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Why India Occupied Siachen?

Siachen control gives India proximity to a very critical Sino-Pakistani highway...

sorry mate, it doesn't the strategical Pakistan-china road link known as the Karakorum highways is located quite faraway north west from the siachen glacier the area is extremely well guarded & quite deep inside gilgit-baltistan area in fact its very close to the pak-afghan-china border triangle in the Khunjerab Pass area of gilgit-baltistan




It connects China and Pakistan across the Karakoram mountain range, through the Khunjerab Pass, at an altitude of 4,693 m/15,397 ft as confirmed by both SRTM and multiple GPS readings.[2] It connects China's Xinjiang region with Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

http://pamirtours.pk/maps/Karakoram_Highway_Map.jpg

the red line going from gilgit baltistan to china is the Pakistan-China Karakorum highway

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Makes me feel how hopeless our army is :lazy: it's like IA could just walk to any place in Pakistan with one hand tied behin their backs :help:
 
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Gilgit Baltistan is as much part of J & K as other parts are including siachen glacier, saksham valley, aksai chin etc because all these areas were part of princely sate of kashmir. as far as siachen glacier is concerned then siachen glacier is either shown as independent identity or part of indian J&K in international maps & not as a part of pakistani kashmir.
 
What a question!?

As a part of J&K it has historically belonged to us. What's there to occupy in it? :what:

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Gilgit Baltistan is as much part of J & K as other parts are including siachen glacier, saksham valley, aksai chin etc because all these areas were part of princely sate of kashmir. as far as siachen glacier is concerned then siachen glacier is either shown as independent identity or part of indian J&K in international maps & not as a part of pakistani kashmir.
In the 1846 Treaty of Amritsar, this region was initially excluded
from the state of Jammu and Kashmir. However, later, the Hindu Dogra
rulers of the princely state were allowed to administer them on behalf of
the British for reasons of access. However, the people of Northern Areas
did not accept the suzerainty of Dogras, who exercised meaningless
control over the region through a British Political Agent based in Gilgit
or through local princes of the vassal states such as Hunza and Nagar. In
1935, the British got these territories on lease for a 60-year period from
the Dogras. The lease was cancelled, as the British decided to partition
the Subcontinent. Afterwards, the Dogras tried to re-assert their political
control over the Northern Areas, but its people fought valiantly,
liberating the region and then willingly acceding to Pakistan a few
months after independence.

The only purpose of Siachen was to show off.
 
As per the treaty between India and Pakistan, the last demarcated point on the LOC in J&K is NJ 9842. Beyond this point the LOC is supposed to "extend northwards" as per the wording of the treaty.

I would say that the Siachen problem is very easy to solve if both India and Pakistan agree to concede areas on either side of this northwards line, and extend the LOC as per the natural geographical contours.

Pakistan would gain some areas immediately north of NJ 9842, and India would gain some areas a little further north. The boundary would go along the Saltoro ridge.
 
The only purpose of Siachen was to show off.

nope...its purpose is to force you guys to demarcate border of this area properly...else you guys captured this area and we would lost another few thousand sq km...
 
What is the death toll of IA since the last couple of years in Siachen? Has it finally gone down to 0.
 
I resent and question the title of this thread.

You do not ' occupy' territory that belongs to you. You at best place sentinels to prevent its occupation by others.
 
I think both India and Pakistan can try to solve the issue in a spirit of cooperation.

The IA has in the past offered to withdraw provided the existing positions held by IA & PA are marked, verified and accepted . This unfortunately is unacceptable to Pak / PA as they stand to lose and it then establishes Indias standpoint all along.

While the nations squabble, soldiers on both sides die.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/strategic-geopolitical-issues/5101-indias-sly-game-siachen.html
 
ignoring the its our territory no need to occupy rants..... so far what is the usage of siachin other then territory its doesnt show the highway pass fully and cant do anything since our army is down there and any attack to break through wont help so other then this i see it nothing more then a control of territory that cant offer much but still some solution has to be reached or this will go on forever and the accepting loc or loac isnt helping the situation
 
The IA has in the past offered to withdraw provided the existing positions held by IA & PA are marked, verified and accepted . This unfortunately is unacceptable to Pak / PA as they stand to lose and it then establishes Indias standpoint all along.

While the nations squabble, soldiers on both sides die.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/strategic-geopolitical-issues/5101-indias-sly-game-siachen.html

Any solution has to be based on extending the LOC. Not a good idea to leave anything vague or undefined.

Currently Saltoro ridge is under Indian control.

What would the Indian Army say if the boundary were to go along the ridge?

It would be very difficult to regain the dominating heights if they came under adverse occupation.

But then what if there were a demilitarized zone on either side of the ridge, patrolled by UAVs of both sides? That way it will be difficult for one side to surreptitiously occupy the heights.

I think it will be difficult for India to withdraw from the dominating heights unless it was part of a broader deal on J&K.
 

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