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[QUOTE=VS007;593583] Like most of the Indian industries, is Indian army is also bloated with too many people being hired to over compensate bad equipments? Wouldn't it be better to have less number of people, but well trained and equipped and more of special forces like US Seals? [/QUOTE] The first ...

Am probably an all state hater coz I like Madras, Cal, Bombay, Calicut, Trivandrum, Visak, Bangalore, ...

Lakshya, I have mentioned that crossing the LOC near Kargil at multiple points to flank and encircle the NLI troops was the second best option from a purely military perspective. I would not have said so if this option was not technically advisable. I am sure US reaction was taken into account by PM ...

Sarkar07: Political leadership has 3 people - PM, PM and PM. Inputs come from foreign ministry, NSA national security advisor who gets inputs from RAW and IB, and defence ministry. Inputs also come from the three services - it is a back and forth process. Political leadership also directs civvy ...

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Knowledge about defence issues is poor among Indian politicians. The same is true of Indian civvie street. Here is an opportunity for members to ask questions about Indian military. War is too important to be left to the Generals. My professional experience is serving in Indian army. Will try to ...

[QUOTE=okonomi;590557]Yes I am. We had our 4 star general Petraeus and Paula do a military affair. [/QUOTE]

That was amateurish too, not far away from the saying "amateurs discuss tactics, while the pros discuss logistics"

Is there a thread?

Anyone interested in military affairs? Is there a thread? Have closely watched the two recent raids in France. The one in east Paris at the kosher store seems amateurish.

[QUOTE=RRK;273389] Once you have 10 useful posts in the forum, you will get the private messaging facility, automatically.
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Thanks for making an exception and giving me PM facility for less than 10 posts.

boca, question is small, but answer can be big. Will keep it short. COIN role is secondary, thrust on army and goes against its primary role. Army has played COIN role from independencein larger interest of nation because other forces have not been able to do the job. Army is not meant for fighting ...