Mountain Strike Corps

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  India Clears Purchase Of 145 Ultra-Light Howitzer Guns From US

  India will be buying 145 ultra-light howitzers from the United States for the upcoming Mountain Strike Corps - raised in 2013 - to defend India's border with China.

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  Can't Divulge Information On Mountain Strike Corps: Manohar Parrikar

  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday refused to divulge information on the Mountain Strike Corps being raised by the Indian Army, saying it would not be in the "national interest".

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  Kolkata Flyover Collapse: Army Preps For All-Night Rescue

  The army has sent five columns - around 400 soldiers and engineers - and three medical teams to Kolkata, where an under-construction flyover collapsed today, killing at least 18 people and trapping scores of people under hundreds of tons of steel and concrete. A special team of engineers from Panagarh-based Mountain Strike Corps is also on way.

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  Raising Of Mountain Strike Corps By 6 Years: Army Chief General Dalbir Singh

  Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag today said that the Mountain Strike Corps, aimed at countering threats from China, would be raised as per the schedule by 2021 and termed acquisition of artillery guns and third generation missiles as "critical areas" for modernisation of the force.

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  Army Commanders Meet to Discuss Operational Issues, Modernisation Plan

  Top Army commanders met in New Delhi today to discuss threadbare operational issues, modernisation programme, and review the formation of Mountain Strike Corps and developmental activities along the border with China.

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  More Men or Better Technology? Government Rethinking Strategy to Counter China: Sources

  India is said to be re-thinking a decision made two years ago to raise a mountain strike corps to guard the hilly northern borders with China. Sources said the government is now weighing whether it will make more sense to invest in better technology rather than raise an 80,000 strong force at considerable expense.

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  Only 20 Per Cent of India-China Strategic Border Roads Ready Till Now

  Out of over 3000 kilometres of roads to be built along the India-China border to allow faster movement of troops and better connectivity, only 600 kilometres have been built till date.

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  Opinion: For China, Army Has New Troops. But No Funds.

  Army using crucial reserves to fund Mountain Corps, writes Nitin Gokhale.

• Indian army's big step in plugging gap along China border

  Designated as 17 Strike Corps to be initially headquartered at Ranchi in Jharkhand, the flag hoisting of the new Corps on January 1 signalled the raising of the new formation designed specifically for mountain warfare, both along the Eastern and Northern frontiers with China.

• Three Chinese incursions in Ladakh in last five days: sources

  Despite recent statements by Beijing of its intent to improve ties with New Delhi, reports of Chinese incursion into Indian territory continue. Sources have told NDTV that Chinese troops crossed over into Chumar sector in Ladakh region thrice - on July 16, 18, and 20 - in the last five days.

• China reacts to India's new strike corps

  China has reacted cautiously to India's proposal for the establishment of mountain strike corps along the Sino-Indian border.

• Mountain corps to counter China needs much more than just money

  The financial sanction given by India's Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday to raise a Mountain Strike Corps specifically aimed at launching offensive operations against China - if need be - is but a first step in what promises to be a long haul in adding 40,000 new troops to the country's 1.3 million strong Army.

• New mountain strike corp to counter China to be raised

  The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) today gave the much-awaited clearance for raising a Mountain Strike Corps.