India’s military build-up on Chinese border

India’s Defence Ministry has taken a decision to transfer an additional two mountain divisions totaling 30,000 servicemen to the Arunachal-Pradesh state, on China’s border.

According to The Asian Age Daily, India’s strategic nuclear deterrence force is due to be shortly armed with Agni-3 ballistic missiles, with an effective range of 3,500 kilometres.

Earlier India deployed its Agni-2 missiles in the immediate vicinity of the Chinese border, missiles that can deliver strikes at a distance of 2,000 kilometres.

The Daily points out that the moves have come as a reaction to a report that the Pentagon made public earlier this month about China’s military potential growth, as well as to reports that China has been deploying its latest CSS-5 longer range missiles in the Indian border area.