India's Military Deficit - Part 1 (Army)
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...