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The Strange Silence Surrounding an Indian Military Exercise ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Ali Ahmed)

Image credits- Wikimedia Commons / United States Army Source- The Diplomat Author- Ali Ahmed In late September, India’s media reported on a military exercise to be undertaken by one of the country’s three “strike” corps, 21 Corps. Since then, Indian military watchers have encountered only silence on the exercise. This is uncharacteristic of India, on two counts. One, India has always undertaken such exercises with a flurry of publicity, even if the military details are necessarily kept under wraps. There is sense in publicity in that it reassures the public of a vigilant military; it is good for the government’s image as “strong on defense”; and it sends a deterrence message in the form of military readiness to India’s neighbor, Pakistan. Yet this autumn’s round of exercises is an interesting shift in India’s information strategy. The silence could well be for a mundane reason: During October the formation moved into an exercise location in the desert sector and i