Amidst the tensions between India and China over the issue of Galwan Valley, India has mobilised fighter jets and attack helicopters along the LAC border.
In the aftermath of China laying claim to the entire Galwan valley area into which the country has now moved bulldozers and equipment, Indian fighter jets are now patrolling the border skies. This latest action comes after it was images of China using bulldozer to divert the course of a river near the disputed border surfaced.
Chinese Soldiers in a medieval-style brutality had used spiked clubs and rocks as weapons as both sides engaged in clashes on the intervening night of June 15 and 16.
The midnight braw earlier in part of the disputed Ladakh region along the Himalayan frontier was the deadliest in 45 years.
The Chinese aggression came is seen as a response to India increasing its border infrastructure development at a rapid pace. Within days after the clash, India announced the completion of the 60 m bridge over the Galwan river which China had objected to.