Amid the ongoing dispute in eastern Ladakh, the army is considering converting some of its war formations (configuration or structure) into dual-tasks that will be allowed to deal with both China and Pakistan. Until now, the main focus of the war formation remained at the Pakistan border as there was no significant threat to the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The balance of military operational preparedness is heavily tilted towards the western border. This can be understood from the fact that three strike corps have been deployed there whereas only one aggressive mountain strike corps was created for the northern