eI am surprised there hasn't been a peep about the border conflict between India and China that left 20 Indian army personal dead
This disput over border issues has ben going on for a long time, but this is the 1st time there have been army people killed. I think China wants to bring in 7000 troops. These are two nuclear powers, thus this could esculate, and then what happens??
China has too many people and looks to be wanting to expand their land and sea territory. China is not a friend to most countries except when it serves their best interest.
China is determined to exceed the USA as a world power. You can see how china is working on that goal. China does not even try to hide their ambitions
India may prove to be a strong opponent but nuclear weapons and 7000 troops is a concern
Is this conflict even on our radar given all the attention to recovery and second wave virus
The USA submarine fleet has been striken by the virus.
Our military defenses have been weakened to the point that our enemies may take advantage
I read that China and India had reached an agreement to de-escalate.
However there are other hot spots in the world:
No Korea vs So Korea.... increasing tensions... No Korea seems to be mobilizing their military. A liaison building is blown up
Turkey vs Libya....
I also read about the e-esculation after I posted
Good catch on the news
You are also correct about hot spots
Thanks Wayne!
I was unaware of this:
After the death of at least 20 Indian soldiers, the Sino-Indian border has heated up to levels unseen in recent years.
Weeks of tension at several points along the Sino-Indian border broke into deadly clashes this week in Eastern Ladakh’s Galwan Valley area. Alongside an unknown number of Chinese casualties, at least 20 Indian troops were killed in a major brawl between the two sides. Although details of the incident, which took place on Monday night, remain closely guarded, the deaths mark the first along this border in at least 45 years. The intensity of the violence is the most serious going back to at least 1967.
The violent clash, which early Indian reports suggested did not involve the use of any firearms, took place just days after reports in the Indian media suggested that the two sides had come to an agreement on a partial disengagement and had moved their armed forces back at several points along the border. According to the Indian Army, the clash took place during what was described as a “de-escalation process” in the Galwan Valley area.
“During de-escalation process underway in Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place yesterday night with casualties,” the Indian Army noted in an initial statement. “The loss of lives on the Indian side includes an officer and two soldiers. Senior military officials of the two sides are currently meeting,” the statement continued. The statement was later amended to note casualties on “both sides.”
Hours later, a second Indian Army statement revised the death toll on the Indian side up to 20, citing environmental factors. The second statement, released Tuesday night, noted that 17 Indian personnel that had been injured in the initial clash and had been “exposed to sub-zero temperatures in the high altitude terrain” and “have succumbed to their injuries.” It’s unclear if the death toll on the Indian side may still grow.
Thanks Gunter,
At least it nice to not hear of the US in the middle of another Middle East conflict............for the moment.