The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.
Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
I have been to that sector and helped collecting the remnants and gory memories of the battle. It was difficult to reach there in 1998, I can imagine what the state of communication had been in 1962. Our valiant soldiers fought to the end. Villagers tell stories of their superhuman deeds.
It’s an open secret that Nehru didn’t like or trust the army. It was even rumoured that he’d questioned the very need for India having an army, saying India only needed a police force. Hence, one can understand why the army was so totally under-equipped and unprepared for action in 1962….everyone knows who’s ultimately responsible for the ’62 fiasco, and then some.
If only CHAACHAA ( TREMBLING WAS HE ?) was not there we Indians would have defeated Chinks. China won because they did not have a Chaaachaaa at the helm
My salutes to the braves defending the Country. Vandemataram
Though I am a veteran of another generation, the 1962 Indo-China war has left a deep wound on the psyche of the Indian Army. It has left a lasting lesson for the Govts and the country how not to enter into a war with your neighbour without properly equipping yourselves. The Indian Army doesn’t lack TRG, grit and commitment. But without adequate arms, ammunition, artillery and air support, no army can survive a superior enemy. 1962 will never get repeated, since the govt woke up to the fact that if we have to protect our borders, then a strong Armed Forces is absolutely necessary. Jai Hind.
Please respect history, don’t talk nonsense.
I have been to that sector and helped collecting the remnants and gory memories of the battle. It was difficult to reach there in 1998, I can imagine what the state of communication had been in 1962. Our valiant soldiers fought to the end. Villagers tell stories of their superhuman deeds.
It’s an open secret that Nehru didn’t like or trust the army. It was even rumoured that he’d questioned the very need for India having an army, saying India only needed a police force. Hence, one can understand why the army was so totally under-equipped and unprepared for action in 1962….everyone knows who’s ultimately responsible for the ’62 fiasco, and then some.
If only CHAACHAA ( TREMBLING WAS HE ?) was not there we Indians would have defeated Chinks. China won because they did not have a Chaaachaaa at the helm
My salutes to the braves defending the Country. Vandemataram
Though I am a veteran of another generation, the 1962 Indo-China war has left a deep wound on the psyche of the Indian Army. It has left a lasting lesson for the Govts and the country how not to enter into a war with your neighbour without properly equipping yourselves. The Indian Army doesn’t lack TRG, grit and commitment. But without adequate arms, ammunition, artillery and air support, no army can survive a superior enemy. 1962 will never get repeated, since the govt woke up to the fact that if we have to protect our borders, then a strong Armed Forces is absolutely necessary. Jai Hind.