Indian Army unfit to fight a war, army chief says

[beijingwalker]

Indian Army unfit to fight a war, army chief says
Washington Post

March 29, 2012

NEW DELHI - India’s battle tanks do not have enough shells to fire, its air defenses are obsolete, and its ill-equipped infantry cannot fight at night, the chief of the Indian Army told the prime minister in a letter that was leaked Wednesday.

Excerpts from the letter, which General V.K. Singh sent to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this month, were published in the newspaper Daily News & Analysis, based in Mumbai.

That prompted condemnation of both the government and the army by lawmakers, who demanded Singh’s immediate dismissal over the leak and other incidents and accused the government of neglecting national security.

An embarrassed A.K. Antony, India’s defense minister, confirmed to Parliament Wednesday that Singh had sent the letter and pledged to “protect every inch of our motherland’’ by speeding up steps to modernize the country’s million-man army.

Antony did not criticize Singh for sending the letter to the prime minister, despite his frustration over the publication of its contents. “By the very nature of these issues, they cannot be a matter of public debate,’’ Antony said, urging angry opposition members to show restraint.

There was no immediate response from the prime minister’s office.

The general’s letter called the state of the army’s major fighting arms “alarming.’’

In October, India’s weekly magazine India Today ran a story titled “Not Ready for War,’’ quoting from government meetings and saying that accumulated neglect has rendered the army unfit to fight a war.

“Every army in the world faces shortages, but how did a classified letter of this kind come into the public domain is a matter of great worry and needs to be investigated,’’ said General Ved Prakash Malik. A retired army chief, Malik led the Indian Army in a limited border war with Pakistan in 1999.

He was angry about the leak, but agreed with V.K. Singh’s summary. “There is no doubt that our weapons procurement procedures in the civil and military bureaucracy are very, very slow,’’ he said. “. . . Corrective steps must be taken immediately.’’
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[beijingwalker]

that's the plain truth,some people should really learn how to keep secrets,especially secrets like this will certainly hurt a country's security.

 

[Sergi]

Good time to attack. What are you waiting for ?

You always wanted India to be removed. Good chance. Grab it

 

[harpoon]

that's the plain truth,some people should really learn how to keep secrets,especially secrets like this will certainly hurt a country's security.

Our main threat to security is from 2 countries..China & Pakistan and both does not seems to be in the mood to take advantage. So no problemo dear Comrade.

 

[Baby Leone]

Our main threat to security is from 2 countries..China & Pakistan and both does not seems to be in the mood to take advantage. So no problemo dear Comrade.

u should thank to both countries (which is threat according to indians) tht they are not intrested in wasting resources on india

& india should start working for the progress of region, these westerners are just using india against Pakistan & China & selling useless weopons to you.

 

[harpoon]

u should thank to both countries (which is threat according to indians) tht they are not intrested in wasting resources on india

Why should I thank Pakistan & China for their incompetence to take advantage of the situation.

& india should start working for the progress of region, these westerners are just using india against Pakistan & China & selling useless weopons to you.

Don't bring westerners into this mix. You brought them to SA first through the various defense pacts. As for China, they are the one claiming AP for themselves. Inspite of this India is not some western lackey to follow their instructions blindly.

PS: I see you start India with "i". You may not respect India as a country, but you have to respect the rules of English language.

 

[Sashan]

Harpoon - Advance congrats mate on reaching 5000 posts.

 

[GoodBoy]

Our main threat to security is from 2 countries..China & Pakistan and both does not seems to be in the mood to take advantage. So no problemo dear Comrade.

mood or position?

 

[GoodBoy]

Why should I thank Pakistan & China for their incompetence to take advantage of the situation.

Don't bring westerners into this mix. You brought them to SA first through the various defense pacts. As for China, they are the one claiming AP for themselves. Inspite of this India is not some western lackey to follow their instructions blindly.

PS: I see you start India with "i". You may not respect India as a country, but you have to respect the rules of English language.

Thanks? Sure... but first get in a position where you can actually attack India. At least Pakistan is not in a position for this today.

If your Generals really think they can attack India and win it as well then go and ask them to do so. They might like to add another failure in their list.

The ammo/weapon scare is just a tactic being used for speeding up modernization of Indian Armed Forces which is lagging behind decades.

 

[acetophenol]

u should thank to both countries (which is threat according to indians) tht they are not intrested in wasting resources on india

& india should start working for the progress of region, these westerners are just using india against Pakistan & China & selling useless weopons to you.

Thank you for the kind information

 

[GoodBoy]

u should thank to both countries (which is threat according to indians) tht they are not intrested in wasting resources on india

& india should start working for the progress of region, these westerners are just using india against Pakistan & China & selling useless weopons to you.

We don't get sucked up in the alliances the way Pakistan has done in the past to fight the enemy it can't beat. In the long term it's not benificial. You know what US is doing to Pakistan today

US and India today got lot of interdependency based majorily on economy and we would like it like that rather than military pacts and dependency on a single "western" country blindly.