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  Published @  https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=368   and @https://thedailyguardian.com/e-paper/11-august-2020/  The current Sino Indian standoff has highlighted the lack of a suitable tank for high altitudes.The tank is required not only for defending our territory but also for carrying out any offensive into China. Unless we pose a credible offensive threat to China, our territory will always be subject to salami slicing. Having a light tank in adequate numbers in Eastern Ladakh and Sikkim is mandatory. The second issue which has been starkly highlighted is that we need this tank as of ‘day before yesterday’. India does not have the luxury of daydreaming through strategic partnerships or building the castles (FRCV) in air. Procrastination by our military and civil bureaucracy has been the thief of our territory. Enough of paperwork. Keep the draft DPP a  side and get down to business. We do not need a DPP. We need a tank. We must build a tank now with what we have and can. We hav

                                     BITE THE BULLET BOYS TIME TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT Smell the Anasthesia As per Economic Times,  the outlay for defense in the budget has been hiked by 5.8 % over the last year’s budget outlay. It is an increase of 1.9% over the revised estimates. In actual or real inflated adjusted terms, it is a contraction. ‘ It is one of the least allocations since 60s’. ‘In an environment of growing threat from our adversaries, this is grossly insufficient’. ‘We need more for our 5 tn dollar economy’ .   This is what all defense analysts, veterans, and media will say as part of their analysis tomorrow onward. already there is such an article in Financial express. The Services will cry from hell to high water. They will however continue to face smaller outlays. They must reinvent themselves to do more with less as per a well thought out plan. If the defense outlay is not even part of the Finance Ministers budget speech for two consecutive years,

HAPPY GUNNERS DAY THIS IS A GLIMPSE OF THE TOUGHEST AND DEADLIEST ARTILLERY IN THE WORLD The Indian Army has enough ammunition for its gunners to meet its threats.  It’s rate of modernization will make you proud if you are an Indian and make you cringe with fear if you are its adversary.  There is high level of indigenisation in its modernisation  Indian Artillery is a networked Arm which guarantees to the enemy to deliver the best integrated fire power at least cost for its destruction.  If you have not understood the jargon  It means that all available firepower will be on your head before the blink of an eyelid.  First salvo effectiveness is a way of life.  IF IN DOUBT ASK THE PAKISTANIS WHO FACED THE INDIAN ARTILLERY IN KARGIL AND GOT HAMMERED INTO DEFEAT. WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN.  120 MM MORTAR - SMALL AND DEADLY IN MOUNTAINS WHERE GOATS DREAD TO TREAD  105 MM LIGHT FIELD GUN - IT WILL SURPRISE YOU WHEN IT COUNTS 155 MM BOF