Fund freezes Cold Start

In a major setback to Army’s operational preparedness, its ambitious ‘Cold Start’ doctrine to speedily overwhelm Pakistan in the first few days of the war has been hampered by the budget cut of more than Rs10,000 crore this year. With little hope of getting more funds in the next fiscal too, the Army is not in a position to put in place its critical plan to raise an operational corps to sustain unhindered logistical supply of ammunition to the advancing forces in Pakistan.

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