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WTF?! first CRPF commandos in new gear with X 95s and now this!! and everything on the same day!!! and I thought Christmas is still one month ahead.....
OMG!!
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I am jealous..
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ACU camo..
Navy got brains..
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I'd been much gladder had this focus been on getting some cutting edge protective gear like ballistic helmets, polymer BPVs, elbow, forearm, shin, groin and knee protection, better night-vision/thermal vision equipment etc for these men rather than the stupid Nazi era marching costumes.
The camo looks good with its semi-digital appearance.
The camo looks good with its semi-digital appearance.
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Mumbai gets Force One
Force One, Maharashtra's specialised counter-terror unit formed as a response to the 26/11 attacks, became operational on Tuesday. Its mandate however is far from clear. National Security Guard (NSG) is also setting up base in Mumbai and there is nothing to indicate that centre-state duality will not be replicated in the final outcome. A national daily asked if Force One will be expected to respond first to 26/11 like attack or will NSG be the primary response, as was the case during November 26, 2008 terror attacks? Given the track record, even the MARCOS (an elite special operations unit of the Indian Navy) moved out when NSG arrived on 26/11. Will NSG make way for Force One or will Force One be secondary to NSG? A nine-hour delay in the NSG reaching Mumbai during 26/11 led to the formation of Force One.
Force One, Maharashtra's specialised counter-terror unit formed as a response to the 26/11 attacks, became operational on Tuesday. Its mandate however is far from clear. National Security Guard (NSG) is also setting up base in Mumbai and there is nothing to indicate that centre-state duality will not be replicated in the final outcome. A national daily asked if Force One will be expected to respond first to 26/11 like attack or will NSG be the primary response, as was the case during November 26, 2008 terror attacks? Given the track record, even the MARCOS (an elite special operations unit of the Indian Navy) moved out when NSG arrived on 26/11. Will NSG make way for Force One or will Force One be secondary to NSG? A nine-hour delay in the NSG reaching Mumbai during 26/11 led to the formation of Force One.
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So basically NSG will have 4 hubs. 1>Mumbai 2>Chennai 3>Hyderabad 4> Kolkatta and HQ & North command at Manesar (Haryana). It was needed since long time after 26/11. Good move.
Chidambaram inaugurates Mumbai's first NSG hub - Rediff.com India News
Chidambaram inaugurates Mumbai's first NSG hub - Rediff.com India News
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Yes. It is one elite group which will work what NSG, CISF and ATS (Mumbai) are doing separately.
Force One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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relax dude, they are still a police force and no soldiers
Did Vajpayee government sleep for a year over intelligence alert on Kargil?
Did Vajpayee government sleep for a year over intelligence alert on Kargil? - The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had knowledge about infiltration from the neighbouring country in 1998, but his government did not pay attention to intelligence reports on the Pakistan Army's intrusions in Kargil in 1999, according to an army think tank.
The study titled 'Perils of Prediction, Indian Intelligence and the Kargil Crisis', said the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) had also warned in its October 1998 assessment that the Pakistan Army might launch "a limited swift offensive with possible support of alliance partners (reference to mercenaries)."
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) had also sent a secret note to the then Prime Minister Vajpayee on Pakistani logistics building across the Kargil.
The Indian Army's think-tank Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) made these revelations in an internal study it undertook on Indian intelligence and the Kargil crisis.
It rejects the charge on the Indian security establishment failing to detect or predict the Pakistani invasion because of a lack of proper intelligence and a turf war between security agencies.
"What went wrong, was not lack of intelligence, but the lack of coordination, assessment and predicting in specific terms in which way the attack will be enacted," says the classified study.
The study shows that the Indian intelligence agency had accurately assessed Pakistani intentions prior to the Kargil crises and as early as in 1998, a year prior to detection of the intrusions.
As many as 43 reports were produced between June 1998 and May 1999 by three intelligence agencies -- the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Military Intelligence (MI). The Indian border guards stationed in Kargil also generated two other reports.
The study says the analysis, origins and destinations of these reports is quite revealing: Army intelligence produced 22 reports, none of which were shared with any civilian agencies, including the JIC. RAW generated 11 reports and IB produced 10 reports, of which three were distributed widely.
