DSDBO.

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Lieutenants think tactics. Generals think logistics. Always has been, always will be.

Confrontation India and China. India plays catch up. Ladakh.

"India and China race to build along a disputed frontier"

From the BBC and the article by Pratik Jakhar

AIR BASE, RAILROAD, ROAD, BRIDGES. SOUP TO NUTS.

"A new road to a high-altitude Indian forward air base is said to have been one of the main triggers for a clash with Chinese troops last month that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead."

The 255km (140-mile) Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Oldi (DSDBO) road - which winds through mountain passes up to the world's highest airstrip more than 5,000m above sea level in the Ladakh region - was finished last year after nearly two decades of work. Its completion could increase India's ability to move men and materiel rapidly in a conflict.

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"Both India and China have devoted money and manpower to building roads, rail links and airfields along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) - the de facto boundary separating them - as well as modernizing their military hardware in the region."

The expedited building of emergency highway and railroad during a time of war historically quite  common. Think the Stuart Highway [Australia], the ALCAN Highway [USA/Canadian], Lake Ladoga ice road/railroad [Soviet Union] during World War Two.

AND NOW LADAKH!

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