Armenia has procured significant defence equipment from India, including artillery guns, multi-barrel rocket launchers, air defence system, sniper rifles, weapons locating radars, anti-drone weapons.
The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.
Speaking at launch of Foreign Policy Survey 2024, the Chief of Defence Staff said stance of US & influence of outside powers on distressed nations in Indian Ocean region adds complexity.
Pakistan wanted to get India to its knees in 48 hours but instead folded up in about 8 hours, he asserts. 'India is not going to live under shadow of terror & nuclear blackmail.'
The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
CDS to defence minister:
Our birds are junk. Our tanks are filled with adulterated fuel. Our garrisons are worse than slums. Our border roads are a joke. We are stuck in 1947 warfare.
CDS to defence minister:
Our birds are junk. Our tanks are filled with adulterated fuel. Our garrisons are worse than slums. Our border roads are a joke. We are stuck in 1947 warfare.