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India has had permanent positions within the disputed area (between fingers 3 and 4) for at least 10 years and expanded its presence in the disputed area in 2015–16. China kept its permanently stationed forces outside of the disputed territory until May. "
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In the past month, Chinese forces have become an overwhelming majority in the disputed areas. Significant positions have been constructed between fingers 4 and 5, including around 500 structures, fortified trenches and a new boatshed over 20 kilometres further forward than previously. More structures appear to be under construction.
The scale and provocative nature of these new Chinese outposts is hard to overstate: 53 different forward positions have been built, including 19 that sit exactly on the ridgeline separating Indian and Chinese patrols."
The recent deaths of at least 20 soldiers along the contested border at Ladakh between India and China represents the largest loss of life from a skirmish between the two countries since the clashes in ...
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Will it be wrong say that IA was the aggressor here and tried to change the status quo even though our infrastructure was less than satisfactory and Chinese were able to overwhelm us since they have better infra,it seems to me Chinese planned this properly and waited for 4 years in response to IA actions and executed it too and unwilling to budge now, isn't this a major blunder on part of Indian army?
