Indigenisation of air defence guns are priority & integrated electronic warfare systems are being tested along Line of Actual Control, says Gen. Manoj Pande
Appointment to the top post is likely to take place Tuesday or Wednesday, according to reports. Under Pakistani law, the incumbent PM is empowered to select the army chief.
Gen Naravane also makes it clear that China’s new land law, which seeks to unilaterally delineate and demarcate territorial boundaries with India and Bhutan, isn’t binding.
The visit that aims to further strengthen strategic defence cooperation between both countries comes weeks after EAM Jaishankar & Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar travelled to Israel.
From having 3 deputy chiefs to DG Rashtriya Rifles being moved out to Northern Command as ADG, many key changes have taken place at the Army HQ over the last one year.
At annual press meet, Gen M.M. Naravane said events in eastern Ladakh show there was need for rebalancing deployment towards northern borders, and that has been done.
Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.
Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.
None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.
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