Siachen base camp
The Siachen base camp is a camp of the Indian army on the Siachen glacier in Kashmir, which is disputed between India and Pakistan . It is connected to the city of Leh in Ladakh , a six-hour drive away, by what is probably the world's highest road .
The base camp of the Indian army was set up in the Siachen conflict , which began on April 13, 1984, to supply their stationed troops. Temperatures drop down to −50 ° C in winter, blizzards can last 20 days and snowfall meters high every day. About 2,300 soldiers and, according to other sources, 4,000 soldiers on both sides were killed in this conflict; this less through armed conflicts than through the living conditions in great cold and altitude. The Pakistani troops maintain their base camp in Goma .
The Indian military camp consists of several camouflaged huts that are built under the protection of a hill. There is also a small Hindu temple that is decorated with several banners. The temple is dedicated to the soldier Bana Singh, who captured a Pakistani post and received an order for it. There is also a helicopter landing pad .
After numerous attacks, primarily through artillery fire , the fighting has ceased in 2003. Since 2005, high-ranking officials from both sides have been negotiating a solution to the conflict.
In October 2008 the sought Chief of Staff of the US Army George W. Casey with the Indian Army chief General Deepak Kapoor on the base camp. Casey was particularly interested in "[...] for developing concept and medical aspect of fighting in severe cold conditions and high altitudes" (German: for a development concept and medical aspects in combat in extremely cold surroundings and high altitudes).