What India's Army Chief needs to do in the face of two-front threats

Every year, on January 11, the Army Chief holds a media interaction and responds to media queries related to India's military strategic security issues, ranging from how borders were being handled against specific threats to internal security issues. The various aspects of modernisation, upgradation and procurement are, of course, inevitable. This year was General Manoj Pande's second and last media interaction of his tenure. He reflected upon a period which has been afflicted by conflict resurgence and instability in some areas while exuding full confidence about the state of the Army and its ability to deliver the nation's security needs….