PROFESSOR CLAIMS CHINA MICROWAVED INDIAN TROOPS

China used ‘microwave weapon’ against Indian soldiers deployed on 2 strategic hilltops in Ladakh: Report

 

Times Now

November 17. 2020

 

NEW DELHI -- As the border standoff between the Indian and Chinese armies stretches into the cold winter in Ladakh, it has emerged that the People's Liberation Army reportedly used a "microwave weapon" against Indian soldiers in the battlefield. 

A leading UK daily reported that China’s PLA used microwave weapon on Indian troops deployed at two strategic hilltops in eastern Ladakh.

The use of weapon turned the hilltops "into a microwave oven", forcing Indian soldiers to retreat and allowing the positions to be retaken by the Chinese without an exchange of conventional fire, The Times reported.

The report was based on claims made by Jin Canrong, a professor of international relations at Beijing-based Renmin University.

The professor said during a lecture that the use of the weapon helped the PLA adhere to no-live-shot rule while dealing with Indian soldiers at the standoff point. “The microwave attack was said to have taken place on August 29,” he stated.

As per a February 2019 report in en.people.cn, China was working on a non-lethal weapon system based on microwave radar technology.

The chief engineer of the project, surnamed Su, was quoted as saying that Microwave Active Denial System works by shooting millimetre microwaves at targets, which can cause the pain nerve under the skin to ache in a bid to effectively halt the objective's violent actions and disperse targets.

According to a 2008 New Scientist report, microwaves can heat body tissues, "causing a shockwave inside the skull that can be detected by the ears".

The revelation has come on the back of reports that during the ongoing military and diplomatic talks to resolve the months-long border dispute, India and China have reached a not-yet-signed verbal agreement on disengagement along the Line of Actual Control, starting from Pangong Tso (lake).

It was reported that as part of the disengagement plan reached, whose timeline was yet to be finalised, China would retreat to Finger 8 on the north bank of Pangong lake while India would go back to its position which existed pre-April/May.

The two sides would then engage on the southern bank of the Pangong Tso before the disengagement moves to Depsang.

However, the Chinese state media has denied any such understanding on disengagement along the LAC.

UPDATE:

India dismisses claim that China used microwave weapons on its troops in Himalayan border battle as 'fake news' and says 'our soldiers are still there'

 

Daily Mail

November 18, 2020

 

India has dismissed claims that China used microwave weapons on its troops in a Himalayan border battle as 'fake news' and says 'our solders are still there'.

The denial comes after a Beijing professor said that Chinese troops used the weapons to force Indian soldiers to retreat by making them violently sick during the clash between the two countries earlier this year.

The electromagnetic weapons which cook the human tissue of enemy troops 'turned the mountain tops into a microwave oven' and made the Indian soldiers vomit, international studies expert Jin Canrong told his students in Beijing. 

 

But according to Indian officials, China is seeding 'fake news' about the weapons, saying on Tuesday: 'It's pure and poor psyops from China'.

The Indian army issued a denial on Tuesday and noted that its soldiers still remain in control of the high ground in the disputed border region, where Beijing captured two key hilltops after clashes in June that saw at least 20 Indian soldiers killed.