Security Code: India paid for ignoring warnings in 1965 war. It can’t afford to repeat those mistakes today

Six decades ago this summer, as Pakistan’s army mobilised for war in Kashmir, India’s military and intelligence services ignored warnings in plain sight. The lessons learned in 1965 helped India win the Bangladesh war, but the lack of an institutional culture of introspection and honest self-criticism led to mistakes being repeated in 1999, 2001-2002 and 2019. India can’t afford to repeat those errors again.