On Border security
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval said that the undefined borders in the west and north have adversely affected the country and its weight on internal security in terms of terrorism, radicalism, and drug trafficking is a liability for the nation.
He said India’s economic progress would have been much faster if we had more secure borders
He said that in the next 10 years, India will be a $10 trillion economy and will become self-reliant in military power.
Border security also has a bearing on socio-economic security of the country.
India have a large number of Rohingya coming here, people from Arakan (Myanmar) area are coming and sometimes due to religious and travel affinity (in India) they have socio-political implications
Merely increasing the strength of the force was not enough, technological advancement was also required.
The lesser the manpower, the greater the opportunity for round-the-clock reliable systems.
There was a series of missile attacks on Israel from Iran.
Out of 1,500 missiles, 99% were stopped, and only two or three missiles could hit, that is the strength of technology.
They harnessed the technology and that is why they were so effective
Their cutting edge intelligence on the border was zero.
They could not distinguish that thousands of Hamas people were going to infiltrate.
They had all the high technology, we are fortunate that we have so many eyes and can monitor the border.
We have got an interface with our villagers, they are the storehouse of knowledge
There’s a need to befriend the border population, as Chanakya said you can never defend the border where the population is hostile to you.
They should not feel that these people in uniform are there to police and control them
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