New Delhi India January 7 ANI Amid Chinese media claims that robotic soldiers have been deployed by their army, top security forces on Friday said that even though no such soldiers have yet been sighted on the borders, it would be helpful for the People's Liberation Army to cope with the bone-chilling winters there.
This is the second consecutive year that Chinese soldiers have been forced to stay put on Indian borders, where temperatures range from minus 20 to 40 degrees Celsius.
We have yet to come across any of these robotic soldiers armed with guns. But if the Chinese army is doing so, it would help their soldiers who are finding it hard to survive there, sources told ANI.
The Chinese soldiers are finding it hard to come out of their barracks as they venture outside only for very short periods and get inside quickly, they said.
Last year they had to bring in 90 per cent of fresh troops to replace the older ones who had suffered severe cold-related injuries and trauma.
Chinese troops were being rotated at high altitude posts on an almost daily basis, and their movement had become very restricted, even during the deployment in friction points in the Pangong lake area.
The Indian forces are physiologically acclimatized to high altitudes and mountain warfare and can tackle adverse weather conditions and rough terrain.
The Indian Army deploys troops in high altitude areas for a period of two years and around 40 -- 50 per cent of troops are rotated every year.