India’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat has explicitly stated a military option. To deal with offences by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army in Ladakh is on the table. But will be drilled only if talks between the two armies and the diplomatic option are unfruitful. India and China have held numerous rounds of military and diplomatic talks in the last two-and-half months. But no significant headway has been made in resolution of the border row. Last week, India and China held a fresh round of diplomatic talks to settle the border row in Ladakh.