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Guided as they were by London Sahib, previous governments in Delhi have been focused on the expansion of the navy for some inexplicable reason.
Maybe naval ships are more sexy, and give the false illusion of great power that Washington has been mesmerizing Delhi with, without ever contributing significantly to India's strategic armory, SAVE FOR SELLING OVER PRICED ODD UNIMPORTANT BITS HERE AND THERE..very recently as an after thought after their propaganda.
As repeated so often, naval war and possible defeat by any possible future adversary (existential threat which is highly stretched and unlikely) is NOT going to take place against India. Even if it did it won't lead to anything drastic in the way of ultimate defeat in an all encompassing war.
On the other hand defeat on land and UP MOUNTAINS is very real and is not existential.......it can happen tomorrow. It has happened before, in the real world and not merely existentially. Defeat on land will have serious consequences for the Indian state.
This is a grade 2 level explanation, repeated by rote over over over over again...A is for apple B is for banana C is for cunt and D is for Donkey.
For a highly disorganized, ineffective, inefficient state which is also a CORRUPT STATE, given 'freedom' by Bilat Chaud and still celebrating the British Commonwealth.....and directionless AND overpopulated with substandard beings.... spending only 1.8% of the official GDP on defense...importing a VAST ARRAY of arms from a vast array of unreliable sources at 70%.... then that meager amount should be pooled and prioritized towards the ARMY, and then the AIRFORCE.
India should have 500 ordnance factories (Public sector), backed by an additional 20,000 defense factories (Private sector)...making the spares/parts for the big ticket items such as tanks, artillery and helicopters and jet fighters. These should be based in the under-industrialised Punjab, Haryana, UP and Bihar......the later being the poorer states, but containing people with engineering/technical aptitude.
India should have 2,000,000 in the standing army backed by 4,000,000 trained reserves for the army. There should be 200 standing/existing under manned divisions including 50 mountain, 100 infantry, 40 armored and 10 engineering divisions.
On full mobilization the mountain divisions should contain 1,050,000 men.
India has fought mainly 2 week wars....and not the year after year wars that Germany, Russia and other great powers have fought. This is where the real test will be. This can only be achieved by domestic resources....and mobilization.
Congress era FEAR of a military coup by the ARMY must be ditched forever.....it hasn't happened for 67 years....and serious thought must be given to the army's development away from its colonial roots.
If you still fear the army, then don't appoint an overall commander for the armed forces.
Then don't even appoint a commander for the army.
Divide the army into sector commanders only...6/7.
But the army must be properly equipped, and backed by a SERIOUS INDUSTRIAL base.
There is no point in being a Benito Mussolini (MI-5 British agent backed into power by the Rothschild of London) dreaming of a new Roman empire across the Mediterranean, producing just 1 million tons of steel and only a handful of ordnance factories.....but the trains ran on time courtesy of the RSS.
India WILL GROW and develop further...it is only inevitable, but it may be perceived as dangerous by some. It is more dangerous to call one self a great power, without the proper investment. It is more dangerous to be called a great future power by an existing super power, with all the possible fear and paranoia that such a label may create in the neighborhood.
India must develop a proper effective fully self sufficient national defense force which is NOT offensive......AND IS not perceived as offensive.
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