evidence: India today has over 80 posts on the Saltoro ridge after the AGPL starting stabilising by late Eighties. This means that troops are well dug-in and it is virtually impossible for either side to make territorial gains on the Saltoro ridge, Infantry assaults to dislodge the opponent and moves to occupy adjoining un-held crests and heights with the aim to dominate opponent’s location are no longer possible. Military strategy adopted by both nations has been two-fold: use of artillery to hit known dug-in-locations and moves to make tactical gains in the sensitive and vulnerable Sub-Sector West or Southern Sector, which requires a correct mix of artillery, small arms, and an employment of troops. The artillery has emerged as the main mass killer. As terrain and weather peculiarities were overcome with time and experience, a mix of artillery guns and mortars wrought most casualties second only to those by weather.