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The Army Needs a Serious Rethink
- February 26, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Category: India
No CommentsThe Financial Express, reported that the capital budget allocation for the Indian Army has reduced from Rs 36, 481.90 to Rs 32,102 crore ( down by 12.2%). Even worse, Indian Army was able to spend just around 40% of its allocated budget. During the mid-year review itself the Army’s capital budget had been reduced.
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Myanmar Chin Armed Group’s Rivalry With Indian Rebel Outfits Dates Back Decades
- February 26, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: China, India, Myanmar
The enmity between the Chin National Army (CNA) and some rebel outfits from India’s northeast can be traced to an episode nearly three decades ago when the Indian army launched Operation Golden Bird to thwart the transshipment of a huge quantity of weapons from Bangladesh.
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INFOSPACE WARS: TOWARDS AN INDIAN INFORMATION OPERATIONS COMMAND Part I: The Infospace Arena and Structural Options
- February 26, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: India
Major world powers have been quick to recognise the changing nature of warfare in the 21st Century, wherein the arena of warfighting is gradually shifting from kinetic conflicts in the physical realm to grey zone operations in the information and cognitive realms.
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Why India should further intensify its efforts to woo Central Asian republics
- February 8, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: India
Regional cooperation to enhance the commonality of views with Central Asia, and counter the assertive Sino-Pakistani axis in Afghanistan are a salient feature of the successful India-Central Asia Summit on 27 January
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India and China share a grey relationship. It all hinges on ‘waiting for the right time’
- February 8, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: China, India
The Klaxon report on PLA’s Galwan Valley deaths gives India enough ammunition to slam China. But its silence is both simple and complicated.
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Why Indian Army Chief’s Ceasefire Statement Antagonized Rawalpindi? – OpEd
- February 8, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: India, Pakistan
With Pakistan army’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations [ISPR] tweeting that “Indian COAS [Chief of Army Staff] claiming LOC [Line of Control] ceasefire holding because they negotiated from position of strength, is clearly misleading,” it’s apparent that this statement has touched some raw nerve in Rawalpindi.
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Defence innovation will cost money, private control. Else be happy with drone light shows
- February 1, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Category: India
Govt procedures that masquerade as safety nets for minimising financial loss can only stifle innovation. Modi govt’s well-intentioned iDEX scheme seems headed that way.
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Defence ministry’s PMA policy is protectionism. Indian-made arms need export market
- February 1, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Category: India
The increase in momentum of ‘self-reliance’ projects by the defence ministry is palpable. But it cannot be successful as a standalone initiative.
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INDIAN ARMY ETHOS: WHAT SEPARATES US FROM THE REST
- February 1, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Category: India
The Indian Army is the finest example of India’s core belief – ‘unity in diversity’. The regimental system represents this with men and women of diverse ethnicities, faiths and linguistic backgrounds living, training, eating, fighting and praying together
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Gen. Syed Ata Hasnain on India’s internal security, China, & Pakistan’s National Security Policy
- February 1, 2022
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: China, India, Pakistan
