tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post3581887115368835238..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: General Bipin Rawat’s chopper crash caused by pilots’ misjudgement: Court of InquiryBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-2845970866590322152022-10-10T07:53:35.153-07:002022-10-10T07:53:35.153-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.callmebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12732759789389766623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-38296391365621558472022-01-15T22:32:22.496-08:002022-01-15T22:32:22.496-08:00# there is a select, carefully chosen cohort of fl...# there is a select, carefully chosen cohort of flyers for the flight of rotary winged aircraft of the IAF, based at sulur to ferry brass to wellington. IAF pilots are combat pilots, not civilian air taxi operators. surely the IAF training, both on simulators and in actual flying includes having to cope with flying into impossible terrain in the high himalayas, from kashmir, ladakh all the way to arunachal. and combat flying includes not only flying in foul weather, at just below the altitude ceiling, but with both active and passive evasion, protection protocols turned on since military flying will be always into hostile conditions that includes enemy fire, AA as well as shoulder fired missiles. to then be unable to not be disoriented by met conditions, even nilgiri plateau met conditions, indicates our training, actual flying experience may not be as robust as required, necessitated. with due apologies for being the jeremiah but there is something seriously wrong with our delighting at ceremonials, ruritanian costumery, close order drill, march pasts, displays to thrill the raksha mantri, PM, rashtrapati then blundering in live fire drills, mobilizations, actual operations. too many instances of absolute absence of professionalism in the last two months - this particular incident, the special forces panicking and indulging in indiscriminate firing mixing up naga villagers for armed UG, and the prime minister's security detachment, the much vaunted special protection group, they always look especially fierce, now in a spectacular screwup take the PM onto a cul-de-sac situation atop an overpass with no other option than backpedal from the dead end. does not take much to figure out what will actually happen in an actual operational situation of anarchy, chaos. george ninanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01856262118970125304noreply@blogger.com