Highlights:
- Indian Army is preparing for winter deployment in Ladakh
- It is the largest logistic operation since independence.
- From October to January, the temperature is much below zero.
- Relations between India and China have been tense since April-May.
The Indian Army is preparing for winter deployment in Ladakh amidst efforts to reduce tension on the Line of Actual Control .
In its largest military logistics operation in the decades after independence, the Indian Army provided tanks, heavy weapons, ammunition, fuel, food, and the essentials needed to cope with the dreadful winter of about four months in high altitude areas in eastern Ladakh. Has supplied things. An army officer says that this is the largest logistic operation so far which has been implemented after independence in Ladakh.
India has imported winter clothes and gear from some countries in Europe and they have already been supplied to the troops in East Ladakh. Nearly all aircraft and helicopters of the Indian Air Force, including the C-130J Super Hercules and C-17 Globemaster, have been used to transport thousands of tons of food, fuel and other equipment to the area.
The situation created after the Galvan Valley skirmish is getting worse day by day. China is continuously increasing the number of soldiers on the border. In view of this, India has deployed T-90 and T-72 destroyer tanks in Ladakh to defeat every move of China.
