Hand-to-Hand Combat at the Top of the World
India and China have been engaged in a border dispute in the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir for several decades. This map from the BBC shows the location of the latest flare-up , at the Galwan Lake. Galwan Lake Clash, BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53089037 Troops along the border have fought before, but this time soldiers, possibly on both sides, have died. What is unusual about this engagement is that apparently the combat was all hand-to-hand. The BBC reported the following: "The image that emerged on Thursday showed crude weapons that appeared to be made from iron rods studded with nails. It was passed to the BBC by a senior Indian military official on the India-China border, who said the weapons had been used by the Chinese. Defence analyst Ajai Shukla, who first tweeted the image, described the use of such weapons as 'barbarism.' The absence of firearms in the clash dates back to a 1996 agreement between the two sides that guns and expl...