Show Notes
Is the era of the massive Indian Army over? In this episode of In Our Defence, Dev Goswami and Sandeep Unnithan decode the Indian Army's roadmap for force restructuring, a project that has been in the works for several years.
The two answer the big questions:
-Why is the Army desperate to "cut the flab"?
-What exactly are Integrated Battle Groups (IBGs), and how do they change the way India fights wars?
The episode also features a deep dive into the Army’s massive push for drones and whether tech is finally replacing boots on the ground.
Finally, Dev and Sandeep imagine what the future Indian Army infantry soldier will look like and why the science fiction movies of the past years may not be so far off the mark on this aspect.
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Produced by Taniya Dutta
Sound mixed by Aman Pal
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