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Rather unfortunate, sometimes events need to happen to give us a wake up call… the way our so called democracy works, everything is sadly slow & static and stuck in quagmire. Things do need to be priortized and having a long term vision is a must. We can learn from our current adversary, China, how they have modernized their defence forces and the strides they have made in the last 20 years or so. I am not sure, why India had been sleeping all this time? I hope the government & defence forces work on this long pending agenda now or the writing is on the wall and knocking, one who sleeps, looses all!!
It is the commited and sincere pm that is there as lung leader is strong willed we can bang an enemy with a stick and axe we don’t require raffels. At all ,, if pm presses a switch in N button it will two fronts to an end though we suffer collateral damage
The triad is ready we can fight. War on land ,,air ,, water
It is not weapon but the will to destroy enemy
It is strange that when two-front wars are preparing, the armed forces have to depend on foreign manufacturers to equip themselves. With the nuclear weapons as backdrop, no country can afford to have a large-scale war with India with the risk of escalating into deployment of nuclear weapons in future, building-up Made-in India from modern bullet-proof jackets, helmets, boots and modern assault rifles is an important step before building-up Made-in india for the advanced weapons to equip the army forces.
Author missed the real Problem………………..Modi himself………………India never wanted two front war scenario but because of Modi madness of Aug 5, Kashmir decision now Indian military is forced to fight a two front war which strategically it cannot win in the long run !!!!
Nice writeup. Excellent defence journalist like you should be made part of a comprehensive defence acquisition white paper. To be reviewed periodically. I think it’s high time that INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ADVICE be sought by babus at defence ministry.
Forget this. My friend’s dad, who’s serving in Sikh light Infantry, said a couple of years back to me that more than 60% of the jawans ask the manufacturer to get specialized boots made with their own packet. The bureaucracy & IA even failed to meet this basic requirement of a jawan. Such a pathetic state of affair!
The most glaring example of delay is the procurement of light tanks. Over 73 years ago we saw how effective they were in the Kargil sector when Rajinder SIngh Sparrow’s regiment routed the Pakistanis from Ladakh. Since then not a single step to make modern light tanks was taken and shamefully, we are now roaming the bazaars of the world asking for such systems and making an undignified spectacle of ourselves/
It tells the lack of Congress’s seriousness to serve the country. How could they find time to think for the country when Congress is always busy in scams and backchannel money. Had it not been BJP, these jets would have still been dream. Worry not my fellow sisters and brothers, we have a strong govt. now, who puts nations interest foremost.
Congress government had ordered these Rafale warplanes. BJP was o;opposing it then!
Completely agreed Mr. Snehesh.
Considering the sheer size of our country and extremely aggressive neighbors our forces are 25 years behind. The future too looks bleek. Drdo, Hal and other defense PSU needs to be rebooted.
We are sitting ducks for our enemies. The media circus that is going on with the arrival of Rafel is absolute nonsense. The Chinese and Paks generals will be laughing at our media. IAF has only 29 squadron out of which 2 are Jaguars. In case of real war the piolets flying Jaguars will be on a kamikaze mission.
One was hoping with the arrival of BJP sarkar things will change, but nothing much has happened.
Rather unfortunate, sometimes events need to happen to give us a wake up call… the way our so called democracy works, everything is sadly slow & static and stuck in quagmire. Things do need to be priortized and having a long term vision is a must. We can learn from our current adversary, China, how they have modernized their defence forces and the strides they have made in the last 20 years or so. I am not sure, why India had been sleeping all this time? I hope the government & defence forces work on this long pending agenda now or the writing is on the wall and knocking, one who sleeps, looses all!!
It is the commited and sincere pm that is there as lung leader is strong willed we can bang an enemy with a stick and axe we don’t require raffels. At all ,, if pm presses a switch in N button it will two fronts to an end though we suffer collateral damage
The triad is ready we can fight. War on land ,,air ,, water
It is not weapon but the will to destroy enemy
When we were very very young
Isn’t it rather funny ?
How all the foolish spending stopped
When we ran out of money.
It is strange that when two-front wars are preparing, the armed forces have to depend on foreign manufacturers to equip themselves. With the nuclear weapons as backdrop, no country can afford to have a large-scale war with India with the risk of escalating into deployment of nuclear weapons in future, building-up Made-in India from modern bullet-proof jackets, helmets, boots and modern assault rifles is an important step before building-up Made-in india for the advanced weapons to equip the army forces.
Author missed the real Problem………………..Modi himself………………India never wanted two front war scenario but because of Modi madness of Aug 5, Kashmir decision now Indian military is forced to fight a two front war which strategically it cannot win in the long run !!!!
Nice writeup. Excellent defence journalist like you should be made part of a comprehensive defence acquisition white paper. To be reviewed periodically. I think it’s high time that INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL ADVICE be sought by babus at defence ministry.
Forget this. My friend’s dad, who’s serving in Sikh light Infantry, said a couple of years back to me that more than 60% of the jawans ask the manufacturer to get specialized boots made with their own packet. The bureaucracy & IA even failed to meet this basic requirement of a jawan. Such a pathetic state of affair!
The most glaring example of delay is the procurement of light tanks. Over 73 years ago we saw how effective they were in the Kargil sector when Rajinder SIngh Sparrow’s regiment routed the Pakistanis from Ladakh. Since then not a single step to make modern light tanks was taken and shamefully, we are now roaming the bazaars of the world asking for such systems and making an undignified spectacle of ourselves/
It tells the lack of Congress’s seriousness to serve the country. How could they find time to think for the country when Congress is always busy in scams and backchannel money. Had it not been BJP, these jets would have still been dream. Worry not my fellow sisters and brothers, we have a strong govt. now, who puts nations interest foremost.
Congress government had ordered these Rafale warplanes. BJP was o;opposing it then!
Completely agreed Mr. Snehesh.
Considering the sheer size of our country and extremely aggressive neighbors our forces are 25 years behind. The future too looks bleek. Drdo, Hal and other defense PSU needs to be rebooted.
We are sitting ducks for our enemies. The media circus that is going on with the arrival of Rafel is absolute nonsense. The Chinese and Paks generals will be laughing at our media. IAF has only 29 squadron out of which 2 are Jaguars. In case of real war the piolets flying Jaguars will be on a kamikaze mission.
One was hoping with the arrival of BJP sarkar things will change, but nothing much has happened.