Kargil War - How it should have been fought?
Question: “Where and when did the Indian Army fight the last battle of the First World War”? Answer: “Kargil, J&K, India, in 1999”. With our Army’s very long deployment on the Internal Security and prolonged denial of military wherewithal, Pakistan appeared to believe that we were too tired and weak enough...
How should India deal with China?
India’s refusal to be part of OBOR and Doklam stand-off has made China occupy more mind space than at any time in the recent past. Conversely Global Times, mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China, regularly publishes articles threatening and advising India. There is no need for India to be submissive because...
Doklam: Keeping the Powder Dry!
The SENSEX is zooming and therefore all is hanky dory. The Government is busy with its economic agenda. All is well….. Doklam!! What of it? Are war clouds looming? Are we conjuring up reasons of why a war is not in China’s best interest??? There has been so much written on the Doklam issue… The question that...
- US Stance on Pakistan – finally righting
- Chinese Doklam Standoff very different from previous Border Disputes
- Politics over China’s Political Warfare
- Xi Jinping picks war games over military parade for Chinese army’s 90th birthday bash
- Forget Sun Tzu: The Art of Modern War Can Be Found In A Chinese Strategy Book From 1999
- Why India must stand firm on Doklam!!!
- China urges India to give up unattainable fantasy: defense ministry
How should India deal with China?
India’s refusal to be part of OBOR and Doklam stand-off has made China occupy more mind space than at any time in the recent past. Conversely Global Times, mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China, regularly publishes articles threatening and advising India. There is no need for India to be submissive because...
Doklam: Keeping the Powder Dry!
The SENSEX is zooming and therefore all is hanky dory. The Government is busy with its economic agenda. All is well….. Doklam!! What of it? Are war clouds looming? Are we conjuring up reasons of why a war is not in China’s best interest??? There has been so much written on the Doklam issue… The question that...
US Stance on Pakistan – finally righting
For the first time ever the US has listed Pakistan among the nations providing “safe havens” to terrorists, saying terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and JeM continued to operate, train, organize and fundraise inside the country. This is a full year after the UN Assistance Mission Afghanistan (UNAMA) in...
- Chinese Doklam Standoff very different from previous Border Disputes
- Politics over China’s Political Warfare
- Doklam Standoff: A case of Chinese duplicity
- Xi Jinping picks war games over military parade for Chinese army’s 90th birthday bash
- Forget Sun Tzu: The Art of Modern War Can Be Found In A Chinese Strategy Book From 1999
- Why India must stand firm on Doklam!!!
- China urges India to give up unattainable fantasy: defense ministry
A Nuclear Command and Control System for India
The recent missile tests have brought to the fore, once again the talks on south Asian nuclear arms race and scenarios. It is imperative to understand that mere capability in terms of Agni V or any other nuclear delivery capability does not signify step-change in nuclear postures. The overall nuclear capability...
India’s Military Might: The Real Truth
No country has become a regional or global power without the ability to project military power in the region or across the globe. The Navy and the Air Force are major players in developing this capability. India’s land centric or continental fixation has created a very large Army which continues to grow. The Navy and...
Indian Air Force: 2025
With the Middle East in flames and Pakistan military-terrorist nexus routinely triggering border skirmishes, India is virtually at war. China now has a vibrant aircraft industry and routinely displays aggressive behaviour on the Sino-Indian border. Very close military and economic links between China and Pakistan is a...
- War in Upper Stratum
- Don’t Cry beyond WannaCry
- 10 Para (SF) - Mustaffa of Desert Warfare
- Rethinking Corporate Active Cyber Defense
- How Capable are North Korean Scud-Based ‘Carrier-Killers’?
- China’s military develops smartphone software that snitches on soldiers leaking sensitive information
- China eyes building more aircraft carriers
Kargil War - How it should have been fought?
