The incident is not being considered “very serious or dangerous” but was raised with China as per established norms, as it could have escalated amid two years of ongoing military confrontation between the two countries at high levels. altitude zone, sources said on Friday.
In the early hours of June 28, Indian radars stationed in the forward areas caught the Chinese fighter plane. “Air defense measures were activated, including the evacuation of our fighters from an airbase, but the Chinese aircraft withdrew,” a source said. ,
The incident comes at a time when the People’s Liberation Army and Air Force of China are conducting exercises on their side along the LAC towards eastern Ladakh. During such exercise in April-May 2020 was pla Soldiers had made several incursions into Eastern Ladakh to hold the Indian Army off-guard. Since then, both armies have “placed forward” more than 50,000 troops to the border in the region.
Both Indian and Chinese air forces fly aircraft and drones near the LAC to check the adversary’s air defense measures and the response time required for them, as well as on surveillance missions. “But a fighter flying so close is rare. All such matters are taken up with China, which also does the same,” the source said.
India and China are now in the process of finalizing the date for the 16th round of Corps Commander-level talks after the last round on March 11 failed to achieve any breakthrough.
China has also refused to complete the contingent so far stalled at Patrolling Point-15 (PP-15) in the major Hot Springs-Gogra-Kongka La area, in a move to resolve the much larger strategically located standoff. So go ahead. Depsang Ground and Charding Ninglung Nala (CNN) track junction at Demchok.