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After eight years in power, the Modi government has failed to issue a new operational directive to the armed forces, which are still seeking guidance from a directive issued by A.K. Antony in 2009.
Editor's note: The Indian Air Force is authorized 42 squadrons of fighter aircraft. The Indian Navy is authorized two aircraft carriers. The Indian Army is authorized four strike corps. Have you ever wondered how all this is decided? How much ammunition and spares are stocked by the armed forces? How many days of war are our soldiers prepared to fight for? “War is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other means,” observed the 19th century Prussian military thinker and strategist Carl von Clausewitz. This incontestable maxim in the field of strategy means that politics decides war. In India, where the military has had no political role since Independence, the actions of the armed forces are legitimately guided solely by the directions of the top political leadership. Considering that India is surrounded by two nuclear-armed adversaries in an unstable neighbourhood, and now lies in the theatre of contestation between two global powers, the United States and China, the directions given to the military from the political …
After eight years in power, the Modi government has failed to issue a new operational directive to the armed forces, which are still seeking guidance from a directive issued by A.K. Antony in 2009.
Editor's note: The Indian Air Force is authorized 42 squadrons of fighter aircraft. The Indian Navy is authorized two aircraft carriers. The Indian Army is authorized four strike corps. Have you ever wondered how all this is decided? How much ammunition and spares are stocked by the armed forces? How many days of war are our soldiers prepared to fight for? “War is not merely a political act, but also a real political instrument, a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other means,” observed the 19th century Prussian military thinker and strategist Carl von Clausewitz. This incontestable maxim in the field of strategy means that politics decides war. In India, where the military has had no political role since Independence, the actions of the armed forces are legitimately guided solely by the directions of the top political leadership. Considering that India is surrounded by two nuclear-armed adversaries in an unstable neighbourhood, and now lies in the theatre of contestation between two global powers, the United States and China, the directions given to the military from the political …
The country's fighter jet roadmap rests on imported propulsion, leaving its military plans hostage to cost shocks, delays and geopolitics.
India’s options in case of a surprise attack are not similar to those of Israel. While Pakistan is not Gaza and possesses nuclear weapons, it also has an ally in China—a country we’re not exactly friends with.
A new memoir of former army chief General M.M. Naravane recalls the incident in August 2020 when the political leadership left the decision to go to war with China solely to him.
The country's fighter jet roadmap rests on imported propulsion, leaving its military plans hostage to cost shocks, delays and geopolitics.
India’s options in case of a surprise attack are not similar to those of Israel. While Pakistan is not Gaza and possesses nuclear weapons, it also has an ally in China—a country we’re not exactly friends with.
A new memoir of former army chief General M.M. Naravane recalls the incident in August 2020 when the political leadership left the decision to go to war with China solely to him.
