Monday, June 22, 2015

Fwd: Why India desperately needs a Special Operations Command


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From: Capt

http://www.dailyo.in/politics/narendra-modi-special-operations-command-indian-army-myanmar-strike-nscnk-navy-armed-forces-defence/story/1/4407.html

The Modi government's delay in approving this is baffling.

17-06-2015
SANDEEP UNNITHAN

On June 9, Indian Army special forces teams raided camps of the NSCN(K) and the PLA in Myanmar. This first-of-a-kind strike in recent years, illustrates how special forces are best utilised. Lightning intelligence based thrusts to achieve specific objectives. With the prospects of a full-scale conventional war receding intelligence-based operations like Myanmar are likely to be the norm. In recent years, special forces operators have found their skill sets being utilised in Humanitarian and Disaster Relief and other-than-war situations. During the Uttarakhand floods last year, Army commandos created rough helipads to rescue stricken pilgrims.


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