New Delhi: In a demonstration of its combat readiness in strategic sea lanes around India, the Indian Navy on Friday released a video of an anti-ship missile destroying a sinking ship with “deadly accuracy” somewhere in the Arabian Sea.
The missile was fired by frontline corvette INS Prabal as part of a mega naval drill involving aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya and a number of warships, attack helicopters, aircraft and other assets of the Navy.
An Indian Navy Spokesperson tweeted that the missile homed in on its target, an old ship, hitting with deadly accuracy at its maximum range.
“#AShM launched by #IndianNavy Missile Corvette #INSPrabal, homes on with deadly accuracy at max range, sinking target ship,” he said.
Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh on Thursday reviewed the operational preparedness of his force at various shore-based locations a well as at sea.
He also addressed a select group of combatants of the Navy’s Carrier Battle Group over a broadcast from the INS Vikramaditya, India’s only aircraft carrier, and reviewed the force’s overall combat readiness, officials said.
In his remarks, Admiral Singh complimented his force for continuously maintaining “peak combat-readiness” and “high tempo” of operations over the past few months, they said.
The Indian Navy has significantly increased its deployment in the Indian Ocean Region, in an attempt to send across a message to China in the wake of escalation in tension between the two countries.
Giving an overview of the prevailing security situation, the Chief of Naval Staff stated that the Navy would continue to maintain a high-tempo of operations in coming months.
“He also complimented the Carrier Battle Group and its combatants for accurate and effective weapon firings, which left no doubt about the Navy’s readiness to meet any emergent contingencies,” the Navy said in a statement on Thursday.
A carrier battle group is a mega naval fleet comprising an aircraft carrier, accompanied by a large number destroyers, frigates and other ships.
“Indian Navy continues to maintain a high tempo of operations and combat-readiness despite the COVID-19 pandemic by adhering to stringent protocols onboard warships, submarines and aircraft squadrons and bases, and is fully prepared to tackle challenges in the maritime domain,” the Navy said.
The army will close ranks to protect its role in the polity. The India factor will be used to remind the people that it is needed to protect them, especially at this time(AP)
The Pakistan army and the country’s principal opposition parties are on a collision course. Despite the army’s warning not to drag it into politics, these parties have publicly complained about its political role. The Pakistani political class has traditionally accepted the army’s political role as a given and politicians have wanted to secure its support to promote their individual interests. Now, these Opposition parties are asking the generals not to interfere in the country’s politics.
The real target of the People’s Democratic Movement (PDM), which is scheduled to hold its first rally on October 16, is not Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, though his resignation and fresh elections have been sought, but the men in khaki. This also seems to borne out by former PM and the Pakistan Muslim League(N), PML(N), leader Nawaz Sharif’s blistering attack on the army in his address to a multi-party meeting called by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on September 20.
Sharif said that Pakistan was controlled by a “state above the state” which did not let any elected Pakistani PM function properly or complete his term. He criticised the manipulation of the 2018 national assembly election to foist a “selected” PM — Khan — on the country. The meeting, which decided to launch the PDM, also expressed great concern at the “establishment” (a euphemism for the army) increasing its “role” in the country’s domestic affairs and, by doing so, threatening the country’s stability and institutions. PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also called for a “non-political establishment”.
The Pakistan army is a professional fighting force and, at the same time, despite its denials, a political institution. It is the final decision-maker of the country’s security and foreign policies but has always, also, reserved the right to intervene in any other area of governance during civilian rule in the country.
Both the army and Khan are taking PDM seriously. This is borne out by Khan alleging that opposition leaders have joined hands to save themselves from corruption charges. He has quickened the pace of investigations against PML(N) and PPP leaders. Nawaz Sharif’s brother, Shahbaz Sharif, the former chief minister of Punjab, has been jailed and former president Asif Ali Zardari has been charged for corruption.
More significantly, Khan, while mounting a stout defence of the army and maintaining that the Inter-Services Intelligence is the finest service in the world, has fired the brahmastra against Nawaz Sharif; he has accused the former PM of playing India’s game in maligning the army. There is no more potent charge that can be levelled in Pakistan than colluding with the permanent enemy, India. Nawaz Sharif is in London since last November. He was then in jail but was allowed to go abroad for his medical condition was said to be critical.
On its part, the army is letting Khan take the lead in battling PDM but is expectedly refuting charges of interference in governance. While addressing the cadets of the Pakistan Military Academy on October 10, army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa said: “I count it a great honour that we stand before the nation as a trusted and accountable institution”. He also emphasised “Our actions are guided by constitution and the national interest of Pakistan”.
