Putting our missiles to the best use
In September 2021, General Bipin Rawat, then CDS, had announced that India was contemplating establishing its own Conventional Rocket Force (CRF).
In September 2021, General Bipin Rawat, then CDS, had announced that India was contemplating establishing its own Conventional Rocket Force (CRF).
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan visited the NCC Republic Day Camp 2024 at the Delhi Cantt here on Friday.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday arrived in Drass in the Kargil district of Ladakh for the 24th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas. The day is marked every year to pay homage to the fallen soldiers in the 1999 Kargil conflict with Pakistan. The Raksha Mantri laid a wreath at the Kargil War Memorial here in the memory of the fallen bravehearts in the icy heights of Kargil.
According to the Army, General Chauhan reviewed the progress of infrastructure development and operational and logistics preparedness in the area.
Gen Anil Chauhan was inaugurating a two-day workshop on ‘Human Factors Engineering in Military Platforms’ in New Delhi
'China's People's Liberation Army was facing "unanticipated consequences" for its misadventure in Ladakh because of firm responses by Indian forces,' he said.
Army chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane updated the Defence Minister about his visit to Leh. On Friday, he visited the headquarters of 14 Corps in Ladakh to review the operational situation amid tensions between India and China along the disputed LAC.
The extension of retirement age of the nearly 15 lakh Army jawans, Air Force's airmen and Navy sailors is on the anvil.
The CDS added that the Indian Army and the Indian Navy too will join in.
Now in 2020, the appointment of Chief of Defence Staff is based on threat perception and has been projected as need-based. However, a large number of issues need to be ironed out by reducing the influence of the bureaucracy in the Ministry of Defence. Bureaucrats need to undergo Army courses that are conducted at the Defence Services Staff College, Higher Command and National Defence College before their induction into the Ministry of Defence.
