India sending "mission specific troops" to the border with China...

A consignment of 500 body protectors (riot protective gear) was airlifted from Mumbai to Leh, where it will be distributed amongst #IndianArmy troops who are deployed along LAC.
Source - India Today pic.twitter.com/gsutOqbwBt

— Indian Defence (@IndianDefenceRA) June 18, 2020

Well at least they'll be better equipped to deal with barbwire wrapped clubs. The bad news is it looks like efforts to de-escalate this thing appear to be failing.

How long before some battalion commander says the hell with it...my troops will not get blungened and we're gonna start shooting?

The weird thing?  Face saving culture on both sides will preclude either from backing down.  Unless we see a UN Force between the two this will inevitably lead to shooting at some point...perhaps EVEN WITH a UN Force trying to maintain things.