The transformation of war

One has to give the US Army credit for trying to be better prepared for war in the future. The Indian Army would do well to follow that example

On October 27 each year the Indian Army celebrates Infantry Day, commemorating the bravura contributions of the foot soldiers, the army’s largest fighting arm. On this day, in 1947, with Pakistani tribal invaders raping and pillaging their way into the Kashmir Valley, Indian infantry men from such storied battalions as 1st SIKH and 4th KUMAON were airlifted in old Dakota transport aircraft to Srinagar airport to block the advance of Pakistani tribal invaders, who had had reached the outskirts of the city and were poised to capture the airport.

Armed with little more than raw courage, the handful of