Retooling for War in Super-high Altitudes
Jun 12, 2021
3 minutes
BY LT GEN. P. RAVI SHANKAR (Retd)
BANDEEP SINGH
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THE INDIAN ARMED FORCES ARE rebalancing along the northern borders. The total number of troops in super-high altitudes (over 12,000 feet) will increase manifold. Rebalancing additional forces into super high altitudes has implications on operational efficiency, financial impact and logistic viability. Our experience of last year’s confrontation with the People’s Liberation Army of China in eastern Ladakh, more than three decades on in the Siachen Glacier and other super-high altitudes in the north and the east indicates that we must invest in certain technologies to contend with China effectively along the
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