The Marine Commandos (MARCOS) of the Indian Navy have been stationed in the Pangong lake area in eastern Ladakh, amid the ongoing Indo-China stand-off.
The Navy commandos are also soon going to get new boats for operations in the lake are along with the existing infrastructure for operations in the lake, they said.
The Chinese have also maintained special troops on their side of the LAC.
The Indian Navy has deployed teams of its MARCOS in the Wular lake area of Jammu and Kashmir to tackle terrorism there.
The idea behind the deployment of the MARCOS in Eastern Ladakh where Indian Air Force's Garud operatives and Indian Army's Para Special Forces, which have been there since day one of the conflicts, is to enhance the integration of the three services and provide the naval commandos exposure to extreme cold weather conditions, government sources as quoted by ANI.
"The MARCOS have been deployed in the Pangong lake area where the Indian and Chinese forces have been engaged in a conflict situation since April-May timeframe this year," the sources said.
Indian Army's Special Forces including the Para Special Forces and Cabinet Secretariat's Special Frontier Force have been operating in Eastern Ladakh for carrying out special operations for a long time. The special troops belonging to both the Army and Air Force have been there for more than six months now.
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