junction: Army in for the long haul in Dokalam:\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-opinion\/power-games-at-the-tri-junction\/article19247785.ece\">Power games at the tri-junction<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/army-in-for-the-long-haul-in-dokalam\/article19247854.ece\">Army in for the long haul in Dokalam<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Indian troops are set to stay at Doklam<\/b> <b>Context<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India troops are ready to confront Chinese activity beneath Bhutan\u2019s border line.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Recent developments<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese commotion beneath Bhutan\u2019s claim line has pushed the area towards crucial ridge-line.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has numerous implications especially widening the area of Chinese control in an otherwise very narrow valley from around 8-9 km (Batang La to the Amo Chu river) to 12-13 km (Gamochen to the river)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The commotion leads to easing the logistics of moving large number of troops.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Control of the dictating ridgeline would give China a strong position, by some accounts even domination, over Indian posts to the west, and Bhutanese ones to the south and east.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>India army to hold their position at Doklam<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Army is prepared for the long haul in holding onto its position in the Dokalam area near the Bhutan tri-junction.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China increasing rhetoric against India is demanding pulling back of Indian troops.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The armed forces deployed in the disputed area have pitched tents, in an indication that they are unlikely to retreat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any change would not come unless there will be reciprocity from Chinese personnel in ending the face-off at an altitude of around 10,000 feet in the Sikkim section.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The supplies are being arranged for the soldiers at the site, signaling that the Army is not going to wither under any pressure from China.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, they sounded confident of finding a diplomatic solution to the dispute, citing resolution of border skirmishes in the past through diplomacy.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>India falling short at infrastructure development<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is still short of matching the striking infrastructure development in Tibet over the past decade.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India still has two-thirds of sanctioned roads on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) un-built.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chinese forces on the other hand are moving through the Chumbi Valley, 90 km from top to bottom getting long, exposed flanks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has a formidable set of forces arrayed to the west, with mountain divisions in Gangtok (17th), Kalimpong (27th), and Binaguri (20th) further to the south, all of which are part of the Siliguri-based 33 Corps.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 59th division of 17 Corps, India\u2019s first mountain strike corps, raised for the purpose of offensive operations into Tibet, is headquartered in Panagarh and will reportedly be operational this year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>India\u2019s military advantage: IMTRAT<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s privileged relationship with Bhutan allows it to bring to bear large forces from the east.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A significant Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT) is permanently based in western Bhutan, while other units regularly cooperate with the Royal Bhutan Army.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s willingness to intervene forcefully in a bilateral Bhutan-China dispute is a reflection both of India\u2019s own vital interests in the Chumbi Valley and of its commanding position in Bhutan.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Towards the conclusion<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a reasonable chance that this stand-off will end within weeks, with China quietly halting road construction and Indian troops returning westward to their posts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The risk of escalation appears low.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Indian government is conducting a national security review of Chinese investment in South Asia.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power games at the tri-junction: Army in for the long haul in Dokalam:\u00a0 Indian troops are set to stay at Doklam Context India troops are ready to confront Chinese activity beneath Bhutan\u2019s border line. Recent developments Chinese commotion beneath Bhutan\u2019s claim line has pushed the area towards crucial ridge-line. This has numerous implications especially widening&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/power-games-at-the-tri-junction-army-in-for-the-long-haul-in-dokalam\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Power games at the tri-junction: Army in for the long haul in Dokalam:\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704914889},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}