US ‘Closely Monitoring’ India-China Border Stand-Off; But What Is Happening In Pangong Tso?

India-China Border Stand-Off: The US is intently observing the stalemate among India and China and it seeks after a quiet goal, a State Department representative said.The new flashpoint among India and China, the southern bank of Pangong Tso, has a compliment territory than the northern bank which gives admittance to eastern Ladakh and significant statures of Rezang La further east, as indicated by specialists. Previous Director-General of Military Operations Lt. Gen. Vinod Bhatia (retd), conversing with ThePrint brought up that the southern bank of Pangong Tso is less operationally and strategically significant than the northern bank, so China could simply be "posing", and endeavoring to extend its extent of tasks in the locale. "On the northern bank, a street from the east comes straight up to finger 4, when contrasted with the southern bank, where the street finishes far toward the east," he said. Another official clarified that the territory at the southern bank is compliment when contrasted with the northern bank and can be powerless to "restricted automated fighting in the Chushul division."

The new flashpoint among India and China, the southern bank of Pangong Tso, has a compliment landscape than the northern bank which gives admittance to eastern Ladakh and significant statures of Rezang La further east, as indicated by specialists. Previous Director-General of Military Operations Lt. Gen. Vinod Bhatia (retd), conversing with ThePrint called attention to that the southern bank of Pangong Tso is less operationally and strategically significant than the northern bank, so China could simply be "posing", and endeavoring to grow its extent of activities in the locale. "On the northern bank, a street from the east comes straight up to finger 4, when contrasted with the southern bank, where the street finishes far toward the east," he said. Another official clarified that the territory at the southern bank is compliment when contrasted with the northern bank and can be defenseless to "restricted motorized fighting in the Chushul part."

The statures encompassing the region are in the scope of 16,000 - 18,000 ft. Further toward the south-east of the Pangong Tso is the Spangur Gap between the mountains, which can be utilized by the Chinese to progress towards Leh in the event of a significant hostile in the area, the official said. "This makes it significant for Indian soldiers to hold Rezang La and connecting statures to overwhelm any Chinese troop development." Another military official expressed that it is basic to shield the southern bank as the region can be abused by the adversary to gain admittance to the deliberately significant Durbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldi (DSDBO) street. A conspicuous twitter client @detresfa who has been following PLA's through satellite symbolism, posted in June satellite pictures of Chinese PLA's camps and backing positions at the southern bank of Pangong Tso. 
Satellite pictures from prior today help recognize #China's PLA troop uphold positions mushrooming everywhere on over the #PangongTso lake region #IndiaChinaFaceOff pic.twitter.com/lyfG4aD0I8 
— d-atis☠️ (@detresfa_) June 23, 2020 
Previous 14 Corps authority Lt. Gen. P.J.S. Pannu (retd) said the southern bank gives the Indian soldiers an edge as far as observing the exercises in the northern bank. "There has been a solidifying of military posing in the southern bank, as well, by the Chinese, given that Indian soldiers hold certain noteworthy statures in the district," he said. Pressures have been preparing on the Line of Actual Control throughout recent months. In the midst of effectively warmed fringe column, Indian and Chinese soldiers were engaged with a new erupt the evening of 29-30 August at the southern bank Pangong Tso lake in eastern Ladakh. Both the neighbors have accused each other for starting the erupt. The Army said Indian soldiers pre-empted this PLA action on the southern bank of Pangong Tso and attempted measures to reinforce positions and defeat Chinese expectations to singularly change realities on the ground. While the Indian Army is stating that "the provocative military developments have been completed by Chinese soldiers, the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has requested the "Indian side to quickly pull back its soldiers that illicitly intruding the fringe." This conflict wasn't as extreme as the one in June that occurred in the Galwan valley that executed 20 Indian warriors and undisclosed Chinese troopers. A Brigade Commander level Flag Meeting was held to determine the issue.