Gletser Siachen: Perbedaan antara revisi

|isbn = 9780275973087}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110602/edit.htm#2|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Opinions|publisher=|access-date=2018-11-05|archive-date=2023-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602114556/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2011/20110602/edit.htm#2|dead-url=no}}</ref> Pasukan India di bawah [[Operasi Meghdoot]] mendahului [[Operasi Ababeel]] Pakistan hanya satu hari untuk menduduki sebagian besar ketinggian yang mendominasi di Pegunungan Saltoro di sebelah barat Gletser Siachen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Siachen-height-provides-military-depth-India-cant-afford-to-lose/articleshow/50953480.cms|title=Siachen height provides military depth India can’t afford to lose|access-date=2018-11-05|archive-date=2016-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160212083359/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Siachen-height-provides-military-depth-India-cant-afford-to-lose/articleshow/50953480.cms|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/story-of-saltoro----from-ababeel-to-meghdoot/160184|title=Story of Saltoro – From Ababeel to Meghdoot|access-date=2018-11-05|archive-date=2016-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216072034/http://www.mid-day.com/articles/story-of-saltoro----from-ababeel-to-meghdoot/160184|dead-url=no}}</ref> Namun, lebih banyak tentara tewas karena kondisi cuaca yang keras di wilayah tersebut daripada akibat pertempuran.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/08/world/la-fg-pakistan-avalanche-20120408|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=8 April 2012|accessdate=14 April 2012|first=Alex|last=Rodriguez|title=Avalanche buries Pakistan base; 117 soldiers feared dead|archive-date=2012-04-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416035347/http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/08/world/la-fg-pakistan-avalanche-20120408|dead-url=no}}</ref> Pakistan kehilangan 353 tentara dalam berbagai operasi yang tercatat antara 2003 dan 2010 dekat Siachen, termasuk 140 personel Pakistan yang tewas dalam longsoran Sektor Gayari 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/bleeding-in-siachen-pakistan-losing-30-soldiers-a-year-on-highest-battlefield/articleshow/49012146.cms|title=Bleeding in Siachen: Pakistan losing 30 soldiers a year on highest battlefield|access-date=2018-11-05|archive-date=2022-10-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002112513/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/bleeding-in-siachen-pakistan-losing-30-soldiers-a-year-on-highest-battlefield/articleshow/49012146.cms|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/photos/news/rescue-operations-at-gayari-sector-after-pakistan-avalanche-12822|title=Rescue operations at Gayari Sector after Pakistan avalanche, Photo Gallery|work=NDTV.com|access-date=2018-11-05|archive-date=2022-10-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004193038/https://www.ndtv.com/photos/news/rescue-operations-at-gayari-sector-after-pakistan-avalanche-12822|dead-url=no}}</ref> Antara Januari 2012 dan Juli 2015, 33 tentara India tewas karena cuaca buruk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/33-indian-soldiers-killed-in-siachen-since-2012-govt-115073101052_1.html|title=33 Indian soldiers killed in Siachen since 2012: govt|access-date=2018-11-05|archive-date=2020-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125114848/https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/33-indian-soldiers-killed-in-siachen-since-2012-govt-115073101052_1.html|dead-url=no}}</ref> Pada bulan Desember 2015, Menteri Pertahanan Negara Bagian India [[Rao Inderjit Singh]] mengatakan dalam jawaban tertulis di [[Lok Sabha]] bahwa total 869 personil Angkatan Darat telah kehilangan nyawa mereka di gletser Siachen karena kondisi iklim dan lingkungan dan lainnya faktor sampai tanggal sejak Angkatan Darat meluncurkan Operasi Meghdoot pada tahun 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/in-siachen-869-army-men-died-battling-the-elements/article7978149.ece|title=In Siachen, 869 Army men died battling the elements|author=Dinakar Peri|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-11-05|archive-date=2022-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215180612/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/in-siachen-869-army-men-died-battling-the-elements/article7978149.ece|dead-url=no}}</ref> Baik India dan Pakistan terus mengerahkan ribuan pasukan di sekitar Siachen dan upaya untuk mendemilitarisasi wilayah tersebut sejauh ini tidak berhasil. Sebelum tahun 1984, tidak ada negara yang memiliki kekuatan militer di daerah ini.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/04/07/f-siachen-glacier-kashmir.html|title=Kashmir's Siachen glacier a frigid outpost in India-Pakistan conflict|last=|first=|date=7 April 2012|work=|newspaper=CBC Canada|via=|accessdate=14 April 2012|archive-date=2023-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806131725/https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kashmir-s-siachen-glacier-a-frigid-outpost-in-india-pakistan-conflict-1.1221710|dead-url=no}}</ref><ref name="Eur">{{Cite book