DSA Press Release: January 2015 Issue

by Unknown on Saturday, 17 January 2015

DSA Press Release: January 2015 Issue

 

There is no denying the fact that of all institutions of state it is the Indian Army that consistently scores the highest in approval ratings. Nationwide there is a respect for the Army that other institutions and departments of the government can only dream about and sigh wistfully. That high standing doesn't take away from the fact that the basic structures and systems of the Army are essentially antiquated, 19th or 20th century by-products. It also doesn't take away from the fact that the Army was created for and designed around contingencies that don't exist for the modern 21st century republic that India aspires to become.

 

The entire security paradigm has changed in the last one decade. The ultras using the latest technologies to destablise peace in India are the biggest challenge for the Indian Army which is now well equipped with the latest telecommunication devices and arms and ammunition. The Indian Army has kept the Pakistani game plan at bay and has blunted the many proxy attacks it has conducted over the past two decades which have been characterised by a "no war, no peace" state of affairs. The coordination of the Indian Army with border state governments and the paramilitary forces has stymied Pakistani plans to destroy Indian unity and territorial integrity.

DSA January 2015 edition, "Indian Army – In The Changing Security Paradigm" is here. To access its Cover Page, Editorial Pages and Content Pages, you may follow the DSA web link:

http://www.dsalert.co.in/files/DSA_Cover_Editorial_Content_Pages_January_2015_Issue.pdf

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Chief Of The Army Staff

General Dalbir Singh PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC

Transformation is a dynamic and continuous process to optimise the armed forces capabilities and maintain its relevance as a formidable force to meet present and envisaged security challenges. It is a process that shapes the changing nature of military preparedness through review of doctrines and concepts, organisation and structures, new technologies and personnel … To read more please follow the DSA web link:

http://www.dsalert.co.in/files/January_2015_Exclusive_Interview_COAS_General_Dalbir_Singh.pdf

 

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: DGOF and Chairman Ordnance Factory Board

MC Bansal

OFB has grown in stature with impressive technological capability for undertaking the latest sophisticated Land Systems Solutions. OFB is the single largest supplier to Indian Army and Ordnance Factories are also major suppliers of intermediate chemicals, warheads and propellants used in the Missile programmes and also to ISRO for advanced aluminum alloys used in the space programmes … To read more please follow the DSA web link:

http://www.dsalert.co.in/files/January_2015_Exclusive_Interview_MC_Bansal_DGOF_Chairman_Ordnance_Factory_Board.pdf

 

Army Medical Corps

Lt Gen VP Chaturvedi VSM, PHS, DGMS (ARMY)

The AMC not only attends to the sick and wounded, but also performs the equally important task of prevention of diseases and practice social hygiene on a large scale. The Corps is organised on the most advanced lines and has well-earned the name it deserves. The AMC has its own hospitals that are some of the best equipped and managed in the country … To read more please follow the DSA web link: http://www.dsalert.co.in/files/January_2015_Lt_Gen_VP_Chaturvedi.pdf

 

Mechanised Forces: Modernisation Imperatives

Lt Gen Dalip Bhardwaj PVSM, VSM (Retd)

The Ministry of Defence has instituted some encouraging measures to ensure that the modernisation of the Armed Forces are put on the fast track and also achieve the much desired objective of indigenisation of military equipment. The policy of giving priority to the category "Make in India" is laudable as also allowing an increase in the FDI from 26 to 49 per cent in Indian defence industry … To read more please follow the DSA web link:

http://www.dsalert.co.in/files/January_2015_Lt_Gen_Dalip_Bhardwaj_(Retd).pdf

 

A Matter Of Military Doctrine

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee PVSM, AVSM, YSM (Retd)

The point to note is that in the Indian system of defence management, a substantial political directive that would provoke strategic vision and lend to formulation of a realistic military doctrine, is yet to be promulgated. It is not the case that the Indian defence system had been groping directionless all these years, but what is meant is that the system had been afflicted by transitory commitments, tentative planning and unsteady fiscal support from the state … To read more please follow the DSA web link: http://www.dsalert.co.in/files/January_2015_Lt_Gen_Gautam_Banerjee_(Retd).pdf

 

Rashtriya Rifles: The Fearless Force

Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd)

The need to avoid deploying the regular Army and yet having its expertise, effectiveness, ethos and leadership style, was the crying need. The RR has achieved all that in style much before the US Forces came up with the COIN doctrine. How did all this happen and how has the RR come to be classified as India's finest experiment and innovation in the military field; this needs examination of some facts and serious analysis … To read more please follow the DSA web link:

http://www.dsalert.co.in/files/January_2015_Lt_Gen_Syed_Ata_Hasnain_(Retd).pdf

 

Geostrategic Calculus

Nitin A Gokhale

If 2014 was the year of change in India, 2015 will have to be the period of consolidation for the country's security and strategic policies. Prime Minister Narendra Modi stormed Delhi and subsequently the international arena in 2014 propelling India once again to the centre stage in world affairs. For anyone who expected radical – and dare I say drastic – changes to India's military and diplomatic policies after Modi took office, his initial months may seem mildly disappointing. What the Prime Minister has however done, is restore the authority of his office and bring in a sense of decisiveness in governance that was sorely missing in UPA II … To read more please follow the DSA web link:

http://www.dsalert.co.in/files/January_2015_Nitin_A_Gokhale.pdf

 

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