Vaibhav Agrawal Vaibhav is a Defence Correspondent at Mission Victory India. He has words in Frontier India, and Indian Aerospace & Defence (Magazine). Mumbai 28 posts Twitter
The Reality Of India-China LAC: A Debate Triggered by 'Crumbling State Of Denial' By Lt Gen PC Katoch "China has become bold enough to tinker with the LAC as and when the Chinese Communist Party Chief wants to score a point before the Politburo. The Chinese are actually practicing the dictum' offence is the best form of defence" Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 28 Jan 2023 Read more
APTC Platinum Jubilee & 6th Re-Union "Nations have passed away and left no traces, And History gives the naked cause of it-- One single, simple reason in all cases; They fell because their peoples were not fit." - Rudyard Kipling Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 21 Jan 2023 Read more
Debate On Theaterisation Continues "India ,so far, has been dithering and the reason could be only few, either we don't have the competence at the top to produce such a document or we don't have the will to do so deliberately and a third one is that we don't have neither the will nor the competence to produce it."Opines Col LJ Singh Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 6 Jan 2023 Read more
Reality Of A Military Defeat Of 1962 India-War, Part 2 What made Nehru to ask the Indian Army to 'throw out the Chinese' from Thagla Ridge (their own area), an area five kms across the McMahon Line? It was only to pacify the public opinion. The govt had become a prisoner of its own facile pronouncements and drawing of boundary lines unilaterally. Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 1 Jan 2023 Read more
Re-Opening The Debate On Theaterisation "This debate is done and dusted. These aspects had emerged when the theaterisation issue first came up. A lot has happened since then. There needs to be a realisation of the very changing nature of warfare itself"- Opines Maj Gen Rajan Kochhar Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 30 Dec 2022 Read more
Born to Battle “The 38th NDA Course”, Celebrates Golden Jubilee It was those three momentous and eventful years that forged the steel of their bonding that has given them their friendship and relationship coveted over the next 50 glorious years and more. Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 22 Dec 2022 Read more
'Reality Of A Military Defeat Of 1962 India - China War 'By Parth Satam For EurAsian Times Countered Strongly By Angry Veterans "The world is full of postmortem experts. Mainly from the multitude who never fired a shot nor were ever under fire. Should be consigned to the dustbin of history" Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 20 Dec 2022 Read more
Why Should Armed Forces Officer Selection System Be Reviewed? A Debate "As they go up the ladder, the closeness with troops and junior lot of officers becomes thinner and appeasement of their IO/ RO as well as environment gains precedence over everything else. Now one can clearly see the I,ME&MYSELF " Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 6 Dec 2022 Read more
DSSC: The News Maker - Debate Part 3 "The changes need to be internally driven. The degeneration of Indian Army's military thought process commenced the day we started emulating the western models of doctrine and training." Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 1 Dec 2022 Read more
DSSC: The News Maker - Debate Part 2 "We must know that Change can never be 'agenda - driven'. Such an attempt often meets inner resistance and takes a path , contrary to the alleged 'agenda'" Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 30 Nov 2022 Read more
Remembering & Reviewing 1962 Indo - China War After 60 Yrs - Debate Part 3 We should stop war mongering. We need to extend a sincere honourable plan for disengagement with the Chinese. Draw MOUs where war is not an option and peaceful co-existence is. We should let the MEA do it’s job while we maintain the sanctity of our borders. Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 25 Nov 2022 Read more
Henderson Brooks Report & 1962 Himalayan Blunder Why do you want to see the HB report when enough revelations have been made in Himalayan Blunder by Brig. JP Dalvi? We must also know that Terms of Reference of Henderson Brooks investigations were very limited. Therefore he could not have done full justice to it. Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 24 Nov 2022 Read more
Remembering & Reviewing 1962 Indo - China War After 60 Yrs - Debate "The truth lies buried in 'Henderson Brooks Report' which no government in power including the BJP dares to declassify" Opines Brig BL Poonia in MVI Debate Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 19 Nov 2022 Read more
Warfare In 21st Century & What India Needs To Do? Debate - Concluding Part 4 Of MVI Debate "Make RA&W the STINGING arm of your WOM on China and Pakistan. Provide Baloch, Pashtun, Tibetan and Uighur rebels bases in India. 'Do unto your enemy what it does to you ' is an old maxim ." Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 16 Nov 2022 Read more
Warfare In 21st Century & What India Needs To Do? Part 3 Of Debate "I think it is time we dumped the “no-first-use” policy and prepare for the use of our strategic assets should the Chinese undertake offensive operations across the LAC in Ladakh and/or in the North and North East." Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 15 Nov 2022 Read more
Warfare In 21st Century - 2: The Nuclear Debate "I have always advocated that India move away from ' NO FIRST USE ' precept to ' NEED BASED FIRST USE ' Mere change will put our hostile neighbours on notice " Opines Gp Capt TP Srivastava in Part 2 of MVI debate Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 15 Nov 2022 Read more
Review Of Military Traditions & What Veterans Say "The Regiment and the Regimental Spirit are a great heritage; it is this heritage we must nurture. for, so long as the Regimental Spirit is alive. So long will the Regiment live." - Lt Gen. Hanut Singh Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 23 Sep 2022 Read more
Agnipath's Agnipareeksha Agnipath has taken a rough turn and triggered rage amongst military veterans, defence aspirants and several opposition leaders which have raised reservations over the entire process . Colonel Vinay Dalvi (Retd), Vaibhav Agrawal 20 Jun 2022 Read more