tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post5619805415224815507..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Historic decisions to be made in defence reformBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-88288077058406601522014-06-09T03:04:18.186-07:002014-06-09T03:04:18.186-07:00Kashmir will heat up, no doubt about it. Pak army ...Kashmir will heat up, no doubt about it. Pak army and mullahs have let it be know that jihad in Pakistan is forbidden now that USA is leaving Afghanistan. Most of the fighters of the Talibhan just want to go home and are going, even handing in weapons. Also for the first time Pak army attacked them out right in NW and guess what half the groups and elders want to make peace. The focus will turn to Kashmir. Everytime a Kashmiri student is beaten, a woman raped or an encounter staged by the Indian Army, it is front page news in Pak and a recruitment Sargent for jehidi's. Can the indian army reduce numbers? --> NO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-47302998740932008102014-06-08T08:01:03.895-07:002014-06-08T08:01:03.895-07:00Dear Shukla ji
India DOES NOT have the Concept
...Dear Shukla ji <br /><br />India DOES NOT have the Concept <br />of Armed Civilians like Pakistan <br /><br />It is ONLY the INDIAN ARMY which <br />stands between Millions of Pakistani Jihadis and the Unarmed and Untrained Civilian Population of India <br /><br />And if suppose Indian Army is about to loose then China and Bangladesh will ALSO INVADE INDIA<br /><br />Therefore WE DO NEED A Large Army <br />and Paramilitary Force <br /><br />As far as Defence Spending is Concerned ; RUPEE Expenditure is NOT a problem we can always <br />arrange for the Rupee expenditure <br /><br />It is the scarcity of Dollars that <br />creates a problem <br /><br />Still we have survived the Decades <br />of Eighties and Nineties when Dollar Availability and Supply was still far less <br /><br />Therefore More Indigenisation is a must<br /><br />Our Ordnance factories and Private Sector can supply us with many useful and necessary equipment <br /><br />Also more FDI will help us in reducing importsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-32235344854556858962014-06-08T07:48:00.399-07:002014-06-08T07:48:00.399-07:00Dear Shukla ji
We just cannot REDUCE the size a...Dear Shukla ji <br /><br />We just cannot REDUCE the size and numbers in our Army <br /><br />At a time when Pakistan is ADDING <br />MILLIONS of Jihadis ; Both Afghan<br />and Pakistani Jihadis ; we also<br />need LARGE Number of Troops <br /><br />Technology; Fire power and Money cannot make up for Numbers as we have seen <br />HOW USA could not sustain its <br />campaign in Afghanistan and Iraq <br /><br />If we REDUCE OUR NUMBERS this is <br />what will happen <br /><br />Pakistan has to JUST provide an AK 47 and an RPG and Millions of useless unemployed Jihadis will <br />be READY to STORM the LOC <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-10606043767276263152014-06-08T05:15:46.019-07:002014-06-08T05:15:46.019-07:00This whole arms dealers and black listing. Can you...This whole arms dealers and black listing. Can you please write how many ex-armed forces officers are involved ? Why should not the army recommend stopping of pension , striping of ranks or even court martialling them in cases where complaints are received ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-90549281110202749582014-06-07T22:16:20.003-07:002014-06-07T22:16:20.003-07:00Are we not catching the wrong end of the stick? De...Are we not catching the wrong end of the stick? Defence acquisition should be contingent on our war fighting philosophy. However, as on date we don not have a doctrine which is as per the threat we are facing. At the most, from the time we have got independence till now, all we have done is either borrow the philosophies of other nations or merely reacted to every unique situation which we have 'theoretically' faced from either Pakistan or China.<br /><br />We have the opportunity to define ourselves now. This opportunity has not arisen because the 'Modi Sarkar' has come into power but because this is the first time that our present and the now next Chief including the Chiefs of the Air Force and the Navy do not have any baggage of fighting a conventional war. And if we discount Kargil then NO ONE in our armed forces have ever fought a conventional war. So we can safely reject any bias which would otherwise have been there and then develop our own philosophies - in terms of land warfare, naval and air warfare doctrines and then our staffing and equipping philosophies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-89497940116458843402014-06-07T07:37:17.547-07:002014-06-07T07:37:17.547-07:001) Tejas must be inducted immediately. Invite Tata...<b>1)</b> Tejas must be inducted immediately. Invite Tata, Godrej, Reliance or whoever to ramp up production numbers to 40+ a year.<br /><br /><b>2) DO NOT raise the FDI cap. This is because foreign companies will lord over their junior Indian partner.</b> Forget parting with their most precious IP to their Indian partner, they'll strangle DRDO and other Indian private industries to entrench themselves in the Indian market. <br /><br /><b>If 100% FDI is allowed, it won't be long before India becomes another banana republic like Saudi Arabia or Kuwait. Thus, FDI in defence will in fact KILL the indigenous industry (private as well as DRDO).</b><br /><br /><b>3)</b> Open up Indian private sector to partner with R&D labs like DRDO.<br /><br /><b>Formula:</b><br /><br />DRDO's brains <b>+</b> Indian private efficiency <b>=</b> Defence independence<br /><br /><b>If armed forces can buy weaponry from foreign private companies, what's the harm in allowing Indian private companies also to manufacture DRDO's products ??</b>Abhimannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-53717144557395983862014-06-06T22:47:03.576-07:002014-06-06T22:47:03.576-07:00The Genrals can have no satisfaction even if they ...The Genrals can have no satisfaction even if they get all they want. the import lobby must be working overtime to convert the new bosses.Every one knows Antony was not corrupt whatever his other faults may be.Hope Jaitley gets feed back from antony on various issues and then takes his own call.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02774636105865916484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-58505072143978657352014-06-06T05:15:49.036-07:002014-06-06T05:15:49.036-07:00Excellent analysis and way forward for us.Excellent analysis and way forward for us.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419267039445077460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-71687423688113673722014-06-06T04:00:46.583-07:002014-06-06T04:00:46.583-07:00It is time to up our defence spending to 3.5%. Con...It is time to up our defence spending to 3.5%. Considering how much money we need and our lack of knowledge in key sectors, it is not a bad decision to allow 100% Fdi. what we know more than USA? We could make a special case for protecting our missile technology. Instead of buying Rafale, we could buy Gripen NG for half the cost. Also the operating cost of Gripen NG is just 3700$, whereas for Rafale it is 14000$. Total life cycle cost is also very low for Gripen. I dont see any other way to get the money we need.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-13054206670955492072014-06-05T21:39:20.855-07:002014-06-05T21:39:20.855-07:00india... always been invaded by... we hadn't h...india... always been invaded by... we hadn't had the weapons... millenniums after millenniums... generals... bureaucrats... ministers and politicians... pocket kickbacks... which continues even today... hyena's survive... soldiers and citizens... perish... 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