"Threat From Northern Borders Rising": Ex-Army Chief Slams China Military
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India as a country showed to the world that it is possible to take on "neighbourhood bullying", said Gen Naravane (retired).
Former chief of Indian Army General MM Naravane (retired), following the recent clash in Arunachal Pradesh, has hit out at the Chinese Army for descending to the level of "prehistoric times" by using "clubs and barbed wires" in the scuffle and said that the Indian Army in warfare would rather open fire than resort to such ridiculous tactics.
The former Army chief also said that based on assessments, the Indian Army felt that threat from India's northern borders is increasing but with situational analysis and inputs the Indian Army keeps evaluating threats and takes remedial measures.
In a podcast with Smita Prakash, Editor-in-Chief of ANI, Gen Naravane pointed out how the Chinese troops have been indulging in mobbing incidents but that India as a country showed to the world that it is possible to take on the "neighbourhood bullying".
"That is how an army fights by using the weapons at your disposal and not getting into fisticuffs. Are we hooligans or mafia? We are professional. Is that the level PLA has gone down to? Hooliganism and streetfighting? Or they are a professional 21st-century army? On one side they try to show their technological prowess, on the other side they are coming with barbed wire clubs. It is ridiculous," the former Army Chief said.
