POLITICS
India’s aerial shield has held up well, but will need upgrades to combat China’s stealth aircraft
India’s multi-layered air defence system has successfully repulsed scores Pakistani aerial attacks over three successive nights. By acquiring advanced systems and simultaneously producing at scale domestically, India has steadily built air defences that can absorb and inflict punishing attrition over prolonged combat. It has also focused on protecting key targets. For instance, India has ambitions of covering Delhi and Mumbai with a limited ballistic missile defence (BMD) shield that can intercept accidental or rogue launches of some nuclear-capable ballistic missiles
INDIA
Indian Army needs to abandon its ad hoc approach to arming the infantry
SIG716 rifles purchased by the Army gives it breathing space. It must use it to fix the small arms mess marked by piecemeal acquisitions. India needs data-driven acquisition for firearms procurement
