April 1984 saw the Indian Army, supported by the IAF, launch an audacious and preemptive operation to occupy the Saltoro Ridge and dominate the Siachen Glacier. These vignettes are a tribute to that operation.
The officer was killed in Shopian last year while visiting family; GOC commander A.K. Bhatt says Army has ‘avenged’ his death by slaying two of his murderers.
For repetitive cycles of strategic behaviour to be broken, there either must be a ‘Black Swan’ event, or the infusion of a radically different strategy that is accompanied by a raised-risk component.
It doesn’t matter now who would’ve won the single engine fighter contract. What matters is the difficult road ahead, and that’s why the F-35 makes sense.
The IAF is not fundamentally opposed to theatre command or an empowered CDS. There needs to be better understanding between the three services.
Having broadly...
The reasons for both sides preventing any escalation lie in the political and military context of the strategic situation in West Asia within the larger global geopolitical framework.
Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.
Coaching centres for Army aspirants in Jhunjhunu are shutting down due to plummeting admissions in the face of a lack of job guarantees under Agnipath Scheme.
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