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- The buildup has given a huge boost to patrolling capabilities.
- Assault craft can carry 35 soldiers or one holds 12 men.
- 3D-printed permanent security has been created for the first time in a desert region
Amid reports of Chinese buildup across the Line of Actual Control, the Indian Army has built up infrastructure to house 450 tanks and over 22,000 troops opposite China in the eastern Ladakh sector, defense sources said.
Sources said that to counter the Chinese offensive activities in Pangong Tso lake, which is in both India and China, the Indian Army Corps of Engineers has inducted new landing craft in both eastern Ladakh, which has enhanced patrolling capabilities and inducted forces. A great inspiration to be. Men and material.
The assault craft can carry 35 soldiers or one with 12 men.
Housing and technical storage has been built up to include assets for 22,000 troops and about 450 A vehicles/guns in the last two years. The current working season is focused on building permanent defense and infrastructure to improve defense preparedness. completion of ongoing projects,” defense sources said in Delhi.
Speaking about the permanent defenses being built along the borders, Indian Army Engineer-in-Chief Lt Gen Harpal Singh said: “For the first time in a desert area, 3D-printed permanent defenses have been built by the Indian Army’s Corps of Engineers. These were defense tests. Tested against a variety of weapons, from small arms to the main gun of a T90 tank.”
He said such defenses are capable of withstanding blasts, can be built within 36-48 hours, and can be shifted from one place to another.
“Similarly, a similar permanent defense has been tested in eastern Ladakh and found useful,” he said.
Highlighting the infrastructure development being carried out by the Border Roads Organization on the China border, defense sources said the nine tunnels at present include the “2.535-km-long Sela tunnel, which once completed will be the world’s highest bi-directional tunnel”. 11 more tunnels are also being planned.”
“The BRO has been entrusted with the task of building one of India’s highest airfields at Nyoma which is very close to the border with China and will boost Indian capabilities there,” he said.
(With inputs from ANI)
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