Avalanche in Siachin kills 6 Indian soldiers

[perplexed]

That 36Bn$ was spent on DEFENCE. Siachen is an offence.

i see what you just did there...

 

[SHAMK9]

why too much Siachen avalanches these days?
rip to jawans

must be the jews ontopic: RIP to the brave soldiers, my prayers are with their families.

 

[ironman1]

why too much Siachen avalanches these days?
rip to jawans

global warming , shrinking glaciers ! (R.I.P. honoured soldiers )

 

[Abingdonboy]

RIP sirs

'We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm'

 

[Nair saab]

Really Sad to know that the Soldier who Joined Army ready to die fighting the enemy Bullet had to achieve Martyrdom by this Way ...

But Death in the Lap of Mother India itself has its own significance... RIP to brave who go through Hell everyday just to make sure we enjoy every moment our life in this country ... We r in debt of u Dheera shur veer pragalbha Yoddhas ...

 

[alibaz]

Rest in peace...........

The state of art avalanche warning system should be set in each base, so that soldiers can be saved from such weather related death.

Normally you don't expect avalanches and slides during this season, its time for accumulation of snow, blizzards and frost bites are more expected due to ever decreasing temperatures. During April and may once temperatures increases and piled up snow finds it difficult to bear its weight, it comes down and causes havoc. I wish there could be something which can save poor soldiers from losing life other than enemy's bullet.

 

[T90TankGuy]

Sad . RIP to the brave souls.

 

[Haseebullah]

May they rest in Peace.

 

[AbhimanyuShrivastav]

Ok. After 30 years, countless soldiers dead, $Billions spent; what has it got both Pakistan and India? Nothing.

Sovereign integrity !! No price too high for that.

 

[ahfatzia]

SRINAGAR, India - An avalanche on the high-altitude Siachen glacier that is disputed between India and Pakistan killed at least six Indian soldiers on Sunday when their outpost was swept away before dawn.

Thousands of soldiers from both nations endure bitter conditions on the glacier, which is dubbed "The world's highest battleground", due to the long-running territorial dispute.

An estimated 8,000 troops have died since 1984, almost all of them from avalanches, landslides, frostbite, altitude sickness or heart failure rather than combat.

"The avalanche struck a forward post early on Sunday morning, burying seven soldiers," army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel J.S. Brar told AFP.

"Rescue operations were launched immediately and so far six bodies have been recovered. The rescue effort is still ongoing."

In April 140 Pakistani soldiers were killed by a huge avalanche on Siachen. Kashmir has been the cause of two wars between India and Pakistan and the nuclear-armed rivals fought over Siachen in 1987, though guns on the glacier have largely fallen silent since a peace process began in 2004.

Avalanche kills six Indian troops on Siachen glacier


RIP for the soldiers and my condolences to their love ones.

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

****,RIP.Posting to siachen is like a death penalty to some penal colony now

 

[SHAMK9]

Sovereign integrity !! No price too high for that.

fine, put them there in thousands next time

 

[AUSTERLITZ]

Siachen treaty could have been possible if pakistan hadn't done kargil.Now army doesn't trust PA.

 

[Ayush]

RIP the brave soldiers guarding our bordres.

That 36Bn$ was spent on DEFENCE. Siachen is an offence.

according to whom?that's the key.one country's defence becomes offence for the other country.

 

[RescueRanger]

May they rest in peace.