• Ministry of Defence has lofty reform plans for 2025. First, establish Theatre Commands

    • February 20, 2025
    • Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
    • Category: India
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    India’s political leadership must recognise

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  • Bangladesh, Myanmar pose new security threats for India—domestic politics isn’t helping either

    • February 17, 2025
    • Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
    • Categories: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
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    Earlier, terrorist attacks emanated from Pakistan

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  • India’s threat imagination can’t depend on China’s LAC goodwill. Brace for aggressive moves

    • January 6, 2025
    • Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
    • Categories: China, India
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    China perhaps sees India as a potential spoiler

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  • Uber isn’t a threat to India’s national security. IAF, Navy withdrawing MoU is overreaction

    • December 29, 2024
    • Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
    • Category: India
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    Armed Forces personnel are vulnerable to major threats

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  • Ex-Agniveers will be desperate for jobs. Rejig Agnipath before they go to foreign battlefields

    • September 19, 2024
    • Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
    • Categories: Gaza, India, Israel, Russia, Ukraine
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    The deaths of Indians in the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza wars

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  • Agnipath scheme has turned into political football. Time to strike a consensus on its tenure

    • August 14, 2024
    • Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
    • Category: India
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    The Agnipath scheme has morphed into a game of political football

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  • Modi 3.0 must improve civil-military relations. Bring NSS, relieve CDS of extra duties

    • August 8, 2024
    • Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
    • Category: India
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    India’s Chief of Defence Staff is mandated to wear too many hats

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  • Even if Agnipath is scrapped, India needs tough reforms to cut ballooning defence pensions

    • July 19, 2024
    • Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
    • Category: India
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    The mounting defence pension burden lingered until Agnipath came in 2022.

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  • Army caught between religious & constitutional values. Defend secular, apolitical nature

    • July 18, 2024
    • Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
    • Category: India
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    The political winds blowing in India

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  • What are China’s intentions in building Shaksgam Valley road? Not security, look to politics

    • July 18, 2024
    • Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
    • Category: China
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    Protests by the MEA help, at best

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