IS AGNIVEER SCHEME A DISASTER ?
https://youtu.be/4MbYmqAkbbc
It will be interesting to find out WHO framed the AGNIVEER Scheme because such a disgusting idea can never occur to a MAN IN UNIFORM
To CRYSTAL-GAZE the mettle of the future AGNIVEER and with that also include to cascading & go a step further to visualize even the efficacy of topmost RANKS in the Armed Forces . One does'nt have to search far, just study the first fifteen days of the UKRAINE WAR 2022. The Glaring DRAW BACKS of THE RUSSIAN ARMY is a smell like that of rotten EGG. State of the RUSSIAN ARMY glares out like SOS of very light shots in the sky. AGNIVEER has very strong commonalities with the RUSSIAN SYSTEM of recruitment upto the extent that the first observation has been that it may have the CHARACTERSTICS OF ITALIAN ARMY IN WORLD WAR -2
RUSSIAN ARMY IN ON GOING UKRAINE WAR CAN BE SUMMARIZED IN ONE SENTENCE
" RUSSIANS CAPTURE A PIECE OF GROUND BEFORE LAST LIGHT & UKRANIANS THROW THEM BACK AFTER LAST LIGHT BACK INTO THEIR TRENCHES "
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Agniveer Abhinav report - • Agniveer पर पूर्व सैनिक ने इतनी कड़वी... Rakhwale: General MM Naravane (R), Indian Army's 28th Chief of Staff has penned down a memoir - Four Stars of Destiny: An Autobiography. As per PTI, he has revealed the decesion making process behind Agnipath scheme, that replaced the recruitment policy in all three services. Now soldiers are recruited for a 4 year term. Only 25 percent are retained after this contract. Other revelations include events of August 2020 when India and China were on the brink of war in Eastern Ladakh.
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/it-took-indian-army-to-show-to-world-that-enough-is-enough-gen-naravane-on-eastern-ladakh/articleshow/106067214.cms?fbclid=IwAR0h7Rjk3tkvaerTKPyxJCHXc5Y0WdSvu7_K4Nes65TLdVvokj5hkgTDdPk
Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane
It took Indian Army to show to world that 'enough is enough': Gen Naravane on Eastern Ladakh
Gen Manoj Mukund Naravane, the 28th Chief of Army Staff, one of the foremost Army Generals, provided a gripping account of the India-China confrontation before and after the deadly Galwan Valley incident, India's overall response to the Chinese action and how it served as a catalyst to firm up the Army's combat readiness along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).
Naravane, one of the foremost Army Generals, provided a gripping account of the India-China confrontation before and after the deadly Galwan Valley incident, India's overall response to the Chinese action and how it served as a catalyst to firm up the Army's combat readiness along the Line of Actual Control(LAC)
"They had been following wolf-warrior diplomacy and salami-slicing tactics everywhere with impunity, browbeating smaller neighbours like Nepal and Bhutan, while staking their ever-increasing claims in the South China Sea, without having to pay any costs, especially in terms of human lives."
Delving into the overall situation along the frontier, Naravane, at the same time, suggests having a "non-aggression" pact between the two countries pending the settlement of the overall boundary dispute, saying it would go a long way in restoring confidence and pave the way for de-escalation and de-induction of forces.
On the Galwan Valley incident, Naravane says it occurred in view of the Chinese PLA refusing to remove two tents that it had erected in Patrolling Point 14 (PP-14), adding following the adversary's refusal, the Indian Army decided to pitch its own tents in the same general area.
"From this stonewalling, it became evident that there had been no intention of removing those tents in the first place. To counter this, we also decided to pitch our own tents in the same general area," he writes.
"Col Santosh Babu, Commanding Officer of 16 BIHAR, went forward with a small party of troops to attempt to defuse the situation but the PLA were in no mood to relent and attacked the CO's party too," he says.
Although armed, neither side opened fire, instead using batons or clubs and throwing or rolling down stones on each other's positions, he says.
The former Army Chief says due to better connectivity on their side, the PLA were able to move troops forward in armoured personnel carriers which changed the balance in their favour.
Naravane says he told then Northern Army Commander Lt Gen YK Joshi during a phone call at 1:30 am on June 16 that the Army must hit back and make the PLA pay the price for their misadventure. "Daylight revealed a not-so-favourable situation."
"As tense negotiations began, many of our boys, who had either got disoriented or had been briefly detained by the PLA without food or medical aid, returned to base," he says.
The Galwan Valley clashes on June 15, 2020 marked the most serious military conflicts between India and China in decades and the full extent of the deadliest confrontation was known the next day.
"Every patrol or ambush can be your last. As a Company and Battalion Commander, my unit had suffered casualties, and I was always stoic in the face of adversity or bad news. Yet, losing 20 men in a day was hard to bear," he notes.
"Our men who were in Chinese hands had been kept out in the open and they had seen several bodies being fished out of the river. Whenever that happened, they were subjected to a fresh round of beatings," Naravane writes.
"The sheer savagery of their response was in itself indicative of the losses they had suffered. Initially, they did not admit to any casualties at all; then many months later, admitted to four or five killed, including the CO on their side," he says.
Naravane also mentioned a report by a group of Australian researchers that put the figure of Chinese fatalities to at least 38, A separate Russian (TASS) report put the figure closer to 45 killed, which was consistent with other intelligence reports, including those from the US, he says.
"Pending the settlement of the boundary dispute, which is likely to be time-consuming, articulation of a 'non-aggression' pact between the two countries would go a long way in restoring confidence, paving the way for de-escalation and de-induction of forces from Tibet/Ladakh," he said.
"Such a pact would be somewhat akin to what China and the ASEAN countries are attempting to formalise," he said.
The former Army Chief says the crisis in eastern Ladakh served as a catalyst for the Army's rebalancing to the northern front. The Army moved many key units to the northern front from other parts following the Chinese aggression.
"Though still inadequate, the increase in force ratios on the Northern Front will definitely make the PLA think twice before embarking on any misadventure, especially now that we have the offensive capability to take the battle into Chinese territory," Naravane says.
'Wolf-warrior' diplomacy is a term used for a kind of assertive diplomacy. Salami Slicing is a tactic used to capture territory piece by piece.