#UnderstandingMilitaryMind CoK- China Occupied Kashmir. Lost land since then? Since when? Ok how much did we hold to start with? The day you tell me how much we held, that would be right start to say how much we lost. Read Ukraine war to understand ‘military mindset’.
While Russian Military has made Ukraine Armed Forces defunct in a week, it speaks of ‘military mindset’ of Russian Army. Their Generals knew their geopolitics well. Not only Ukraine, they knew Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia well. They know each of NATO countries well.
Compare this with the Generals of Indian Army. #Galwan brought out the best strategist out of everyone who wore uniform. A gentleman asked me today, ‘How much land have we lost to Chinese?’, my counter question was, ‘How much was held?’. With over 100 strategist’s belting
articles day in and day out, which expert told you that we NEVER HELD ANY SIGNIFICANT LAND IN AKSAI CHIN? Two years and none knows. Why? If strategists and Generals know, why not write? When you don’t know what was held by us, how will you know how much have we lost?

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Episode 2 - Armed Forces and Geopolitics - NOR HERE NOR THERE Col Sanjay Pande & Prof. Sonali...


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Military Officers need to be introduces to Geopolitics and Geo-strategy from the day they step into armed forces.
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