India’s Defence Overhaul
THE YEAR 2020 WILL ALWAYS be remembered as a defining year in the 21st century for Indian military affairs. It was when India finally opened its doors to historic military reform by appointing a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and integrating the services into the ministry of defence (MoD). The year 2020 was also when another set of doors—the possibility of a trans-Himalayan conflict—were kicked open by an old adversary: China. Both events had been in the making for decades. In 2000, the Kargil Review Committee (KRC) recommended the
