Forces in JK recover Chinese-made telecommunications equipment from terrorists

Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed a spike in terror attacks in recent weeks and during these operations' security forces have recovered arms and ammunition along with communication devices from various parts of the Union Territory. Security forces have recently recovered Chinese-made telecommunication equipment from the terrorists in Jammu Kashmir. These devices are meant for the Pakistan Army but are being recovered from the terror groups in Jammu Kashmir.

In recent recoveries made by the security forces, highly encrypted Chinese telecom gear known as "Ultra Set" mostly used by the Pakistan Army was recovered from the terrorists. Jammu and Kashmir Police's DGP recently said that there are around 70-80 foreign terrorists active in the Union Territory and most of them had recently infiltrated. This clearly indicates that these terror groups are hand in glove with the Pakistan Army.

The Chinese equipment has been often recovered by the security forces in the Kashmir Valley from the terrorists active in Jammu and Kashmir. In a recent hideout bust in North Kashmir, Sources in the security forces said that they had recovered the 'Ultra Set' handsets from the operation site while after the recent attacks in Jammu, the forces also recovered it from the terrorists in the area.

These Chinese-made "Ultra Set" handsets, mostly combine cell-phone capabilities with specialised radio equipment that does not rely on traditional mobile technologies like Global System for Mobile (GSM) or Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA). "Ultra Set" handsets work on radio waves for message transmission and reception, with each "Ultra Set" linked to a control station located across the border. Sources say that Chinese satellites are used to carry these messages which are compressed to bytes from the handset to the master server in Pakistan for its onward transmission.

Recovery of this equipment from the terror groups also indicates the support that the Chinese government is providing to Pakistan, which eventually lands up in the hands of these terror groups. This also comes in the backdrop of China Pakistan meeting regarding the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

The 3rd round of the Joint Consultative Mechanism (JCM) of Political Parties on CPEC and the Pakistan-China Political Parties Forum was held in Islamabad. In the meeting, Both China and Pakistan reaffirmed the salience of CPEC and pledged to make joint efforts for its up-gradation and for further strengthening the Pakistan-China All-weather Strategic Cooperative Partnership.