Royal College of Defence Studies, UK delegation visits National Defence College in Delhi

A 21-member delegation of the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) of the UK visited the National Defence College here on Tuesday with an aim to understand new challenges and deliberate on defence-related issues affecting both the UK and India, officials said.

The National Defence College (NDC) is a prestigious military institution in India. “A 21-member delegation of the Royal College of Defence Studies RCDS, UK led by Lt Gen Sir George Norton (Retd.) Commandant, RCDS visited NDC, New Delhi today to enhance defence interaction at senior military leadership level,” the principal spokesperson of the Ministry of Defence posted on X.

“The visit was aimed at understanding new challenges, to deliberate on defence related issues affecting both UK and India. The RCDS, UK, delegation interacted with Commandant, Faculty, Staff and 64th NDC course participants,” it added.

The principal spokesperson of the ministry also shared some photos of the visit in the post on X.

 

[ASHOK CARROL]

The British army is approx 80,000 strength .It cannot teach anything worth while to the 1.3million strong Indian army . It is just one corp equivalent compared to 15 corps of The Indian army trained to fight in snow , mountains , deserts , jungles and tropical landmass including island territories . Time to stop sending officers for RCDS where many are subverted to the British thinking way of life and create a small elite group . The army must only send Capts , Majors and COls for courses to Britian especially special forces to SAS training centres , Navy for divers and pilots for combat tactics . Rcds course be abolished and officers be instead sent to Russia , America , Franceand Germany with increase of vacancies.