India is prepared to meet any misadventure-General Naravane

Army Chief General M M Naravane on Thursday said that border incidents between India and China will continue to occur till a boundary agreement is reached between the two countries. Recent developments in Afghanistan "have definitely been the focus" of the Indian Army that continues to evaluate threat perceptions and formulate strategies accordingly, the Army chief added while addressing a gathering at the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Discussing China, he said, "we have an outstanding border issue. We are again well prepared to meet any misadventure that may occur as we have demonstrated in the past." Referring to Afghanistan, he said the Indian Army "or the armed forces for that matter continue to carry out periodic evaluation of threat perceptions".Based on those evaluations, the Indian Army formulates strategies and doctrines that are needed to meet future threats, he noted. As far as the terrorist threat is concerned, the Indian Army is ready to meet all challenges, Naravane said. 
"We have a very dynamic counterinsurgency and counterterrorist grid in Jammu and Kashmir. It is based on threat perception and the escalating levels of attempts by our western neighbour (Pakistan) to push in more and more terrorists," he said. Based on ups and downs, we also recalibrate our levels of operations, he added. The India-China border dispute covers the 3,488-km-long LAC. China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibet while India contests it.