This is not the first time in Pakistan’s history that sections of its political class are seeking to take on the army. What is different now is that they are openly calling for it to be an apolitical force, as is traditional in true democracies. This goes against the grain of the army’s entrenched belief that it is the only institution that can uphold the country’s national interest, that all others are ineffective, and the political class is venal and corrupt. This thinking is reinforced by its view that India is a perpetual enemy. The army has ensured that this view of India becomes deeply entrenched among the Pakistani people. Now, even the few Pakistanis who stood for the normalisation of India-Pakistan ties have turned against India because they feel that this country has changed course after the 2019 elections.
Will the PDM succeed in consolidating the substantial disillusionment against the Khan government as well as creating a sentiment for the army to confine itself only to its professional duties?
The government has failed on different fronts since it assumed office. The economy continues to be in a mess and the macroeconomic targets set by IMF remain unmet. Consequently, the Fund is demanding an end to tax loopholes, increase in electricity rates and greater autonomy for regulators. These are politically almost impossible to accomplish. Pakistan’s foreign policy is under strain too. Its Kashmir policy has not yielded results and the strains with the Arab peninsular states, especially Saudi Arabia, are enormous; Turkey cannot replace the Saudi connection. There is thus material to fan discontent against the Khan government.
The same will be difficult to do against the army, despite its support for Khan. Even if there is some discontent because of Bajwa’s extension, the army will close ranks to protect its role in the polity.
The India factor will be used to remind the people that it is needed to protect them, especially at this time. The army’s capacity to break Opposition unity should also never be underestimated.
The October 16 rally may, therefore, give an indication of both the capability of the opposition and the army’s strategy.
Vivek Katju is a former diplomat
The views expressed are personal
India, China agree to continue talks to resolve border tension
Military tankers carrying fuel move towards forward areas in the Ladakh region.(REUTERS)
India and China have agreed to continue their dialogue to arrive at a mutually acceptable solution for early disengagement in the eastern Ladakh theatre, the two sides said in a joint press statement on Tuesday, a day after the seventh round of talks between senior military commanders at Chushul.The two sides said they had a better understanding of each other’s position in the sensitive sector after the latest round of talks, even as the border row is in its sixth month and efforts to disengage and de-escalate have made no breakthrough. The talks on Monday lasted more than 12 hours.
“The two sides had a sincere, in-depth and constructive exchange of views on disengagement along the Line of Actual Control in the western Sector of India-China border areas. They were of the view that these discussions were positive, constructive and had enhanced understanding of each other’s positions,” said the statement.
India and China have deployed more than 50,000 soldiers each along with advanced weapons and systems in the eastern Ladakh theatre. Even as talks at military and diplomatic levels are on, the Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army have made preparations for a long haul in the sector.
The statement said both sides “agreed to maintain dialogue and communication through military and diplomatic channels” to resolve the border row.
“Both sides agreed to earnestly implement the important understandings reached by the leaders of the two countries, not to turn differences into disputes, and jointly safeguard peace and tranquility in the border areas,” the statement added.
Monday’s talks took place weeks after China hardened its position and asserted that it recognises the 1959 LAC, which has never been accepted by India. China’s hardened stance has dimmed hopes for an early resolution of the border row.
This was the last round of military talks to be led by Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, who on Tuesday handed over the charge of the Leh-based 14 Corps to Lieutenant General PGK Menon. In his farewell message, Singh conveyed his gratitude and appreciation to all ranks of the ‘Fire & Fury Corps’ for their professionalism and steadfast dedication in the most hostile terrain, weather and altitude challenges faced by any army in the world, an army spokesperson said.
Menon asked the men under his command to discharge their duties with the same commitment and zeal, and always be prepared to deal with any threat to national security, the spokesperson said.
The sixth round of military talks was held on September 21 when Indian negotiators firmly demanded comprehensive disengagement in all friction areas and restoration of status quo ante of early April as the only approach towards de-escalation. On the other hand, China asked India to withdraw its soldiers from strategic heights on the southern bank of Pangong Tso to reduce friction.
Former director general of military operations Lieutenant General Vinod Bhatia (retd) said India was negotiating with the Chinese from a position of strength after occupying heights of operational importance on the southern bank of Pangong Tso and there was no need to hurry things up. “It’s a game of patience now. With the heights under our control, we have greater leverage to resolve the row in a way that is advantageous for us,” Bhatia said.
India, China say latest LAC talks were positive, push for mutually acceptable disengagement
New Delhi: The seventh round of corps commanders’ talks between India and China Monday at Chushul were “positive, constructive and had enhanced understanding of each other’s positions”, the two countries said in a joint press statement released by the Ministry of Defence Tuesday. China also released a similar statement.
