Reports appearing in the Indian media on 31st August 2021 say that the Indian Army has created a new road connecting Leh with Pangong Tso lake. And since this road passes through 18,600 feet high Ke La pass, this will now be the highest motorable road in the world, surpassing…
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[This is a slightly modified version of an article which was originally published at OpIndia on 31st March, 2019] A robust discussion about the military capabilities of a nation and conduct of its armed forces in peace and wartime in public space is important on many levels. For one, a…
“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” – goes the popular phrase. Nothing exemplifies this more than the conduct of many in the English Main Stream Media (MSM) when it comes to reporting the Rafale deal. Latest in the series of such ‘analysis’ is a piece…
With narrow political interests guiding the discourse on the subject, by both political parties and many ‘analysts’, the true picture has got lost. And deliberate misinformation is being peddled. Introduction One of the biggest ironies of the manufactured debate on pricing of Rafale deal is that no one from Indian…
I distinctly remember that morning of late May 1999. The whole family was up earlier than usual for two reasons. One, I was going to Lucknow from Bareilly for appearing in some competitive entrance examination. And other was that my father was going to war. From Guwahati to Bareilly It…
To those who quote random hyped-up numbers about the number of Indian security personnel deployed in J&K, because you have an agenda to push, do some research and get your facts right! When it comes to Jammu and Kashmir, India has always been at the receiving end of massive propaganda…
Amid the current border tension with China in Ladakh, road infrastructure projects have got a push and the 297-km long Nimmu – Padum – Darcha road that was identified as the third route to Ladakh in 2001-02 is being considered most critical in wake of the dual threat from Pakistan…
The elite Special Frontier Force (SFF) is not only involved in repelling Chinese incursions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), but was also deployed during the Bangladesh Liberation War and Kargil War, and in anti-terror operations in Kashmir and Punjab, under different names. This covert unit, comprising Tibetan refugees…
The elite Special Frontier Force (SFF) is not only involved in repelling Chinese incursions along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), but was also deployed during the Bangladesh Liberation War and Kargil War, and in anti-terror operations in Kashmir and Punjab, under different names. During the recent clash between the…
There have been consistent reports over last couple of years regarding restructuring and reorganization of the Indian Army. These are aimed at making the army a ‘lean and mean’ machine as well as to improve the ability to fight and win the next conflict on eastern or western front. A…