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.
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 …
Sushant Singh is a senior fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. He has taught at Yale University (Fall 2019 and Fall 2021) and was deputy editor of The Indian Express. A winner of the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards in 2017 and 2018, he had earlier served in the Indian Army for two decades. He is also the author of Mission Overseas and co-author of Note by Note: The India Story.
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