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According to the Pentagon report, the Chinese have built this village inside the Indian areas The armies of India and China have been face to face in the border region since 2020 (ANI)

an Army post in the region and var- rapid hardware build-out in quantity on Chinese village along the Line per Subansiri District in Arunanchal
ious constructions undertaken by and increasing quality, together with of Actual Control (LAC), former Pradesh which is in territory con-
Chinese haven’t happened in a short sweeping reforms to address ongoing Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister trolled by China.
time,” the sources had said. weaknesses in organization, coordi- Nabam Tuki on Wednesday said that The US Department of Defense
Every year since 2000, the Pen- nation, sophistication and training. Chinese transgression keeps on oc- report blamed China for the series of
tagon in the USA has issued a report China has already arrived as a great curring, adding that a solution should confrontations along the border that
discussing developments in its chief power. It has the world’s second larg- be brought in. culminated into the violent clash in
protagonist, the People’s Liberation est economy and defense budget, and “Heard about it. I did not visit the June 2020 in Ladakh’s Galway Val-
Army (PLA) of China. The 2021 the world’s largest standing ground site. Chinese transgression keeps oc- ley, which was one of the worst crash-
report was delayed by a couple of force. Its three sea forces [navy, coast curring. A solution should be brought es seen in 45 years.
months compared to last year, but it guard and maritime militia] are each in. For how long will the issue contin- Meanwhile, Congress national
was worth waiting for as it was full of the world’s largest by number of ue? I urge both (China and India) spokesperson Pawan Khera on Sat-
thought-provoking summaries about ships. It has the Indo-Pacific’s largest governments to talk,” Tuki told ANI. urday asked Prime Minister Nar-
China’s military. air force, the world’s largest sub-stra- The US Department of Defense in its endra Modi to withdraw the “clean
Entitled Military and Security tegic missile force, and arguably the annual report to Congress said that chit” given to China that it has not
Developments Involving the Peo- world’s largest and most sophisticat- China has built a large 100-home ci- intruded in Arunachal Pradesh since
ple’s Republic of China 2021, or Chi- ed surface-to-air missile force.” vilian village inside disputed territory a report given by the Pentagon to
na Military Power Report (CMPR) The most startling developments between the Tibet Autonomous Re- the US Congress confirmed that the
for short, the 192-page document revolve around the PLA Rocket gion and India’s Arunachal Pradesh country has intruded 4.5 km within
was published on 3 November. The Force (PLARF), the keeper of Chi- in 2020. the territory of Arunachal Pradesh.
CMPR only covers developments till na’s nuclear weapon arsenal. The sources said that the village The Congress spokesperson has
the end of 2020, the better part of a Following the Pentagon report is along the disputed border in Up- further asked the Prime Minister to
year ago. For that reason, it did not issue an apology and give a deadline
mention the test of a fractional or- to the country when the status quo
bital bombardment system (FOBS) ante of April 2020 would be restored
several months ago. A FOBS is an across all our borders with China.
alternative means of delivering a nu- “According to the 152-page report
clear warhead compared to the more Military and Security Developments
common intercontinental ballistic involving the People’s Republic of
missile (ICBM). China 2021 given by the Pentagon to
This CMPR makes sober read- US Congress, it has been confirmed
ing, warning early on, “The PLA’s that China has intruded 4.5 km with-
evolving capabilities and concepts in Arunachal Pradesh’s territory and
continue to strengthen China’s ability has constructed a village,” said Khera
to ‘fight and win wars’ against a ‘strong while addressing the media.
enemy’ (a likely euphemism for the “Today is the time PM Modi
United States), coerce Taiwan and should take back the clean chit given
rival claimants in territorial disputes, to China that it has not intervened
counter an intervention by a third in Arunachal Pradesh. We need an
party in a conflict along China’s pe- apology from the Prime Minister for
riphery, and project power globally.” misleading the world that China has
Andrew Erickson, Professor of not entered the territory,” he added.
Strategy at the US Naval War Col- Indian Army’s Shatrujeet Brigade conducts an Airborne exercise along the Northern Borders in “The Prime Minister must with-
lege, told ANI: “Over the past two Eastern Ladakh to validate its Rapid Response Capabilities (ANI) draw the clean chit and give a dead-
decades, the PLA has achieved a Continued at next page... >>

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