China's PLA is has carried out a large-scale drill by checking preparedness in sending solidiers to the border with India, as per a report in Hindustan Times. This involves thousands of paratroopers and is certainly a cause for worry.?
This news came out on Chinese state media when New Delhi said that India and China will continue military and diplomatic engagements to resolve a week-old standoff along the Line of Actual Control.?
This comes after talks where held between a delegation under Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, commander of Leh-based 14 Corps and a delegation led by Major General Liu Lin, commander of the South Xinjiang military region.?
¡°Several hundred pieces of military equipment including armoured vehicles and huge batches of supplies were also involved in the operation, which ended successfully in just a few hours,¡± the CCTV report said.?
¡°This maneuver mission saw significant breakthroughs not only in the scale of mobilised troops but also means of transportation. [Using civilian transportation] substantially expanded our means of transporting forces and increased efficiency in maneuvering an entire organisation of troops,¡± Major Colonel Mao Lei, head of the training department at the airborne brigade, said on CCTV.?
¡°Groups of tanks and armored vehicles attached to the 76th Group Army under the PLA Western Theater Command also conducted a long-distance maneuver on May 14,¡± according to Chinese military media outlet China Military, quoted by GT.?
China and India last engaged in a full-scale war in 1962.??