“The two sides had a sincere, in-depth and constructive exchange of views on disengagement along the Line of Actual Control in the Western Sector of India-China border areas,” it stated.
The statement mentioned that both sides agreed to maintain dialogue and communication through military and diplomatic channels, and arrive at a mutually acceptable solution for disengagement as early as possible.
“Both sides agreed to earnestly implement the important understandings reached by the leaders of the two countries, not to turn differences into disputes, and jointly safeguard peace and tranquillity in the border areas,” it added.
The talks at Chushul Monday were led by 14 corps commander Lt Gen. Harinder Singh, who will hand over the charge to Lt Gen. P.G.K. Menon this Wednesday, and take over as the commandant of the Indian Military Academy. They began at around 12 noon Monday, and went on for nearly 12 hours.
The participants from the Indian side included Lt Gen. Menon and Naveen Srivastava, joint secretary (East Asia), Ministry of External Affairs. Representatives of the Chinese foreign ministry and national defence ministry are also learnt to have attended the meeting.
The talks will pave the way for further diplomatic talks, sources in the defence and security establishment told ThePrint, and ahead of the 12th BRICS (Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa) summit, expected to be held on 17 November. Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to participate, sources said.
While there has been “no major breakthrough” in the talks at the LAC, especially with reference to the major friction points, a larger understanding has been reached between the sides that the situation should not get worse before the BRICS Summit.
The sources said that there was “some forward movement” and a “degree of flexibility shown by both sides”, and that a final call on some proposals will be taken by New Delhi after vetting them.
But they added that the slight softening of the stands may not mean any changes in the current friction points, and there is still a long way to go for actual disengagement.
The major friction points along the LAC include the ‘Finger 4’ area on the northern bank of the Pangong Tso, certain key features on the southern bank of the lake, the Y-junction at Depsang Plains, and the Galwan Valley and Hot Springs areas. Indian troops are currently not patrolling these areas.
The talks come at a time when the harsh winter has arrived in Ladakh, but thousands of troops are still deployed on both sides.
India is also “keenly watching” the stance taken at the 19th Chinese Communist Party Central Committee plenary, to be held from 26 to 29 October, sources said.
The two sides’ stands
India has maintained since the beginning of the stand-off with China that disengagement should happen at all friction points, and not just on the southern bank of Pangong Tso, as China is insisting on.
Sources said the agenda of Monday’s meeting was to immediately address certain “non-contentious” issues where a common ground can easily be reached.
They added that as the scope of the conflict has increased beyond the major friction points, there has been troop deployment and forward posturing along the LAC.
“For instance, the patrolling activities could be reduced in certain areas and the battalion commanders will meet as frequently as possible to avoid any untoward incident, which may lead to sudden escalation,” a source said.
“There is also talk that observation posts deployed ahead of the main company localities would gradually be pulled in at certain places. Such confidence binding measures are aimed at reducing the trust deficit, which has remained at an all-time high since the Galwan Valley clash on 15 June,” the source added.
Eye on winter
Sources also said this round of talks assumed more significance because decisions taken in the days to come will impact troop deployment throughout the harsh winter at the LAC.
“Any large-scale redeployment of troops or de-induction of troops will need to be carried out before the passes close by the last week of October,” a second source said, adding that this will be decided after analysing the outcome of the meeting.
While the situation at the LAC continues to be tense, various local confidence building measures will also continue to be taken.
ThePrint had reported that in the last military-diplomatic talks, the Chinese stance was that they haven’t crossed the LAC, and that it is India that has intruded into their territory. India, however, maintained that it was China that began the stand-off by moving into some areas, particularly the Galwan Valley and Finger 4, and also initiated violence.
With the opening of the Atal Tunnel, the Lahaul valley is bound to become an extension of Kulu-Manali. The development makes me nostalgic about my two-year tenure in the tribal area from 1964.
In the ’50s, Lahaul-Spiti was part of Kangra district of east Punjab. It was constituted as a separate district of Punjab during the early ’60s. Government employees earned 100% remote locality allowance there. Moreover, emoluments for six winter months were disbursed lump sum in advance every September-October.
