Indian And Chinese Tanks 'Go Face-To-Face Within 100 Yards Of Each Other

The photograph was first shared on Chinese social media site Weibo by a 'military blogger' and the story has since been picked up by pro-Beijing news sites which boast of the prowess of their Type-15 tanks 

Daily Mail: Indian and Chinese tanks 'go face-to-face within 100 yards of each other on either side of disputed Himalayan region border' 

 * Photo showing tanks lined up was first shared on social media and story since picked up by pro-Beijing press 

 * Image purports to be from the Line of Control (LAC), the poorly defined India-China border in the Himalayas 

 * The frontier saw grisly hand-to-hand combat in June las year which left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead 

 * Thousands of troops have been deployed to the region following the skirmish - the first deadly clash between the two nuclear-armed sides since 1975 

Chinese and Indian tanks are facing off just hundreds of yards from each other at their disputed Himalayan border, according to an image shared on Chinese media. 

The photo shows armored vehicles lined up against each other beside encampments along the 2,000-mile border where last year grisly hand-to-hand combat left 20 Indian soldiers dead.

The image was first shared on Chinese social media site Weibo by a 'military blogger' and the story has since been picked up by pro-Beijing news sites which boast of the prowess of their Type-15 tanks. 

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Update #1: China and India dig in at Himalayan border, with an eye on Washington (SCMP) 

Update #2: Images of India-China Tank Face-Off on Disputed Himalayan Border Area Go Viral (Sputnik) 

WNU Editor: Both sides have no interest to back down.

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