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if you think this is depressing, you should look at discourse here pre-2014/2015. there are threads here at DFI about equipment which started in 2010 and they are being inducted in 2020. :truestory: Reality is that discourse is a reflection of national discourse, where bad news travels fast...

Even the specialist troop ideas which originated in other countries are reactionary in nature as well, when you see their history. For example : U.S Airborne was borrowed from nazi german concept initially.

the equipment that murican military adapt is need based, if they get deployed in pacific/Asia you might see a change in their equipment by year two of their deployment.

Yup, in the case of South Korea, it’s the policy that has driven their focus on military because officially they are still in state of war for decades, the Korean War never really ended. And this war was part of the Cold War era along with Vietnam war where US wanted to halt the spread of...

thanks for the ditto.... I would argue, forget the past. even if we take 2020 as year zero, at least by 2030, is a there a strategic military goal in sight which justifies the spending of 10 times on a SF regiment than it is being done today? military goal has to be external oriented...

GoI don’t how to use them for strategic goals, because as a nation there are no strategic goals as such which involves military. our strategic goal is defensive , so equipment is for defensive. The fact that we are the same conversation at DFI since it’s inception should tell us that we are...

even if we continue with this line of thought, with the rise in PCMB UK has become irrelevant in global scenario over the years unable to sustain their costs. with 2.75 lakh personnel, brits cannot enforce any military costs upon an adversary on their own. To manage their rising costs, they are...

it’s a low hanging fruit but not inconsequential. I can recognise clear shift in tone on how Indian Military is perceived before and after SS2 & Balakot strikes, and with now China standoff. There is a constituency in the world where people want pakistan & China to be taken on, and they were...

It was started by NDTV's Vishnu Som, most likely made an off the record comment public.

Tonbo’s primary business is overseas, his latest complaint was against delayed payments not orders.

That’s because they were 1200 chaps up until recently, individual tenders would be less than 100 crore each, so file moves faster.

THEORETICALLY of course, Since they are not being allowed to used for ops in the valley anyways. in this scenario, how would NSG get combat experience without being tested in the field?

to clarify: the protest was about pulling the chaps from active ops in the valley.

deleted my post... RFI was for Tavor...

Which sector is downhill of shamshabari range, Kupwara or Keran or none?

Footprints parallel to the rotor in the pic....

Standardised Hand signals for Close range Engagement Operations

The kind of upgrades you want to see will only come when the core doctrine changes from defence to offensive. It’s the doctrine that dictates the kind of equipment that is procured.

Firstly, that happened because of American military aid. Secondly such kind of transformation happens only during or after a devastative war.

Looks like you have made up your mind.. FYI, GSAT1 was launched in 2001.