Kuluvi officials would do their best to avoid a posting to Lahaul-Spiti. Punjabis, however, opted for it and undertook the tenure for monetary savings. There were no helicopter flights then. Electronic exchange of information not known in that epoch, monthly accumulation of postal dak at Keylong and Manali, even during winter, was around a quintal or so on either side. Evenly packed in dak-bags, each weighing 10 kg, it was exchanged up and down between Keylong and Manali by man-pack — at least once a month. Two or three Lahaulite youths were hired as special winter dak porters. Well-equipped with snow-wear, each porter would generally take three or more bags, which meant nearly 30 kg or so of backpack, depending on an individual’s carrying capacity. They would leave Keylong at 3 am, cruise some 14 km snow-bound trek up to Gondhla by 8 am and rest. On the following morning, they would likewise trek the next 14 km up to Teling (opposite Koksar); again between 3 am and 8 am and rest. On the third morning, starting again in the wee hours, they would cross Rohtang before twilight, to be at Manali by noon. They followed the same itinerary while returning with dak-bags. They took all care to move only under clear sky and not in inclement weather. A round trip took them a week to 10 days. The Deputy Commissioner was empowered to fix rates for any task like this and the portage for a 10 kg dak-bag between Keylong and Manali, one way, was Rs 60. Thus a porter carrying three bags either way used to earn about Rs 360 in a round trip.
Gold cost about Rs 150 a tola (10 gm) then, and the porters made a handsome earning out of their exacting venture. There was no untoward incident during two winters of this mode of movement of dak during the winters of 1964 to 1966. The post-Atal Tunnel generation of Lahaulites might perhaps find it difficult to believe how daring snowmen their elders used to be!
Though Spiti, having its headquarters at Kaza, is clubbed with Lahaul (constituting the catchment of Chandra and Bhaga, or the Chenab river) for district administration, geographically it constitutes the catchment of the Sutlej. All communications therefrom were accordingly wireless-based, sans any exchange of post-bags, unlike that between Keylong and Manali
No indication on China setting up missile sites in PoK: Army
Cadets during the passing-out parade at the JAKLI Regimental Centre in Srinagar on Saturday. PTI
Srinagar, October 10
Amid reports that China is helping Pakistan set up sites for surface-to-air missiles in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), a top Army commander here on Saturday said there was no indication of any tactical help being extended by Beijing to Islamabad.
Corps Commander of the Army’s Srinagar-based Chinar Corps Lt-Gen BS Raju, however, said there was military cooperation between Pakistan and China in terms of equipment.
Shopian case
The Army on Saturday expressed hope that the “summary of evidence”, a step before a possible court martial, in July’s Amshipura encounter in Shopian district would conclude soon.
Commander, Chinar Corps, Lt-Gen BS Raju, said the Army had begun the “summary of evidence” as some wrongs were committed during the encounter. PTI
Amid the continuing standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in Ladakh, media reports quoting intelligence inputs have claimed that China is helping Pakistan set up sites for surface-to-air missiles in the PoK as soldiers of their armies have been carrying out joint patrols in the region.
Gen Raju said there had not been any such indication.
“I have seen the reports in the media. Whether Pakistan is helping China or China is helping Pakistan, we have no such indication,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a passing out-cum-attestation parade at the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Regimental Centre on the outskirts of the city here.
“But because of the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor), there is the presence of China in Pakistan. The military cooperation in terms of equipment is there, but we are not seeing any tactical help,” he said.
According to the reports, the construction work for the installation of surface-to-air missile defence system is being carried out by the Pakistan army and China’s People’s Liberation Army at Pauli Pir near Lasadanna Dhok of the PoK. — PTI
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has created a new record for the highest skydive landing at the Khardung La, near Leh, touching down at an altitude of 17,982 feet, while commemorating its 88th anniversary on October 8.
With this feat, the IAF has broken its own earlier record. Wing Commander Gajanad Yadava and Warrant Officer AK Tiwari carried out the successful skydiving jump from a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, an official statement said.
The landing at such an altitude is extremely challenging due to low oxygen levels combined with low air density and rough and inhospitable mountainous terrain. Both the Air Warriors have shown a high degree of professionalism, grit and determination in overcoming adverse conditions.
After Pompeo reveals 60K PLA troops along LAC, China calls Ladakh’s UT status illegal Beijing opposes India building infrastructure in the region
IAF Sukhoi Su-30MKI jet flies over Ladakh region amid border tension with China, in Leh. PTI file photo
New Delhi, October 13
Three days after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed that China has deployed 60,000 soldiers along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) against India, Beijing said that it does not recognise Ladakhs Union Territory (UT) status granted by New Delhi.
The spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, Zhao Lijian, told the media that Beijing opposes India building infrastructure in the region. He was responding to a question related to the 44 new bridges India has built near the LAC with China in Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh, which were inaugurated recently.
“First I want to make it clear that China does not recognise the Ladakh Union Territory illegally set up by the Indian side and Arunachal Pradesh. We stand against the development of infrastructure facilities aimed at military contention along the border areas,” Lijian told the media.
