America and the Iran-China Bond
During the recent visit of the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wan Yi reaffirmed China’s opposition to unilateral sanctions by the US against Iran but backed efforts to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed in 2015. Yi said China firmly...
The 14th Round of Talks in Ladakh: And the PLA’S Training Mobilisation Order 2022
On 4th January 2022, the Chairman of the Chinese Central Military Commission (CMC), Xi Jinping, signed and issued the Training Mobilisation Order (TMO) to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for the new year. This TMO is relatively short, 206 characters, compared to the last years one which was 636 characters. It...
USS Connecticut (SSN-22): I am not that Innocent!
A continental power adheres to a “closed-sea” concept, while a maritime power adheres to an “open-sea” concept. This difference also informs the naval strategy chosen by both, a maritime power seeks to preserve “access” (offensive strategy) and a continental power seeks “denial” (defensive strategy) at...
America and the Iran-China Bond
During the recent visit of the Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian to China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wan Yi reaffirmed China’s opposition to unilateral sanctions by the US against Iran but backed efforts to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed in 2015. Yi said China firmly...
The 14th Round of Talks in Ladakh: And the PLA’S Training Mobilisation Order 2022
On 4th January 2022, the Chairman of the Chinese Central Military Commission (CMC), Xi Jinping, signed and issued the Training Mobilisation Order (TMO) to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) for the new year. This TMO is relatively short, 206 characters, compared to the last years one which was 636 characters. It...
USS Connecticut (SSN-22): I am not that Innocent!
A continental power adheres to a “closed-sea” concept, while a maritime power adheres to an “open-sea” concept. This difference also informs the naval strategy chosen by both, a maritime power seeks to preserve “access” (offensive strategy) and a continental power seeks “denial” (defensive strategy) at...
Managing a Congested Airspace over the Future Battle Area
The number of platforms and projectiles in the Tactical Battle Area (TBA) has increased exponentially. The friendly and adversary aerial systems are not only increasing in numbers, but are also of a variety of sizes from micro UAVs to large aircraft and they are also travelling from very slow speeds to many times faster...
Does the World need Ethical Weapons?
Artificial intelligence-powered weapons have radically transformed the battlefield. But can, or should they also be made to follow ethical rules? Although many nations still practice the tried and tested military tactics and techniques of World War II vintage, major powers, particularly the US, China, Russia and Israel,...
Increasing Retirement Ages vis-à-vis Savings in Defence Spending & Pension: A Discussion
Introduction & Acknowledgements Study of military history in our Defence institutions appear to dominate our thought process so much that we appear to ignore other realities of the present, even the recent past. One such is the ephemeral proposal of reducing the outgo on pay and pensions in the Defence budget by...
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India needs to Forcefully respond to Chinese Psychological Operations
Winters used to be looked upon as a lie-low time along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China. In present times, the extreme cold conditions are utilised by China for launching sophisticated information battles and psychological operations. This year the intensity seems to be more than normal. In India there is an...
Indo–Pacific Oceans Initiative
Concept of Indo-Pacific Eminent historian and scholar Radhakumud Mookerjee in his seminal work on Indian Shipping, while tracing the history of maritime activities of Indians from historic times, brought out that India was linked with all major movements in the world which had influenced the history of mankind. In his...
AFSPA in the N-E: Is status quo the answer?
Much has already been written on the tragic incident that occurred recently in the Tiru-Oting area of Mon district, Nagaland. In a case of mistaken identity, six coal miners were killed by a troop of the Army Special Forces. Subsequent escalation led to more deaths, including that of a Special Forces soldier, murdered...
Indigenous IJT Completes Six Turn Spin
The Intermediate Jet Trainer (IJT), designed and developed by HAL for stage –II training of IAF pilots has successfully demonstrated the capability to carry out six turn spins to the LH and RH sides. The aircraft was piloted by Gp. Capt HV Thakur (Retd) and Gp. Capt A Menon (Retd). Given the right resources and...
C4ISR and Autonomous Capabilities
A military leader, as a pre-condition, must be able to exercise Command and Control (C2) over the forces subordinated to him if he is to accomplish his mission. The United States (US) Department of Defence defines C2 as the exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned and attached...
Rosoboronexport Presented top 5 new Russian Export Products of 2021
Rosoboronexport JSC (part of the Rostec State Corporation) has summed up its efforts to promote Russian weapons and military equipment on the world market in 2021. “In 2021, the global arms market has largely adapted to work under coronavirus pandemic conditions. Exhibition activities have resumed largely, contacts...
Interviews / Spotlight
Decoding the Ukraine-Kazakhstan Chessboard
Before the Russia-US talks on Ukraine could commence on January 10 in Geneva, followed by a Russia-NATO Council...
A Heart-Wrenching Episode!
Invite to the Wedding This spring, at the request and insistence of my best friend, I went to his wedding in Razi...
The Surrender of Dacca-Pakistan’s Faulty Deployment of Forces
APPENDIX E The inevitable has happened. In 12 days the Pakistani war machine has been brought to a standstill. That is what I predicted before General Yahya Khan’s declaration of war. It was, I said at that time the last throw of a gambler, and it has been proved so. How strange that Yahya himself could not have realised this? Instead, he depended on false hopes held out by friendly powers...
China shifts into propaganda overdrive in pandemic era but world is beginning to see through it
Can we today take Chinese propaganda seriously? I don’t think so. Take the issue of democracy. On 9-10 December 2021, US President Joe Biden organised a ‘Summit for Democracy’, bringing together leaders from governments, civil society, and the private sector in a “shared effort to set forth an affirmative agenda for democratic renewal and to tackle the greatest threats faced by democracies”. Communist China was not invited, but Beijing...
The Union Minister for Defence Rajnath Singh with the Brigadier R.V. Jatar (Retd.) who had participated in...
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The Prime Minister Narendra Modi witnessing the Air Show at the inauguration of the Purvanchal Expressway,...
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The Union Minister for Defence Rajnath Singh paying homage to the fallen heroes at National War Memorial,...
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The Chief of the Army Staff, General Manoj Mukund Naravane inducts the Short Span Bridging System...
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The Union Minister for Defence Rajnath Singh interacting with the veterans, at Leh, Ladakh on June 27, 2021.
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