Who is
to be blamed?
The garrison of the 36 Brigade of Jammu and
Kashmir Light Infantry was attacked last Saturday by a small group of heavily
armed terrorists that managed to enter the residential quarters of soldiers.
While three terrorists were killed, six soldiers and a civilian lost their
lives. Many more sustained injuries.
There has been a series of attacks on military
installations over the last few years. Who can explain the repeated
success of terrorists in infiltrating high-security military complexes? The
Sunjuwan attack underscores the need for speedy measures on the ground,
As the terror attack in Jammu was under way,
the Defence Ministry sanctioned ₹1,487 crore to strengthen sensitive military
installations across the country as per the recommendations of a 2016 audit.
Our country takes pride in its modern,
technologically advanced military. It is high time the Defence Ministry made
sure that the soldier is fully backed by technology and calibrated security
drills. Militancy in Kashmir has its
origins in the political issues of Kashmiri identity, dignity & autonomy
It’s quite common among political parties,
whenever an attack incident happens, to try and cash on it politically by
giving emotional speeches, appointing committees rather than addressing root
cause. We are in the twenty first century and still using outdated weapons and
outdated methods. Strong political commitment and proper budgetary allocation
of defence, technical advancement of military is just daydream.
Pakistan has been upping the ante and our
successful surgical strikes have steeled them to use more of their time-tested
LeT/JeM assets helped by some local turncoats in J&K to launch these
attacks, thus confirming that Pakistan is a reckless state which feels that
India would not be able to escalate beyond a point even with the surgical
strikes and Pakistan can easily sustain damage up to that point. So, India must
devise an appropriate plan to disabuse Pakistan of its wrong notions. A calibrated
and continuous firing across the border without waiting to retaliate after an
incident occurred is one way. Escalation to higher caliber ammunition is
another way. Pakistan might try to paint us with a black brush when we do these
but we should simply brush aside any international opinion as our security and
well-being is of utmost importance to us. Besides, the turncoats in J&K
must be dealt with very severely without caring for reaction from anti-India
leaders.
Despite so much investment in defence there is
still need for more security. The reason is not the budget actually but it’s
the lack of administration. Every year government spends lot of money on
defence but their focus only remains on making nuclear weapons and missiles. This
should not be the target. They need to come out of their comfort zone and look
further onto other dimensions. .
Despite having technology and money and trained
manpower, we are unable to optimally utilise it. The precise reason is lack of
holistic approach. The knee-jerk reaction following each such incident is
evidence of it. Politicians respond in this manner just to save themselves, and
their hold on power. Otherwise what will explain such lapses, time and again?
Offence is the best form of defense and the
army has been quite good at that part in recent times. The militants are
rattled by the offensive measures taken by the Indian army and that's why these
terrorists are desperately trying to prove that they aren't affected at all,
but this act shows they are. Fortunately, the Indian defense services know how
to differentiate between a militant and a civilian; that might be the reason
why it took a bit longer than expected to get rid of them (terrorists).
What actually is happening is that we are
making our soldiers the sacrificial goats in our collective fight against extremism
and terror. One fails to understand how an army which claims to amongst the
most technologically advanced in the world cannot secure its own campuses? Of
what worth exactly is technology if people can breach your perimeter and enter
your camp while do not even have an inkling of it? Is this the
technology/hardware upgradation the military commanders boast of?
How much more casualties are we to sustain
before the top military leadership wakes up to its glaring deficiencies?
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