Need Not Be Overly Concerned About PLA’s Reforms: Lt Gen Manoj Pande

The induction of modern equipment by the Chinese PLA as part of reforms may be impressive to look at but they pose several challenges to the force itself, says Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Manoj Pande, who has been named as the next Army Chief. If you have resources, you can buy equipment but it’s a different matter to operationalize them, Lt Gen Pande told StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale at a forward location in Arunachal Pradesh in September, 2021. And if the PLA is undertaking reforms, “our forces are also looking at methods to increase operational efficiency, achieve optimization and better value for money”. Lt Gen Pande is currently serving as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff. #Easternarmycommander #army StratNewsGlobal is your one-stop destination for strategic analysis from an Indian perspective. Since many of our well-wishers requested a UPI payment id to contribute and support us, here’s the link: https://stratnewsglobal.com/support-us/ If you like our work and want us to do more, do consider donating and subscribing. Every bit helps. 🙏 Subscribe to our YouTube channel. Press the 🔔 icon to get the latest updates