Hari Sud’s International View

 Drought the Political Earthquake in China, US and Europe China is in a grip of drought, even River Yangtze basis has dried up with no rainfall and only about 30% power generation is possible. The US who is so much proud of its Colorado River has dried up. It serves 40 million people and irrigates millions of acres of fruit and vegetable production. The famous Hoover Dam has only 30% water left and elsewhere dry and parched land is catching fire. The worst of all - Europe, where UK, Germany, France and other tiny countries are suffering the after effects of this year's drought. This is in addition to the NATO war in Ukraine and the possible interruption of Russia's gas supply. This will end the war very soon. It is all blamed on La Niña impact where sea temperature dips by a degree every three or four years and creates a geographic impact, the likes of which are visible in today’s drought. In previous hundred years or so, the La Niña used to impact mostly Indian Monsoons, but t...

  Chinese 2020/22 unfriendly Act in Ladakh - Part 1 Chinese numerical and infrastructure advantage has been neutralized at the LAC in Ladakh. In addition, their equipment is not robust enough to be reliable in cold air and rarefied heights of 14-20,000 feet. One great disadvantage Chinese suffers is that most of Tibet is a plateau of 4,000 feet and when soldiers come to reinforce from the plateau to the heights, it is a hell of a difficult job. In addition, the Chinese rotate troops between the Sinkiang region and Tibet, so all troops have to be acclimatized for heights first and then reinforce. Yes, the same disadvantage remains for the Indian troops also but because for the Indian reinforcements the mountain starts from Pathankote. The heights are gently scaled from 1,100 feet in Pathankote to 5,000 feet in Srinagar and pass through 14,000 feet Zozila Pass and to 8,500 feet Leh. Then they climb to 14,000 feet of mountains to confront the Chinese. The troops remain within the accl...