Question: “Where and when did the Indian Army fight the last battle of the First World War”? Answer: “Kargil, J&K, India, in 1999”. With our Army’s very long deployment on the Internal Security and prolonged denial of military wherewithal, Pakistan appeared to believe that we were too tired and weak enough...
Beyond Amarnath Yatra Attack
The terrorist attack on the bus carrying 60 Amarnath pilgrims returning post visiting the cave on July 10 indicates more terror in the offing, requiring measures beyond ramped up security and adherence to rules of movement. Seven pilgrims (five from Gujarat and two from Maharashtra) including six women were killed and...
Kashmir: Now or Never
The recent killing of six policemen betrayed the nadir of ‘Ramzan Jihad’ in the Kashmir Valley. Their cardinal sin being that they in their line of duty to protect the nation and its citizens, they were part of security forces operations did away with a dreaded LeT commander Junaid Mattoo. The LoC has dissolved as...
- Why the Human Rights of Soldiers not Respected in India?
- The Dirty Face of Defending Borders
- Gen Rawat is right: Compromise on law and order is not acceptable
- Assessing the Islamic State threat to India: It is a serious but manageable challenge
- 'ISIS has not failed in India, they will arrive soon': Col Hariharan
- The India-China Territorial Dispute Has Rekindled: Who Holds The 'Key'?
- 4 more tunnels may come up on Manali-Ladakh axis
Non Traditional Threats: South Asia's “Meth” Traffic
The intensity of the issue within South Asia is clearly visible from the fact that, those nations which are principle “consumers” of methamphetamines, be it Laos, China and Myanmar, are not only the largest consumers, they also make a major “profit” from the largest drug trade in the history of South East Asia....
IAI expands JV with Kalyani Group for Advanced Air Defense Systems
As part of India’s PM Narendra Modi visit in Israel this week, executives from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Kalyani Strategic Systems (KSSL), the defense arm of a Kalyani Group, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) addressed to expand the joint venture that the companies are establishing. The new MOU...
Garware - Wall Ropes Ltd. and Israel’s Aero–T ink MOU to explore mutual co-operation for manufacturing advanced...
Garware-Wall Ropes Ltd. (GWRL), a leading manufacturer of technical textiles for the Indian and global markets, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Israel’s Aero-T showing intention to combine their capability for manufacturing and supply of advanced aerostats for Indian...
- India’s Quest for Replacement of the Ageing MiG 21 Fleet of the IAF
- Beyond defining the Strategic Partnership
- F -16 now to have ‘Made in India’ tag?
- Negotiating Missile Defense in the Turkish Bazar
- MBDA Presents NCES: a Multilayer, Network-Centric, Scalable Architecture for Ground Based Air Defence
- North Korea Launches Its First ICBM
- Israel’s All Seeing SkEye – Persistent Surveillance Countering Terror
Interviews / Spotlight
China Going Strategically Berserk in 2017- A Global Concern
Communist China in 2017 emerges as a strategically berserk ‘Revisionist Power’, militarily arrogant with the first flush of unprecedented military power and setting set China on clashing trajectories with its Asian and global rivals. Communist China in 2017, in Hitlerian overtones, has seemingly gone strategically...
The Kargil War: How courage prevailed upon cowardly duplicity
Eighteen years have elapsed since the fateful day, 26 July 1999, when India emerged victorious...
China: A Threat or A Challenge?
Introduction China remains a complex and paradoxical country and people to understand; even in...
Need for Nurturing the ‘Make’ Projects
The excitement accompanying notification of the strategic partnership scheme in May this year...
Doklam Standoff – Secure Peace But Prepare for War
In the Chinese language, the word “crisis” is composed of two characters, one representing the...
Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa PVSM, AVSM, YSM, VM, ADC after a sortie in Rafale...
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Indian Naval Ship Sumitra was awarded a Special Search and Rescue (SAR) Award by Chairman, National...
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HAL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the financial year 2017-18 with Ministry of Defence...
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A high-level delegation led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Commander-in-Chief Defence Services,...
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The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in a group photograph at the presentation of the President’s...
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