Bhadra
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Good question .....Well i see lot of lacking from our side... this is so important then why didn't the Army captured the heights and established Indian posts long ago ??? IA knew the Chinese are coming in every year, should have read their mindsets long ago... I see a Failure in Military Intelligence
The DSDBO road runs through Shyok Valley running between Karakoram ranges and Karkash Ranges. The Raod is 255 km long The Heights on Eastern side are genrally what defines LAC. Important places on the Eastern side has Indian Patrolling points and ITBP is deployed at many places along the raod including POst 120 bang on Galwan Shyok Confluence. LAC management in SSN and Galwan is solely with ITBP.
The rout Shyok Valley- DBO- Karakoram existed since ages as a trade route. Road was made after 1962 and it is not today's affair. Today's affair is that it is being double laned and black topped.
If such a threat was perceived from the Chinese as you are stating the MEA / MHA ? CSG should have decided all heights along 255 km stretch should have been occupied by two divisions (that the force which will be required) prior to building the road.
The height are above 4800 m and snow bound even in summer. So it is about five Siachins that would need to be held ... Chinese are not known to visit those heights... only some people's imagination visit those places.
So you must be the first volunteer to be sent to those icy mountain tops to protect the road..