Curiosity

Every time, the Navy conducts some naval exercises, we read about the ships participating. The Navy does a rescue operation we read about the ships involved in the newspapers. That's it? Nay! Some of us even look around the web to know more. We would have known the names of the vessels but their naming still remains a mystery to many. This post addresses this very issue. Let's start with who names them.  The Internal Nomenclature Committee (INC) at the Ministry of Defence is responsible for naming ships and submarines. The Assistant Chief of Naval Staff heads the INC, and other members include representatives from the historical section of the ministry and the archaeology department of the human resource development ministry.  It is a very good tradition to name our ships and submarines after the various aspects of the Indian republic. Naming ships in this fashion allows us to address the diversity of India.  It's important to note that the first time in history, a s...

7 July Needless to say the legend MS Dhoni was born on this day. And also, the 21st death anniversary of the Kargil war hero, let us remember the brave heart of India, Captain Vikram Batra. I'm sure MS Dhoni remembers this, he's also a soldier.  • Captain Batra sacrificed his life for the nation in the Kargil war of 1999. • He was born on September 9, 1974, in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. • His military career started from 6 December, 1997 with Indian Army’s 13th battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles. • During the Kargil war, his responsibility included the capturing of Tololing mountain range and Pt 4875. The fight for Tiger hill was considered the fiercest battle in the Kargil war. • He went to capture Peak 5140, where he even engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy soldiers and was leading the front. • He and his men planned to approach the hill from the rear, so as to take the enemies by surprise. They ascended the rocky cliff but as they neared the top...

This is not self made but a sharing on grounds of nationalism, patriotism  or whatever you call it. As we see China is superior to India in every possible way from Aircrafts, Armoured vehicles, Submarines and even the Defence Budget. Now, let's assume that China is attacking and India is defending. India is not interested in expanding its territories, unlike China. (e.g. Tibet, South China sea, Taiwan, etc.) Now, let us see about the Biggest weakness of China. It’s GEOGRAPHY Let us divide the war centers into Land, Sea and Air . First let’s discuss a conflict between People’s Liberation Army vs Indian Army assets. The manpower is the same so we will keep that aside for the moment. Land Warfare - PLA vs IA: A 40,000 Armoured Vehicles superiority over 2800 on the Indian side means  over a border that spreads over hundreds of kilometers of rocky, inhospitable, monstrously huge Himalayas with narrow passes. The first thing that India can do to d...

Hi Peeps!!! This is Boopathy.                           On 2001, in the month of June a meeting was held at Chief of Army Staff's office, New Delhi, among Gen. Sundarajan Padmanabhan, then Army Chief; Lt. Gen. Rostum K. Nanavatty, General Officer Commanding - in - Chief, Northern Command and Lt. Gen. Gurbaksh Singh Sihota, Director General of Military operations. In such long meeting, those 3 senior officers discussed about the Increasing Infiltration and the Pathetic Situation of L.O.C. Then they planned for an operation and encoded it as "Operation Kabaddi".              The Main objective of this operation is to tackle the infiltration of Pakistani Militants and to change the Geography of LOC. Ah! Such a brave plan!!!              The origin of this offensive operation was from the success of previous year's operations acros...

Do we know why and how the Indian Armed Forces Day and Armed Forces Flag Day are celebrated? Read on to know more! The Indian Armed Forces have 4 braches/arms: 1.Indian Army. 2. Indian Navy. 3. Indian Airforce. 4. Indian Coast Guard.  Indian Army The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and it is commanded by the Chief of Army Staff, who is a four-star general. Motto : "Service Before Self" Founded : 1 April 1895 Headquarters : New Delhi Chief of the Army Staff (COAS): General Bipin Rawat, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, ADC Commander-in-Chief : President of India. Size : 1,237,117 active personnel; 9,60,000 reserve personnel. Role : Ground warfare. Official website : indianarmy.nic.in. Join : joinindianarmy.nic.in. Indian Army Day : 15 January, every year.  Why Indian Army Day is celebrated? Army Day is celebrated on 15 January e...