Former prime PM Manmohan Singh recently said ‘The road ahead is even more daunting than during the 1991 economic crisis and the nation would need to recalibrate its priorities to ensure a dignified life for all Indians’.

Everyone expects Taliban, supported by Pakistan, which is backed by China to sweep into power in Afghanistan.

Everybody is talking and discussing Afghanistan because of the uncertainty prevailing after a 20-year US and NATO presence.

Sub-Conventional operations which form such an essential part of Hybrid War are never static by nature. Terrorists and insurgents find equipment and methodologies which transform the very nature of conflict.

In order to bolster the morale of its cadres; it can be assessed that a quiet nod may have been given to carry out a dry run and convey a message of the “threat in being”.

Jammu drone attack exposes a lacuna last seen in the Galwan clash – the lack of a joint assessment team.

A news report dated 28 June 2021 in Bloomberg makes the assertion that India has undertaken ‘a historic shift’ towards an offensive military posture against China by redirecting 50,000 additional troops (and new equipment) to its Northern border at different locations.