Legacy points like unsettled borders have grown in scale and depth: Army Chief

As disengagement at Pangong Tso began on Wednesday, marking a breakthrough within the standoff that started in May 2020, Army Chief General M M Naravane Thursday stated that whilst new challenges are showing, India’s legacy challenges, together with the problem of unsettled borders, haven’t gone away.
In a recorded deal with for the Center for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), a navy suppose tank, on Multi-Domain operations and the way forward for warfare, Naravane stated, referring to the standoff with China in japanese Ladakh, “Ongoing developments along our northern borders should cause us to ponder over yet another reality, i.e. the nature of our unsettled borders and consequent challenges with regard to the preservation of our territorial integrity and sovereignty.”
He talked about that “without doubt there are newer threats on the horizon, but the hard reality is that the legacy challenges have not quite gone away” and added that “they have only grown in scale and intensity”.

“While the Indian Army will continue to prepare and adapt to the future, the more proximate, real and present dangers, on our active borders cannot be ignored,” he stated.