An effective constable of the Indian Ocean The Statesman 27 Mar 2024 After a nearly 40-hour operation, on 16th March, the Indian Navy’s INS Kolkata accompanied by INS Subhadra, employing sea-guardian drones, air dropping of marine commandoes from a C17 aircraft, led to the rescue of Maltese flagged MV Ruen from the hands of Somali pirates, who had seized […]
India’s defence Aatmanirbharta advances; Many more roads yet to travel ET News 05 Mar 2024 Addressing the 41st DRDO conference in Oct 2019, General Bipin Rawat, then army chief, stated, ‘India is one of the largest importers of weapons and ammunition, and after 70 years of independence, it is not a very proud statement to make.’ He added, ‘We […]
Putting our missiles to the best use The Statesman 20 Feb 2024 In September 2021, General Bipin Rawat, then CDS, had announced that India was contemplating establishing its own Conventional Rocket Force (CRF). Last year the government confirmed its intent to create CRFs. The process of determining the structure of this organization would currently be underway between the three […]
Agnipath back in the limelight The Statesman 23 Jan 2024 Addressing the media on Army Day, the army chief, General Manoj Pande, stated, ‘the positivity and integration of Agniveers in units is happening well. There are few challenges in terms of training, most of which are at the tactical level, entailing tweaking of our policies, limiting training periods and […]
Ensuring security of land frontiers The Excelsior 07 Nov 2023 Speaking at the fire side chat as part of the curtain raiser of the Chanakya dialogue a few days ago, the army chief, General Manoj Pande stated, ‘In my view, the salience of land domain is going to be extremely important, especially in our case.’ Sometime ago, in an […]
Converting logistics units into TA The Excelsior 24 Oct 2023 The army and air force are seeking to enhance technology dominated force multipliers alongside force enhancers including rocket and missile regiments. The navy desires to add a third aircraft carrier as also additional submarines, while increasing the quantum of ships, all to meet forthcoming challenges in the Indian Ocean, […]
The Agniveer tale The Excelsior 09 Sep 2023 The Agnipath scheme leading to induction of Agniveers into the army is now a reality. Of the 40,000 due to be inducted this year, almost half have finished their initial training and joined their units. The balance would shortly follow. As per inputs available, levels of education of the current batch have […]
Armed forces are playing a neutral role in Manipur The Statesman 22 Aug 2023 The Ipsos trustworthiness index of global armed forces of July last year, places India at the top with 64%. As per the Ipsos website this ‘reflects the confidence that people have in the integrity, bravery, and commitment to duty exhibited by armed forces members in […]
Are forces moving in the right direction The Statesman 01 Aug 2023 The Kargil war, whose anniversary was held last week with the defence minister and all service chiefs honouring those who sacrificed their lives at the war memorial in Drass, had brought to fore serious shortcomings in India’s management of defence. On 24th Jul 1999, even before the […]
How the Army is building confidence and healing wounds in Manipur TOI blog 10 Jul 2023 Images of women (Meira Paibis) gheraoing an army column to prevent them from arresting members of a known militant group, KYKL, display the complexity of the situation in Manipur as do images of thousands of innocents, internally displaced, living in army established relief camps, […]