Indian Defence Review

Impact of Article 370

The Article 370 was clearly meant to be a temporary provision included in the Constitution to cater for the specific requirements of the troubled times immediately after India’s independence and the state’s accession to India. It was meant to remain in operation during the existence of the State’s Constituent...

Solution to J & K problem lies in New Delhi...

J&K is an integral part of India. The only problem that can be called J&K Problem is the non- comprehension by India, its people and the government to this ultimate truth of its being the integral part of India and not distinct or separate entity in any way from the other states of India. The problem that would...

Article 370: The untold story

It is often not realized that among the causes of Kashmir problem – inclusion of plebiscite in the Instrument of Accession, reference of Kashmir to UN, halting Indian offensive when it was poised to drive out the invaders from Kashmir, Article 370 has played no less a part in preventing J&K from becoming an integral...

Solution to J & K problem lies in New Delhi...

China’s Strategic Overture to Japan

China has added another chapter to her “peaceful” rise by declaring another “defensive” measure; that all non-commercial aircraft entering a broad zone over the East China Sea must first identify themselves to Beijing (read the CCP’s Empire) at the risk of facing “defensive emergency measures” by PLAAF. So...

Threats to India in the coming years

Disturbed internal conditions in most countries of South Asia can be attributed mainly to unabated terrorist activities and organised crime. India has been facing sporadic communal, ethnic and Maoist violence, which is socially and geographically more pervasive than crossborder terrorism from Pakistan and ceasefire...

India's China Syndrome

The first major test of the Indian armed forces came in 1962 when India was involved in a border conflict with China. In 1914, an Englishman, Sir Arthur Haney McMahon tried to define the border between India and Tibet (China) on the highest watershed principle. The effort was only partially successful, as the central...

President’s Standards awarded to IAF’s 220 SQN and 32 SQN at Halwara

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in an impressive Ceremonial Parade at Air Force Station Halwara presented Standards to two of the IAF’s Frontline Fighter Squadrons – 220 Squadron and 32 Squadron. The Governor of Punjab, Shri Shivraj Patil and the Chief Minister of Punjab, Shri Prakash Singh Badal,...

Nuclear perfidy

Big powers purported nuclear blindness is on the rise. Not that the malady is new – squints, Nelson’s Eye, blisters in the eyes, all compounded. The whole game is to permit selective nuclearization of the world based on perceived national interests including through unholy under the table collusion. The ‘nuclear...

Impact of Article 370

Article 370: The untold story

Lessons that need to be learnt from Mumbai Mayhem

At about 0800 hrs on 29 Nov 2008 after 60 long frightening and uncertain hours of the ‘fidayeen attacks’ on Mumbai, the commercial capital of India, the National Security Guards (NSG) commandos victoriously embraced each other with a faint smile playing on their faces while the DG NSG on the electronic media stated that...

Eurofighter Typhoon: Flight tests with Storm Shadow missile started

Eurofighter Partner Company Alenia Aermacchi has confirmed that the first in a major series of flight tests to integrate the MBDA Storm Shadow missile onto Eurofighter Typhoon has now taken place. Initial flight trials to demonstrate that the missile can be safely carried have been successfully started. The trials...

The Royal Netherlands Navy Takes Delivery NH90 NFH Fleet

AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, is pleased to announce that the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) has taken delivery of a Mission Planning & Analysis System (MPAS) in the Final Operative Configuration for its fleet of NH90 NFH medium twin naval helicopters. This delivery of MPAS follows the one released into...

Boeing Delivers C-17 Cargo Compartment Trainer to Royal Australian Air Force

Boeing has delivered a full-scale C-17 Globemaster III Cargo Compartment Trainer (CCT) to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), ensuring that RAAF loadmaster training can be cost-effectively completed in Australia instead of in the United States. The CCT is a fully functional replica of a C-17 fuselage in a dedicated...

'Article 370 is a very misconceived Article'

Claude Arpi’s interview with Jagmohan, Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Minister. Claude: Sir, there are rumors that India and Pakistan will soon have a ‘deal’ on Kashmir. As someone who has been twice governor, in 1982 and in 1989 and this in the most difficult conditions, could you tell us how do...

Iran’s Nuclear Deal: Embracing change in West Asia

The interim nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries opens up real prospects of...

Seven blunders that will haunt India for posterity

History is most unforgiving. As historical mistakes cannot be undone, they have complex...

Indian Army: Infantry Beyond 2030

As India surges ahead in underscoring its strides into the Asian age. It is steadily...

26/11: Pak Army Irregulars attack Mumbai-I

In 2008, India faced six major acts of terrorism in Indian territory outside J&K. Of these, four...

Nepal's democratic hopes, Indian and Chinese interests

Nepal’s efforts to establish a parliamentary democracy have had their difficult and almost hopeless phases for the last decade where political fault lines accentuated since...

China cashing on India’s Sri Lanka woes

Even as the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh was finding it hard to make up his mind over attending the CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting) to be held in Colombo...