tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post2981929619583266226..comments2024-03-29T08:46:03.743-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: India's defence cost: High on personnel and low on modernisationBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-59529352752293879692023-08-17T10:56:32.036-07:002023-08-17T10:56:32.036-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Roylparkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18026347842481944685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-67802615441830729702020-06-29T18:50:59.366-07:002020-06-29T18:50:59.366-07:00First of all, Currently, India is the second-large...First of all, Currently, India is the second-largest army in the world and moreover. India has held a tag of the peaceful nation for a very long time so maybe they had tried to build that reputation by spending more on military personnel rather than the modernization of equipment. Furthermore, if you are comparing India with Pakistan on a military basis then I guess you need to check out on other spendings as well & as much as I know Pakistan does not have anything except its military & we all know how military meddles in the politics of Pakistan.Rubalhttps://lyricsaavn.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-28336443605712516652020-05-04T07:33:37.223-07:002020-05-04T07:33:37.223-07:00In a fascist state, difference between state, part...<br />In a fascist state, difference between state, party, nation and leader melts. Isn’t it, only a year back we hear Modi ji ki Sena in a election rally?<br /><br />Officially and an national consensus, we pat our back for Defence Forces operations against terrorists - Uri & Balakot and have a massive deployment of Defence Forces in a police action in Kashmir. Is this the Strategic role of Defence Forces for a nation wanting to be the 3 rd largest economy? K<br /><br />Without a technology base and a Indigenous Industrial complex no nation can climb the economic ladder. Unfortunately, under Modi , we have outsource Defence Preparedness to equipment buying alined to securing Veto’s in security council while giving lip service to Make in India. <br /><br />Unlike China, who has developed capability to a plan since 2008, reduced the size of its Defence Forces but give it teeth, we have imported stuff with no coherent plan or maintenance capability. Every 40% available on these imported equipment is considered excellent. Ie just to meet availability due to maintenance, India need 2 or 3 time the equipment compared to China, who also design and makes fit for purpose equipment in pursuance to its need/ doctrine ( Aircraft Killer Missiles Target US 7th fleet). <br /><br />You make a good point wrt PPP on Chinese Defence Budget. But long term availability and life cycle cost will makes PLA even more frugal and lethal. Their Hyper Sonic capability now under deployment and Cyber will make them decades ahead of us. <br /><br />If India has to raise and catch up in 15 -20 years, we need a much smaller Defence Forces alined to our Strategic Objectives asap at the tactical and military planning level. This also needs to be alined at Strategic and Political level as a collision of democracies with USA and JAPAN. It has to be a pragmatic technological alliance of democracies and with substantial rethinking of Security Strategy & Defence Forces role in popular discourse. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-17838573226001859722020-05-02T10:50:17.448-07:002020-05-02T10:50:17.448-07:00India's military is poorly trained ?
Do you ca...India's military is poorly trained ?<br />Do you care to explain ? <br />Is this what you have to say, when a colonel rank officer is put through a military academy ( 2 in your case), YOs, DSSC, JC, SC, + a no. of other arm specific courses ?<br />And, still, the likes of you have to quit, possibly seeing no future ?<br />This is the mumbo jumbo, that idiots like you dish out everyday, without justifying, that gets you called as #Prestitutes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-31228820980280068282020-05-01T04:35:36.047-07:002020-05-01T04:35:36.047-07:00Hi Col S,
I submit that the role of the armed forc...Hi Col S,<br />I submit that the role of the armed forces of the UK and USA is power projection and combat, pure and simple, with a minor role in disaster management and humanitarian tasks.<br /><br />The role of the armed forces in India is a bit more nuanced than that. In addition to power projection and combat when called upon, they are also part of the the hidden mesh of sinews that hold the nation together, in defiance of all the forecasts that India would fall apart soon after independence. This needs more people than equipment.<br />Jai Hind<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com