The idea is to make the 1.3 million-strong Indian Army leaner, to enhance its combat capabilities, and check human rights violations and corrupt practices.
The crashes occurred in the same region of France in 1950 and 1966. The 1966 crash killed Homi Jehangir Bhabha, revered as the father of India’s nuclear programme.
ISIS claimed responsibility for bombing a wedding reception in Kabul last week. Tracking the rise of ISIS in Afghanistan and its objectives in the conflict-ridden country.
There is no global mechanism to stop countries from entering a competitive devaluation drive, and a US-China currency war could wreck the global economy.
Rakesh Gangwal has accused Rahul Bhatia of ‘questionable’ related party transactions, which Bhatia says have been conducted on an ‘arm’s-length’ basis.
Rs 603 cr Chandrayaan-2 project will be India’s first planetary mission led by women—design engineer Vanitha Muthayaa & mission director Ritu Karidhal.
Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
Ammunition defective, rifles below par, armour badly maintained, and the system riddled with archaic Second World War practices, training and equipment. No co ordination with the IAF – jointness non existent.
The system of training and promotion on merit has failed and mediocre officers head this bloated militia.
The above are just a small sample of a myriad of problems, resolution can start by;
Making new CDS equal or above cabinet rank., to head a joint HQ who will plan the future strategic vision for our armed forces.
New HQ will Plan an integrated force with joint theatre commands.
Will implement Cutting the army to 300,000 persons; and spent 2/3. Of Defence budget on modernisation.
Army to be relieved of its anti insurgency and border security duties, CAPFs to take over this role, army to hand over archaic heavy weapons, rifles and some artillery to them as the new militia.
Pensions a past liability, should be in a separate budget.
Recruit officers from IITs and improve quality of education of future officers, to manage modernised weapons and tactics.
Resolve the Kashmir issue, make peace with our neighbours Pakistan and China.
Improve the countries health and education system and ensure a robust economy to support the military.
Modernisation of a smaller force of less than 300,000 will be more expensive than imagined and cannot be done with the present state of the Indian economy, we must ensure there is no war in the next ten years, because India will lose without a modern army..
All this is of no use. We have obsolete and insufficient inventory. Socialist Modi is unwilling to invest in defence upgrade. China and Pak are miles ahead.
Why peace with those all time busy destabilizing India for than last more than 1000 years ?
Ammunition defective, rifles below par, armour badly maintained, and the system riddled with archaic Second World War practices, training and equipment. No co ordination with the IAF – jointness non existent.
The system of training and promotion on merit has failed and mediocre officers head this bloated militia.
The above are just a small sample of a myriad of problems, resolution can start by;
Making new CDS equal or above cabinet rank., to head a joint HQ who will plan the future strategic vision for our armed forces.
New HQ will Plan an integrated force with joint theatre commands.
Will implement Cutting the army to 300,000 persons; and spent 2/3. Of Defence budget on modernisation.
Army to be relieved of its anti insurgency and border security duties, CAPFs to take over this role, army to hand over archaic heavy weapons, rifles and some artillery to them as the new militia.
Pensions a past liability, should be in a separate budget.
Recruit officers from IITs and improve quality of education of future officers, to manage modernised weapons and tactics.
Resolve the Kashmir issue, make peace with our neighbours Pakistan and China.
Improve the countries health and education system and ensure a robust economy to support the military.
Modernisation of a smaller force of less than 300,000 will be more expensive than imagined and cannot be done with the present state of the Indian economy, we must ensure there is no war in the next ten years, because India will lose without a modern army..
All this is of no use. We have obsolete and insufficient inventory. Socialist Modi is unwilling to invest in defence upgrade. China and Pak are miles ahead.