Indian Army News and Discussion

[shag]

umm 99' prices??
Have you seen the inflation lately?

[dragonfire]

Army likely to recruit one lakh soldiers for China border

NEW DELHI: Faced with growing Chinese military presence along the border and other complex security challenges in the region, the government is planning to increase the strength of the Indian Army by almost one lakh soldiers over the next five years.

Authoritative sources told TOI that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has approved a Rs 64,000-crore (approximately $13 billion) military modernization plan that would include raising four new divisions along the India-China border. Two of these would be part of a Mountain Strike Corps dedicated to offensive operations. The plan also includes raising two independent brigades, one in Ladakh and the other in Uttarakhand.

Army likely to recruit one lakh soldiers for China border - The Times of India.

In the 11th Five Year Plan -2 New divisions were approved for the same region - 36k troops and now 4 New Divisions are planned for the 12th Five Year plan (2012-2017). Apart from the manpower increase a Comprehensive Modernisation package is being mooted for Infrastructure development, development and modernisation of the Army's and Air Force's capabilities in the region and also the Tri-Services command in Andaman is getting additional manpower as well.

[Twinblade]

Exercise Yudh Abhyas: US tanks to roll on Indian soil - Hindustan Times

Seems like this year's Indo-American exercise "Yudh Abhyas" (war exercise) will be focussed on infantry and armour vis-a-vis SF operations in the last one.

[Eeshaan]

Seems like things on the the Indo-Chinese border are going to get alot more interesting in the near future :

India preparing for

Seems that although a major engagement is not forseeable, there might be a smaller-scale clash on the border. Both India and China are now flexing their muscles.

There's also the issue of China's aggressive posture in the Indian Ocean.

[alexkvaskov]

I'm wondering what role Pakistan plays in Indian defense planning against China.
I doubt Pakistan would get involved in border skirmishes between China and India, but what would their actions be in a more serious conflict between its neighbors?

[dragonfire]

Originally Posted by alexkvaskov

I'm wondering what role Pakistan plays in Indian defense planning against China

Indian Military planners have stated about having a 2 front war eventuality having been planned for vis-a-via Pakistan and China

I doubt Pakistan would get involved in border skirmishes between China and India, but what would their actions be in a more serious conflict between its neighbors?

This is a touchy subject suggest no further exploration as it would lead to disruption of the thread. However categorically it can be stated that while India was engaged in warfare with Pakistan in 1947, 1965, 1971 and a limited engagement in 1999; there was no overt Chinese involvement and When India and China were engaged in 1962, there was no overt Pakistani involvement either.

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19 Indian Army Soldiers Killed and 3 Missing in Avalanches in Northern Kashmir. Two killer avalanches hit the districts in Northern Kashmir and a third avalanche did not cost any life but destroyed about a dozen un-occupied huttments . Rescue attempts are on and atleast 16 soldier were rescued

20 Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir avalanches | Kashmir | South Asian News Agency

RIP for the lost souls