On June 2, 1998, the IB had dispatched a note to the Prime Minister, containing details about Pakistani logistics building efforts along the LoC in the areas opposite to Kargil. The note was personally signed by then IB chief, meaning the contents were extra-sensitive requiring attention from the highest political level.
Again in the winter of 1998-99, both RAW and IB had predicted an escalation of the mercenary infiltration, with the thrust in the direction of Kargil. In its October 1998 threat assessment, RAW had even warned that Pakistan the Army might launch "a limited swift offensive with possible support of alliance partners-a reference to mercenaries."
"But credible reports suggest that RAW was informally pressured to retreat from the alarming projections it had made in October 1998, as Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was preparing to undertake a peace journey to Lahore," the study says.
It says it was after the nuclearisation of South Asia that four Pakistani Generals, including then Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf, had drawn up plans for an incursions into the Indian Kashmir, code named Operation Badr.
The paper believes that reconnaissance for Operation Badr had begun in November 1998, when Pakistan troops had probed Indian defence lines in Kargil. "Unmanned aerial vehicles were used to verify the laxity of Indian border security. Actual Movement of troops into Indian territory began late February 1999," says the paper.
The paper concludes that more than the lack of intelligence, the lack of coordination, assessment and turf-war between various security agencies was taking toll on the Indian security system
Did Vajpayee government sleep for a year over intelligence alert on Kargil? - The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had knowledge about infiltration from the neighbouring country in 1998, but his government did not pay attention to intelligence reports on the Pakistan Army's intrusions in Kargil in 1999, according to an army think tank.
The study titled 'Perils of Prediction, Indian Intelligence and the Kargil Crisis', said the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) had also warned in its October 1998 assessment that the Pakistan Army might launch "a limited swift offensive with possible support of alliance partners (reference to mercenaries)."
The Intelligence Bureau (IB) had also sent a secret note to the then Prime Minister Vajpayee on Pakistani logistics building across the Kargil.
The Indian Army's think-tank Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) made these revelations in an internal study it undertook on Indian intelligence and the Kargil crisis.
It rejects the charge on the Indian security establishment failing to detect or predict the Pakistani invasion because of a lack of proper intelligence and a turf war between security agencies.
"What went wrong, was not lack of intelligence, but the lack of coordination, assessment and predicting in specific terms in which way the attack will be enacted," says the classified study.
The study shows that the Indian intelligence agency had accurately assessed Pakistani intentions prior to the Kargil crises and as early as in 1998, a year prior to detection of the intrusions.
As many as 43 reports were produced between June 1998 and May 1999 by three intelligence agencies -- the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Military Intelligence (MI). The Indian border guards stationed in Kargil also generated two other reports.
The study says the analysis, origins and destinations of these reports is quite revealing: Army intelligence produced 22 reports, none of which were shared with any civilian agencies, including the JIC. RAW generated 11 reports and IB produced 10 reports, of which three were distributed widely.
On June 2, 1998, the IB had dispatched a note to the Prime Minister, containing details about Pakistani logistics building efforts along the LoC in the areas opposite to Kargil. The note was personally signed by then IB chief, meaning the contents were extra-sensitive requiring attention from the highest political level.
Again in the winter of 1998-99, both RAW and IB had predicted an escalation of the mercenary infiltration, with the thrust in the direction of Kargil. In its October 1998 threat assessment, RAW had even warned that Pakistan the Army might launch "a limited swift offensive with possible support of alliance partners-a reference to mercenaries."
"But credible reports suggest that RAW was informally pressured to retreat from the alarming projections it had made in October 1998, as Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee was preparing to undertake a peace journey to Lahore," the study says.
It says it was after the nuclearisation of South Asia that four Pakistani Generals, including then Army Chief General Pervez Musharraf, had drawn up plans for an incursions into the Indian Kashmir, code named Operation Badr.
The paper believes that reconnaissance for Operation Badr had begun in November 1998, when Pakistan troops had probed Indian defence lines in Kargil. "Unmanned aerial vehicles were used to verify the laxity of Indian border security. Actual Movement of troops into Indian territory began late February 1999," says the paper.
The paper concludes that more than the lack of intelligence, the lack of coordination, assessment and turf-war between various security agencies was taking toll on the Indian security system
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