“Based on consensus, neither should take actions along the border that might escalate the situation that is to avoid undermining the efforts by the two sides to ease the situation,” he added.
Blaming the Indian side for ramping up infrastructure development along the border and stepping up military deployment “for the tensions between the two sides”, he urged India to “earnestly implement our consensus and refrain from actions that might escalate the situation and take concrete measures to safeguard peace and tranquility along the border”.
Pompeo had said on Friday, “The Indians are seeing 60,000 Chinese soldiers on their northern border”, adding that each of the three major Indo-Pacific democracies—India, Australia and Japan—are under threat from the Chinese Communist Party.
Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a face-off in eastern Ladakh since May. In June, 20 Indian soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese troops were killed in a bloody clash in the Galwan Valley. — IANS
White Knight, Fire and Fury Corps get new commanders Lt Gen Suchindra Kumar, Lt Gen PGK Mennon take over as GOCs
Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar took over as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Army’s elite 16 Corps, known as White Knight Corps, here on Tuesday, a Defence spokesperson said. He succeeds Lt Gen Harsha Gupta.
Lt Gen Suchindra Kumar said it was an honour to command such an elite formation with a rich history of Jammu and Kashmir.
He exhorted all ranks to continue working with utmost zeal and enthusiasm. He asked them to always remain combat-ready to thwart the nefarious designs of adversaries and inimical forces while being in complete synergy with the civil administration and paramilitary forces, the spokesperson said.
Relinquishing the command, Lt Gen Gupta laid a wreath at Ashwamedh Shaurya Sthal at the Nagrota Military Station in the memory of soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice for the nation.
He called upon all ranks to continue to strive for excellence, the spokesperson said.
Srinagar: Lt Gen PGK Menon on Tuesday took over command of Leh-based Fire and Fury Corps of the Army, a Defence spokesperson said here.
The officer commanded a Rashtriya Rifles unit in the Kashmir valley, an infantry brigade along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir and an infantry division in the eastern sector, he said.
“The General has had a distinguished career in the Indian Army, tenanting a number of important command and staff appointments,” the spokesperson said. Before assuming command of the Fire and Fury Corps, Lt Gen Menon was tenanting the appointment of Director General, Recruiting, in New Delhi.
Lt Gen Menon exhorted all ranks to continue to discharge their duties with the same commitment and zeal and always be prepared to deal with any threat to the national security, the spokesperson said.
Lt Gen Menon succeeded Lt Gen Harinder Singh, who in his farewell message conveyed his gratitude and deep appreciation to all ranks of the Fire and Fury Corps. — PT
Beijing rakes up Ladakh, border infrastructure Seventh military meeting also fails to chart out pullback plan
(From left) US envoy Ken Juster, US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun and Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla in New Delhi. PTI
Ajay Banerjee
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, October 13
An apparent distrust stood in the way of a breakthrough during the seventh round of talks between senior military commanders of India and China, while Beijing on Tuesday again ratcheted up aggression saying that it did not ‘recognise’ Ladakh’s UT status. It also opposed border infrastructure development, including the recent opening of bridges, by India.
A joint readout today on the India-China commanders’ meeting held on Monday stated: “Both sides agreed to… arrive at a mutually acceptable solution for disengagement as early as possible.” However, sources said that no date or timeline had been set for any such disengagement. In Beijing on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian, while answering questions at a press conference, said: “China doesn’t recognise the so-called ‘Ladakh Union Territory’ illegally set up by India or ‘Arunachal Pradesh’, and opposes infrastructure-building aimed at military contention in disputed border areas.”
“The Indian side has been stepping up military deployment along the border with China. This is the root cause of tensions,” Zhao said while responding to a question on India opening 44 new bridges.
Military commanders of the two countries had met yesterday at Chushul along the LAC for a marathon 10-hour meeting. A joint statement on Tuesday said: “Both sides agreed to maintain dialogue and communication through military and diplomatic channels”.
“The two sides had a sincere and constructive exchange of views on disengagement along the LAC… these discussions were positive and had enhanced understanding of each other’s positions,” the statement said.
US Indo-Pacific plan a security risk: Wang
Kuala Lumpur: The US poses a “huge security risk” to Asia by pushing to boost engagement with the region, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said. The US is trying to “stir up confrontation among different groups while maintaining its predominance,” he said. AP
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China foreign Ministry irked by 44 bridges
China doesn’t recognise ‘Ladakh UT’ illegally set up by India or ‘Arunachal’, and opposes infra in border areas… the root cause of tensions. Zhao Lijian, chinese spokesperson
Joint statement says discussion ‘positive’
The 7th round of talks was positive & constructive. Both sides had enhanced understanding of each other’s positions.
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