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I have not come across anyone who knows so little about military matters as @PravinSawhney. He regularly makes very basic mistakes in his military assessments. Let me show his big errors wrt #Disengagement

1. North Bank - China had a big advantage on North Bank because of

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the road from Srijap fort to F4 (chinese claim line). After F4, further access to East ie F3, F2 and so on is via a narrow foot track. Vehicles could not go there. So when we wanted to patrol from F4 to F8 (our claim line) we would have to come from F3 on foot and walk to F8

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Chinese could react very quickly and come in vehicles and block our patrols

Chinese have also built strong defences, habitat along the north bank since last June when #indiachinastandoff started. In fact they even took positions on the heights of the fingers

Now they are

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#LadakhStandoff Gist of disengagement from Def Min Rajnath's speech in Parliament:
Disengagement at Pangong Tso in phased, coordinated and verified manner
PLA troops to move beyond Finger 8
India troops at Dhan Singh Thapa post, Finger 3
No patrols till agreed diplomatically
Agreement on disengagement in North & South Bank of Pangong Lake. It has also been agreed to convene the next meeting of Senior Commanders within 48 hrs after the complete disengagement in Pangong Lake area so as to address and resolve all other remaining issues: @rajnathsingh
#LadakhStandoff Chinese side will keep its troop presence in North Bank area to east of Finger 8. Reciprocally, Indian troops will be based at their permanent base at Dhan Singh Thapa Post near Finger3. Similar action would be taken in South Bank area by both sides: @rajnathsingh
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