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The IA takes on targets during Annual Range Classification of human size (Fig 11 target) and face and helmet seen size (Fig 12 target) at 300m for rifles and 500m for LMGs without scope. And for snap shooting, Fig 12 tgt is shown for a fraction of time and one has to fire on it before it...

Very unusual and mysterious. One wonders what could be the reason?

Christ! If that caption was missing, I would have thought that it was a grab from a movie and the man was Prem Chopra!!

The idea of gender equality is misplaced. Women cannot be inducted in the combat arms since the India psyche will not accept women soldiers being despoiled as PsW by enemy soldiers. Even the US does not have women in combat arms. May also see this link: Women in the Military The tender for...

Manning border outpost during peace is not an issue. In war, when captured and a PW, things are different. If the Indian public is ready to accept atrocities on women soldiers, then surely they should be allowed to be frontline soldiers. There should be no frenzy and tears as it was during...

To defeat Maoists, grasp the ground reality The belief that development can run concurrently with military operation is naïve. In an unpredictable and turbulent environment where destruction, mayhem and murder are the rule rather than the exception, the environment is hardly conducive to...

To defeat Maoists, grasp the ground reality The belief that development can run concurrently with military operation is naïve. In an unpredictable and turbulent environment where destruction, mayhem and murder are the rule rather than the exception, the environment is hardly conducive to...

It means that the Indian Army should have a Tactical Air Wing? If that is mentioned, the Air Force will come around.

A right decision!

As you say! But we try!

Kuku, Actually, Counter Insurgency or terrorist attacks management are also NOT strictly an army job. The politicians, govt and the police should not allow it to escalate to what it becomes. But then….. The Army is called in. There is the Naxal problem in Chatisgarh. What happens? The Army...

Good job. Planting is fine, what about the huge task of watering the same so that these trees don't die! I wonder how that will be organised. The effort should not go wasted.

People were getting command of a battalion well on the wrong side of 40 years of age and hence were rather old to be as physically fit as the strapping lads in all ranks and one has to lead by example. The Infantry being in the High Altitude, Mountains etc required a high degree of physical...