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| No room for laxity in defence sector | | | It is really an irony. An irony of its sort be-
cause while India was celebrating its victory
over Pakistan it had achieved in 1965 armed conflict, the Defence Minister and the Army Chief have, separately indeed, cautioned the Armed forces against any laxity in defence preparedness. Both Manohar Parrikar and Gen. Dalbir Singh have talked about difficult security environment in the country, especially in Jammu and Kashmir, in the light of repeated ceasefire violations by the Pakistani forces who keep on assisting militants in sneaking into Jammu and Kashmir for raising the level of violence Parrikar has said the security environment at present was complex and there was a need to be vigilant all the time. The way he repeated his views on the complex security situation indicated that he and the Ministry of Defence are worried over the turn of events, the product of Pak machinations. He has emphasized the need for upgrading the security grid and wants men of the Armed Forces to be vigilant all the times and round the clock. The Defence Minister said this while addressing a tri-services seminar in New Delhi on the 1965 Indo-Pak war. The Minister wanted that school textbooks should include stories of valour from the war which could enthuse and encourage able bodied youth to join the Armed Forces. This could happen when today's generation is encouraged to read those stories that talk of valour of Indian soldiers. Parrikar wants Indian defence services to be prepared for facing any eventuality so that India wins all the armed conflicts thrust on it as was the case in 1947,1965, 1971 and the 1999 Kargil conflict.
Possibly in the light of threats dished out by Pakistan while talking about its nuclear arsenal even the Army Chief Dalbir Singh has said that the Indian forces need to be prepared at all times for short wars, given the frequent ceasefire violations by Pakistan on the border. During a function in New Delhi, he has voiced concern over "new methods" used to keep Jammu and Kashmir on the boil. He has made it clear that the security environment in the country has become difficult because of the Pak machinations and in this context he has referred to the frequent ceasefire violations and infiltration bids by India's neighbour , which has left the borders live and active. New methods continue to be employed to create unrest in J&K. India is aware that the swift, short nature of future wars are likely to offer limited warning time - this calls for maintaining very high levels of operational preparedness at all times is the latest sermon from Gen. Dalbir Singh. Well both Parrikar and Gen Singh are correct because Pakistan's machinations on the LoC and the IB in Jammu and Kashmir have accentuated security instability in the northern state. They are correct when they favoured immediate upgrading of the security grid and round the clock defence preparedness. Yes, Pakistan is upgrading its strike power with the help of military aid from China and the US.
India needs to know that Pakistan is not what it was in 1965 and 1971 when India had no difficulty in winning the wars thrust on it by Pakistan. New Delhi should know that Pakistan, especially the Pakistani Armed Forces, are not as weak as they were in 1999 .Since 1965 onwards Pakistan has not only entered into the club of nuclear countries but it has also increased its military warfare, arms, ammunition. The successive military and civilians Governments in Islamabad have been issuing threats of nuclear weapon strike on India. Such threats have been issued by former military ruler Parvez Musharraf and of late such threat has been repeated by Pakistan's Defence Minister. This way it has become mandatory for India to upgrade its war machinery. Well making suitable additions to its nuclear arsenal is a must but besides this India needs to replace the outdated long range guns, tanks, fighter planes, by highly sophisticated long and medium range guns, equally sophisticated and all weather tanks and fighter planes. The next war or wars between India and Pakistan may not be fought by the troops but it may be battle of tanks, long range guns, missiles and fighter planes. And it may look proper for the opposition parties in the Centre and in the states, especially in those states which lie close to the border with Pakistan to cooperate with the Governments in order to create a proper security environment which could help the Indian Armed Forces to face any challenge from Pakistan. If the opposition parties accentuate conflict it could distract the attention of the Indian Armed forces. In addition to this the Union Government needs to allocate liberal funds for upgrade the war machinery. |
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