IAF Mi-17V5 Crashed Near Coonoor (Tamil Nadu)-CDS Onboard

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Just realized ..If there was a UPA government in 2014 then Bira would have faded away as a Lt Gen ..Today he is mourned not only by India but around the world ..
Even the enemies are paying respect to him .That is the respect he got
As far his succession is considered ..there are many heros our there who would fill his shoes ..Some might be even better (who knows)

I bat for Narvane ..He is calm yet deadly , He proved his mettle in chinese aggression ..
But who knows someone out of the blue who we don't know (just like Bira's succession) might come up and lead the nation to it's glory

I was blackpilled after Arunachal fiasco but today I have hope . I was reading the net and loved some of the reaction . People want to do something for their country ..His death will galvanize people.
 

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Jinko marna chahiye wo zinda reh jaate hai, veergati ko prapt bas wo hote hai jo is desh ke kaam aate hai.

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What is the point of posting such disgusting tweets ? We all know there are bad apples in the services too. That doesn't mean we should give them the spotlight especially at such incidents when they're trying to hog the limelight instead of expressing condolences.
@ezsasa @Indx TechStyle and other mods request you to please clear this thread of such tweets which add no value.
 

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Why is God so Unfair ? Why does he have to take away God men/women from this world ? Sabhi Harami Dharti par chut jaate hai
OT, but felt like replying...@mods pls delete if you feel like.
God is neither fair unfair. It's upto us to establish dharma. If good ppl do not establish dharma bad ppl will gain an upper hand as is currently happening. Hence any natural death or 'bad luck' of good ppl seems unfair esp when lot of bad ppl are still alive bcos the good ppl (NOT a reference to CDS sir but in general) didn't take action on the bad ppl. Ex- NaMo not putting traitors like sonia, robber vadra, dacoit tikait in jail....
 

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That is not how it works.

The CDS position comes with a Vice-CDS as well.

Currently, it is Air Marshal Balabhadra Radha Krishna of the Indian Air Force.

He will take charge to fill the shoes of Gen. Rawat sir.


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He needs to be promoted to a 4 star officer. Usually service chiefs fulfill this criteria.

In the US, service chiefs become JCoCSC.
 

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He needs to be promoted to a 4 star officer. Usually service chiefs fulfill this criteria.

In the US, service chiefs become JCoCSC.
The V-CDS is created for a reason just like there is a vice president and there was once a deputy PM in India. These positions keep contingency plans given the risky nature of military jobs from a security perspective for senior officers.

Doubt that we follow the US system. If the vice position exists, then naturally he will take over.
 

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Going to mail today
Buddy, I don't mean to discourage you or anything, but you as an R&D engineer developing weapons and/or safety systems for our forces will be serving them much better than joining them. If you could come up with something that could allow helicopters to be safe in the event of a crash, that would be the biggest tribute you can pay to Rawat sir and the several other heroes that we have lost in chopper crashes.
 

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Did the pilots lose control of the chopper? Per initial inputs from eye witnesses, didn't seem like it blindly crashed into a mountainside. A chopper filled to the brim with fuel going down with the CDS is bound to raise a few eyebrows.

@mokoman Do you have the coordinates of the crash spot buddy?
 

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India needs to have a proper CDS culture
We barely have a strategic mindset in place AND you are talking about CDS culture. 😁

Bharat mein defence = troops rushing towards the border when invaded.

This was the mindset of people until the whole Doval-Modi-Shah-Rawat nexus took control of the security strategic culture and brought some semblance of forward thinking.

As @ezsasa pointed out in another thread on foreign policy, we have only started taking baby steps in that direction.

US is leagues away and has a deep state in the name of corporatists/CIA nexus that cushions the vulnerability of the democratic system. We only have a stupid democracy with no cushioning system behind.
 

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We barely have a strategic mindset in place AND you are talking about CDS culture. 😁

Bharat mein defence = troops rushing towards the border when invaded.

This was the mindset of people until the whole Doval-Modi-Shah-Rawat nexus took control of the security strategic culture and brought some semblance of forward thinking.

As @ezsasa pointed out in another thread on foreign policy, we have only started taking baby steps in that direction.

US is leagues away and has a deep state in the name of corporatists/CIA nexus that cushions the vulnerability of the democratic system. We only have a stupid democracy with no cushioning system behind.
Help me understand why don't they like CDS post ?

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Help me understand why don't they like CDS post ?

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Gen. Rawat sir was the 4th in line of succession. He was handpicked by a CCS decision because of his extensive experience in mountain warfare and counter-terrorism.

The 3 commanders who were sidelined had powerful political connections and lobbies within the army politics. They couldn't speak much during their term as it would be seen as insubordination. But once they retired with their loyalists, they started pandering to Chinese, Pakistanis, Congressis & everyone else, painting Rawat sir as a "BJP man" rather than a military officer.

This attempt is what we see today in tweets.
 

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