As in 1971, the political leadership in 2020 did not get involved in military matters and gave the directive correctly, with the defence minister advising the Army chief, “Jo uchit samjho wo karo'.
Rechin La was a tactical success and a strategic warning. It exposed a system where political leaders seek control without defining boundaries, leaving commanders to assume strategic responsibility.
If anything, India's political leaders will now be more susceptible to military advice without any corresponding increase in their ability to interrogate them.
The Army seems to be getting dragged into every debate in the media, whether it is about patriotism, nationalism, student politics or the national anthem.
The CPI(M) and Congress barely made it to the headlines. While newspapers have written about the two parties, they have been almost completely ignored by television news.
By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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