With networks far easier to establish and communications faster and more reliable, instability spreads many times quicker

The sterling performance of the Army aviators and doctors has created undefined confidence among all ranks. The doctors have routinely pushed the envelope. The medical staff often goes beyond its brief in giving treatment and carrying out exceptional surgeries under field conditions that have resulted in saving lives. Their timely assistance has benefited even the civilian population in border areas.

In identifying areas of indigenisation, there is a need to strike the right balance between maintaining operational readiness and allowing time to promote indigenisation.

Today’s politicians exploit every opportunity to use fear for recruiting volunteers to their own personal causes without realising the flipside

We need to restore confidence on both sides and ensure an atmosphere of reasonable operational freedom without harming people, whom the military also treats as its centre of gravity.

I recently came across an article by Lt Gen K K Khanna, PVSM, AVSM** (Retd) published in Indian Defence Review’s Oct–Dec 21 issue on the subject ‘Air Wars: Evolution and Application in the Indian Context’.