1.A small town called Daulat Beg (DB) in India is the centre of attention. India had a small military base, perhaps a battalion in DB since long.The critical factor about DB is that it is only 8 miles from the Karakorum Pass which can provide access to Gilgit.
2.In the last one year or so,India has upgraded the base to brigade level by connecting it to the internal road network. This is a crucial development having grave consequences for Pakistan and CPEC.
Indians constructed a road Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg in October last year with the sole purpose of supplying the DB Brigade.
Chinese made a brilliant move in the last couple of weeks, and landed 5,000 troops inside Galwan Valley.The western ridge of the valley now occupied by Chinese effectively covers the newly constructed Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Road. Now that the road is dominated and threatened, there is no other supply route to DB, except by air.
5.Galwan is a tight valley, and once inside it the Chinese have sealed the mouth of the Valley. This has put Indians in a very serious dilemma as it is militarily very difficult to remove the strong Chinese presence with out escalating the international tension.
6, Important to note is that the Galwan Valley is well inside the Line of Actual Control (LAC) on the Indian side and yet Indians are not making any hue and cry which is their norm.Strategic value of Galwan Valley can be well understood in the present situation.
With control over the supply road lost to the Chinese, the significance of the DB Brigade has now been effectively reduced to zero.This is a very positive development, a Pak-China collaboration to thwart Indo-US design. And this has far reaching consequences in favour of Pakistan and a blunted move which has removed future troubles in the area.
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