They chose to speak off the record.The army needs basic items like assault rifles as well as high-end anti-aircraft missile systems. Army insiders said at the current levels of supply, India can sustain an all-fronts war for just four days. New orders have been issued and India should be in a far better position, they said.Not much has happened in the past two years, officers and experts said. Senior officers said this has led to some top fighting formations remaining leaderless for months.The Western Army Command was headless for over 10 week before Lt Gen Surinder Singh was appointed Commander on September 15. This was an unprecedented situation for the critical Western Command that focusses on the Pakistan border in Punjab and in parts of Jammu and Kashmir.

Source: Economic Times September 27, 2016 20:25 UTC