China brings more boats and additional troops at Pangong Lake.

Satellite imagery of July 29, 2020, from open-source intelligence data, revealed that China had deployed 13 boats with naval troops at Pangong Lake.

Satellite imagery of July 29, 2020, from open-source intelligence data, revealed that China had deployed 13 boats with naval troops at Pangong Lake.India and China were engaged in a stand-off in Ladakh in May 2020. The satellite images showed that China had deployed additional troops to increase strength from Finger-5 to 8, and had deployed patrol boats near Pangong Lake. After the disengagement, China has moved back by about 1.5-2 km in various locations, but it started to increase its strength in Finger-5 from July 15, 2020. On July 15, 2020, 8 boats of the People's Liberation Army were visible in Finger-6, which increased to ten on July 29, 2020.

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