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  1. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    Gage V-150 is also categorised as armoured vehicle.
  2. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    if possible use dedicated pic thread like the one below, otherwise historical pics will get lost in the discussion threads. https://defenceforumindia.com/threads/the-glorious-army-of-hind-the-indian-army-in-pictures.5245/page-169
  3. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    The Indian Army has raised the Signals Technology Evaluation and Adaptation Group or the STEAG, an elite technology Unit, which will undertake research and evaluation of futuristic communication technologies like AI, 5G, 6G, machine learning, quantum technologies and etc., for defence...
  4. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    SM boost for Nitin Gokhale’s channel as well.
  5. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    the cameras on mobile phones got better and cheaper.
  6. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    don't know much about italy, but in the case of UK. militaries are not recruited on the basis of population ratios, they are done on the basis of threat perception, and our doctrine is in anticipation of a two front war. UK has about 1.5 lakh active military personnel, their equipment will be...
  7. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    why should the expert trainer aussies or expeditionary muricans be a bench mark for Indian army in the first place !!! alliance mechanism, defence doctrine, budget, AoR are all different. it's an assumption on your part that the knowledge sharing is a one way street. your argument goes the...
  8. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    i suppose any example you take, you start with the presumption that it is a one way street. in this world view of yours, is there any scenario where Indian army is not the "lesser" of the two?
  9. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    Austrahind is an inter-operability exercise among other things, as part of 2+2 co-operation between two governments. aussies do have expertise in training, all 300 of them who gave training to iraqis in 2014 by the looks of it.
  10. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    sure, i am not lobbying for russia anyways. it was simple question that was asked, and the question still remains. since this claim was made, might as well look into it. we don't know if the aussies who participated in the exercise feel that way, but it seems you certainly do.
  11. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    where can i find aussie army gallantry awards of past 10 years? should give a clue into what kind of combat infantry operations they have participated in.
  12. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    for an IBG, mobile air defence systems will travel along with them beyond forward areas.
  13. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    a decade ago, it used to take 7 days for troops to reach PP on foot, not the case since 7-8 years or so. a decade ago, china was the "blue eyed boy" of the world, the prevailing theory was "make china rich, they will become liberal". a decade ago, the china question does not arise. a decade ago...
  14. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    a decade ago, some folks were complaining about ministers not giving go ahead to defence forces for tactical ops, now some folks are complaining about ministers giving complete freedom on tactical course of action. folks are never going to be satisfied no matter what, isn't it?
  15. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    there are only two videos circulating on twitter as of now since 14th Nov, both are of same type. it can't be the case that only these two returned home and no one else did.
  16. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and J&K LG Manoj Sinha will inaugurate the statute of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara near LoC today. The statue completed a journey of approximately 2200 kms before arrival in J&K. Video below shows 'Josh' of Indian Army soldiers as they...
  17. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    the concept originated in Kargil review committee report submitted to parliament in year 2000, pension was one factor not all of it. making it look like it is entirely entirely about pensions was media narrative. let's not forget short service commission for officers already exists. excerpt...
  18. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    take 10 years minimum per equipment/equipment profile. Pre-RFI - 2-3 years minimum RFI to tender - 3-4 years minimum order to delivery - 4 years minimum and this is for equipment where solutions are available and there is no ambiguity in requirement. where ever there is no readily available...
  19. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    if the idea is to understand this issue, going in tangents will not help. look at it from defence budget allocation and capex requirements perspective to start with. numbers are available below to get started...
  20. ezsasa

    Indian Army: News and Discussion

    irrespective of how many launchers are in the inventory, Three regiments was the estimate.
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