Need To Assess China's Larger Gameplan, Says Defence Expert

by Anjali Ojha Jun 25, 2020 • 10:09 PM Views 828

Amid reports of Chinese presence in the Depsang plains of Ladakh, close to the strategically important Daulat Beg Oldie(DBO), defence expert Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur (Retd) says it's a part of China's old policy of trying to push the LAC further. Speaking to GoNews' Anjali Ojha, he said China wants to reach the 'Y'junction between Galwan and Shyok rivers so that they can keep an eye on the road going to DBO, a similar tactic to what Pakistan tried to do in Kargil. The kind of deployment China has done must have taken months of preparation, he added