Author: Gurmeet Kanwal
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 342
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788172237325
Description
Army: Vision 2020 examines the threats and their changing nature, identifies the key operational commitments, makes a comparative analysis of how other modern armies are coping and offers a considered guide map for a modern fighting force that is light, lethal and wired to meet the operational challenges of the 21st century.
This is a scholar-warrior's view of the nation's defense preparedness, especially that of the army, born of experience and a close study of the security environment and how it is changing.
Contents
Forward by General V P Malik
Preface
Part 1: Forever in Battle
Custodians of Peace
Threats, Challenges and Vulnerabilities
Battlefield Milieu, Roles and Tasks
Conventional Operations under a Nuclear overhang
Border Management and Internal Security
Part 2: Other Modern Armies and the Transformation Process
Light, Lethal and Weird
The People's Liberation Army
Race to the Swift
Part 3: Recommendations and Looking Ahead
Modernization plans
Generating Firepower Asymmetries
Airpower, Attack Helicopters and Army Aviation
Special forces: Changing Roles and Requirements
Command and Control and Intelligence
Restructuring to Meet Emerging Challenges
Index
About the Author