China’s military holds high-altitude drills near border with India
- Exercises involved some of the PLA’s most powerful howitzers and the latest long-range rocket launchers, according to state television
- They came soon after the Indian military held drills in Eastern Ladakh, an area where the two sides are engaged in a stand-off
They took place in recent days in the remote Tibetan Plateau region near the de facto border, known as the Line of Actual Control, state broadcaster CCTV reported over the weekend.
The training was said to have included some of the PLA’s most powerful howitzers, the latest long-range rocket launchers, and air force bombers, while light tanks were used in assault training on mountainous terrain.
A new multiple rocket launch system that can fire 370mm rockets and drones was also used in the exercises, according to the broadcaster.
It said the drills put troops and their weapons and equipment to the test in the harsh winter conditions and complicated high-altitude terrain of the Himalayan region.
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