So where do you think we went wrong?
The 80s was full of Special Forces action and many SF battalions and Marcos evolved in the 80s.
So it was not like the top brass or the upcoming top brass was not aware what special ops are.
Even now if we leave modernisation aside the deployment of SF like Infantry troops be it in Kargil or some ops in Kashmir has been shocking.
Which shows a mindset that SF is not only given budget but also not right ops.
And going ahead we are increasing the gap every single day as the warfare is mordernising..How do we go about equiping ourself for being at par with the best in 2030?(your thoughts)
Lastly,is the unit budget enough to buy some critical equipment at battalion level?
1. The Top Brass are not clear about the tasking, org, eqpts of a SF Bn and so the kind of random tasking.
2. No SF comd in place to dictate the procurement and employment.
3. Extremely less revenue being dedicated for procurement of new wpns and eqpts.
4. Lack of adequate vision as a org, the Cdrs keep changing every few years.
5. Read Gen Katoch's book on the Indian Special Forces.
6. The way out is not to continue the patch work and start things from scratch.