decades..of china study groups yet-"India had maintained a permanent position at Finger 7 until the 1999 Kargil war, when it was evacuated to provide troops for the conflict with Pakistan. The PLA then built roads into the sector, ensuring the post could not be re-established"
why was this front denuded instead of kept as-is - perhaps to get a ready stock of acclamatized troops quickly once extent of kargil was realized. but we paid a heavy price for it...in 2004 built out the road to F4 and metalled it.
china is like a ant hive always looking for holes to crawl into. either we have to block all the holes or squash atleast front rows of ants.
