Harsha Kakkar For years, the army had been demanding the raising of a Mountain Strike Corps (MSC), funds for modernization and making up deficiencies in war wastage reserves (WWR). All this was based on increased Chinese threats and possibilities of a two-front war. Governments at the centre, on the contrary, kept reducing defence budgets, compelling the army to scrap plans for raising of itsMSC. Shortfall in capacities, impacted by years of low budgets, led to vast gaps in capabilities, essential … Continue reading Government failures fall on the armed forces