Siachen Glacier: Strategic Significance for India. A special on-the-ground report from the Siachen Glacier. Don’t miss it. ‘The Himalayan Frontier‘. Part IX. On March 8, 2024, at 7 PM IST. In this episode, explaining the Siachen Glacier and its strategic significance for India, a StratNews team of Amitabh P. Revi, Rohit Pandita, and Karan Marwaha travels from Leh to Khardung La at 17,982 feet. Firstly, this documentary of our travel through the Nubra Valley to the Siachen Base Camp, captures aspects of the Siachen Battle School’s pre-induction training for troops. That is before they are deployed at the world’s third pole, Secondly, we film the role the Indian Air Force’s MI-17 and Cheetal helicopters have as a strategic lifeline for those at the forward posts.
Finally, O.P. Baba is an intrinsic part of the lives of all those who serve in Siachen. Find out why. The documentary ends with homage paid at the Siachen War Memorial.
The Himalayan Frontier Series
Part I: Watch then Northern Army Commander, the now Vice Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen. Upendra Dwivedi tell StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin Gokhale that the “situation (with China) is stable but sensitive and not normal”.
Episode II: Indian Army Chief, General Manoj Pande tells Nitin A. Gokhale in an exclusive interview, that talks with China are continuing at both military and diplomatic levels but India is maintaining a robust posture along the LAC.
In Part III: India’s Infra Thrust To Ladakh: Countering China & Pakistan. We present an overall ground report.
Episode IV: The Nimu-Padam-Darcha (NPD) Road: It undeniably provides Critical Connectivity To The China, Pakistan Himalayan Fronts In Ladakh.
Part V: Significantly, the Director General of the BRO, Lt General Raghu Srinivasan speaks to us on the frozen Zanskar River ‘Chadar’ trail.
Episode VI: The Indian Air Force & China, Pakistan Two-Front Ladakh Threat: Air Officer Commanding, Leh Air Force Station Air Commodore D.S.Handa’s interview.
Part VII: The Indian Air Force’s China Challenge In Ladakh And A Slice Of Tibet. A ground report.
Episode VIII: The Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhuri speaks exclusively to Nitin A. Gokhale.
