Indian Armed Forces at a glance

By- Kartikeya Semwal Indian Army is known across the world for its preparations on the border for any kind of mischief by the enemy on either side of the border. Their hard training, readiness and determination to fight and win is the reason why countries like US, UK, France, and Germany send their troops to train with the Indian Army. Whether it is number of troops or weapons, the Indian Army always seems ready to deal with any kind of threat in any season.  Indian Army on eastern border. Ever since Galwan-clash and Pangong-Tso lake confrontations with China’s PLA troops, Indian Army has upped its deployment of man and machine across the eastern border. But ever since Taliban took over China started visiting forward posts of Pakistan & started providing heavy weapons to their army, Indian Army has been gearing up to deal with both our enemies.  Recently, China has decided to sell 236 SH-15 long-range howitzers to Pakistan so that they can be used against India. And in...

  Is canceling Russian weapons deals right or not?                           Maybe not… By- Kartikeya Semwal  Mig-29UPG of IAF We all know that China has been a pain in the ass for the past 2 years. And in order to deal with them effectively, we need a lot of weapons, of different types and pretty soon. And like before, Russia has offered them of which deals for some of them had been signed. These weapons included medium multirole 220 Kamov choppers for army and airforce, 10 KA-31 choppers for navy, 800 Igla-S atgm system & 21 Mig-29 UPGs, The last one was worth Rs.7000 crore and was considered as pretty costly.  Ka-31 chopper All the above-mentioned deals have been cancelled in the name of reducing weapon dependence and import in favour of “Atmanirbhar Bharat” & “made in India” schemes. But I’m worried about the last one, i.e. of cancelling purchase of 21 Mig-29 UPGs. These were much needed as ...