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Indian Armed Forces are undergoing rapid modernization with latest indigenous and imported weapons and defense equipment. One of the most basic role played in protecting the soldier and increasing the offensive capability is the uniform worn by him or her. We have seen a variety of combat uniforms being used by various units of our military and para-military forces. Our soldiers are wearing a diverse set of uniforms, sometimes with no or conflicting camouflage on hats/bulletproof jackets. This defeats the purpose of camouflage. Another basic purpose of a soldier's uniform is to distinguish friend from foe. With possibility of conventional wars with Pakistan or China, we need to keep using uniforms which are quite distinct from those of these two military forces.  Indian army uniform is a disruptive pattern uniform and is called  Jungle Dress . Most of the armies of the world have already faced the disruptive pattern off. China has new starry sky unifor...

The recent events at LAC and LOC have brought into focus the level of preparedness of Indian Armed Forces. This analysis is for the 3 branches, namely Army, Air Force and Navy. This article is a basic study into the requirements for each force for weapon systems both for offense and defense. Let us see the basic facts first: 1. India has a very long border with China, Pakistan, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh. The strange part is the largest shared border among them is with Bangladesh. The total length of the border is about 15,200 km. 2. Also the maritime border is 7,000 km. Surprisingly, unknown to most we share this border with not only Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Myanmar, but also with Indonesia, Maldives and Thailand. To analyze and get basic idea about requirements for various kinds of defense equipment we can get guidance from the other armed forces of Top 10 military powers viz USA, China,  Russia,   France, Israel, Japan, Italy, Germany and UK. The goal is...