Updated: June 22, 2020 6:04:51 pm
An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, on Wednesday. (AP)
The Galwan clashes, where 20 Indian Army personnel were killed, was one of the biggest confrontations between the Indian and Chinese military along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the last 45 years. Even though this unprecedented and dangerous turn of events in the border region have set the lines working in the two capitals, an early resolution to the dispute looks less likely.
China has reasserted its claim over Galwan Valley, and its foreign ministry has made sharp statements alleging that Indian soldiers twice crossed the LAC. This has prompted Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to say that the government has given the forces freedom to “give a befitting reply” if there is any further escalation from the other side.
While the second round of talks between the two nations are underway, the present border situation has fuelled fears of an extended military confrontation between the two sides. But how prepared are the two countries for a conflict? What are their military capabilities?
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