India, China Troops Clash at Himalayan Border, With 20 Indian Soldiers Dead

Reuters via Epoch Times ^ | 06/16/2020

[CincyRichieRich]

This is a big deal.

[Carriage Hill]

“...the troops had fought with iron rods and stones...”

Someone has a sense of humor.

[hinckley buzzard]

It could be but I don’t think so. I think it is a probe of intentions. China doesn’t care about losing a few pieces of cannon fodder. if China wants a fight They will mount an organized large scale invasion.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: This is a big deal.

Military experts say one reason for the face-off is that India has been building roads and airfields to improve connectivity and narrow the gap with China’s far superior infrastructure.

At Galwan, India completed a road leading to an airfield last October. China has asked India to stop all construction.

India says it is operating on its side of the Line of Actual Control, the de facto border.

[Zhang Fei]

[This is a big deal.]

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Not that big a deal. The idea of an accidental war is a canard. It happens only when both sides want it. That’s because a war is an expensive and complicated undertaking. Money has to be appropriated, supplies ordered, manufactured and stockpiled, and troops have to be drafted, trained and sent to the front, where they have to be resupplied on a regular basis if they are not to be overrun.

[Georgia Girl 2]

How many ChiComs got shot?

[Republic_Venom]

47 Chinese killed, many more injured. It was not hand to hand combat....they went at it.

[setter]

“This is a big deal.”

Not really, they have been fighting for decades along that border.

[Georgia Girl 2]

These border skirmishes have been going on periodically forever.

[SeekAndFind]

According to the reports, there was no shooting.

Soldiers on both sides have been forbidden from firing their weapons at one another but that hasn’t stopped them from fighting with their hands, with rocks and, some reports claim, with clubs embedded with nails.

There are believed to have been a number of casualties on the Chinese side as well though China hasn’t revealed those numbers. According to this site, “Indian intercepts” revealed China suffered 43 casualties, some with serious injuries and some killed.

[kaehurowing]

Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvilmqJa8Yg

At least they will get rid of Antifa and BLM.

[SeekAndFind]

From a Tweet from India...

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Eswara Chary Poloju ( పోలోజు ఈశ్వరా చారి )

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Deepest condolences to the near and dear of the brave soul's of India. Who martyred in violent face-off with China in Galwan valley in Ladakh. Colonel Bikkumalla Santosh Kumar Babu is from Suryapet, Telangana. He is the only son for his parents. He has two small children's.

[SeekAndFind]

This paper is reporting the skirmish involved 900 troops on each side.

More than 900 troops on each side were involved in a physical clash, which started Monday night, lasted several hours—in three phases—and ended on early hours of Tuesday. Most of the deaths have occurred as soldiers fell-off cliffs during a physical fight in the narrow Galwan valley into the river at an altitude of 15,000 feet. Some died due to hypothermia and other due to injuries.

Stones, Steel poles, bamboo poles with nails embed on them, were used by the Chinese, to attack the Indian troops. The Peoples’ Liberation Army (PLA) of China, have also suffered fatal casualties. There is no number to their casualties. Indian Army categorically said “no bullets were fired in clash”. The casualty would have been manifold had bullets been fired

[M Kehoe]

The Chicoms, Pakis and India all have deliverable nuclear weapons.

Mr. Rogers would say, it’s a wonderful day in the neighborhood.

5.56mm

[Kid Shelleen]

How long before Trump gets blamed?

[dp0622]

Worst incident since 1976. That’s not last year

[dp0622]

You are right in China has purposefully been moving a lot of troops and a lot of munitions across the entire border. That’s an incredible amount

[Secret Agent Man]

Bunkers are the new “wall”

[ClayinVA]

How do you lose a Colonel on a border skirmish?