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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
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
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
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
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
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
Protests by the MEA help, at best
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Agnipath scheme holds the key to a stronger army. The only hurdle is selection process
- March 13, 2023
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Category: India
Selecting Agniveers based on population ratios rewards poor performance in family planning.
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Pakistan’s peace calls with India scream strategic desperation. It won’t bear results
- February 1, 2023
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Category: Pakistan
For Pakistan’s strategic orientation to change, India must provide some reassurance. But India’s military is structured to capture some of Pakistan’s territory.
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Army’s most potent weapon against China on Indian borders—human force
- February 1, 2023
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Category: India
China’s evident operational designs mean there is no better preparation for the Army than to be ready to pay back in the same kind of like-for-like retorts.
