India Grounds Most of Original Arjun Tanks
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NEW DELHI — Most of India's homemade Arjun Mark-1 battle tank fleet has been grounded because of technical snags and lack of imported components, an Indian Army official said.
"Nearly 75 percent of the 124 tanks with the Army are grounded," the official added.
The Army has inducted 124 Arjun Mark-1 tanks developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and produced by state-owned Heavy Vehicles Factory at Avadi in southern India. Nearly 55 percent of the value of the tank is imported components and those supplies have dried up, the official said.
The Army official did not give details of the technical snags but said there are more than 90 issues.
http://www.defensenews.com/story/def...drdo/70963382/
Indian SOF strike across border into Burma
Last week in an unusual move Indian para-commandos attacked at least one Indian rebel camp, India rarely uses "hot pursuit". One wonders how Islamabad views this, especially if it considers using LeT again to attack India (shades of Mumbai).
The main thread on Indian insurgencies details recent heavy losses from rebel attacks:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=2248
Link to a BBC news report:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-33074773
Ret'd Major-General Singh said:
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India has the capability for surgical strikes across our borders. The political will was missing so far...That may not be the case any more.
From a BBC analyst's commentary:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-33074776
The most useful Indian sources: a guide
A useful guide to studying India's military by Shashank Joshi (RUSI) via WoTR, with a plethora oif links and recommendations:http://warontherocks.com/2015/06/so-.../?singlepage=1
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Formal study of India’s military isn’t at the same stage of maturity as that of the PLA. The most useful Indian sources — which vary greatly in quality — tend to be a small cluster of retired officers rather than scholars with academic training, and much of the Western literature still needs to be grounded in better military understanding. Western military research institutes — parts of RAND, the NDU, the Army War College — that dominate Peter Mattis’ reading list aren’t as interested in India, and Indian research institutes don’t yet have the capacity. But a wave of insightful and important articles and books, many by young scholars, is laying a solid foundation on which to build.
India gets an untested nucler triad
Well I knew India was moving along, but I'd missed much of the detail. Notably having ICBMs.
This article poses three challenging questions:
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1.What role should India’s nuclear force play in deterring new threats in the land domain?
2. How should India manage regional seaborne nuclear deterrence?
3. How should a nuclear doctrinal review be conducted?
Link:http://defenceindepth.co/2016/03/18/...uclear-policy/