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Let Private Aerospace Manufacturing Flourish

Let Private Aerospace Manufacturing Flourish

By: Gp Capt Joseph Noronha |Issue: Vol. 29.2 Apr-Jun 2014 | Date: 10 August 2014

Clearly the aerospace needs of India, civilian as well as defence, are growing. The public sector which has so far been tasked to meet these needs has failed to deliver. What’s more, as...

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At the Conventional-Nuclear Interface

At the Conventional-Nuclear Interface

By: Ali Ahmed |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 August 2014

Conventional backdrop to nuclear foreground Accustomed to the phrase ‘nuclear backdrop’ as the army has been over the past two decades, the title may require explaining. The assumption is...

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The Re-Emergence of Fundamentalist Forces

The Re-Emergence of Fundamentalist Forces

By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim |Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 08 August 2014

Capture of large parts of Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and declaration of establishing a Caliphate signals the start of a new phase of expansion of a powerful Sunni...

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Israel-Gaza: Why India should sit on the fence?

Israel-Gaza: Why India should sit on the fence?

By: Angikaar Choudhary |Issue: Courtesy: www.theindianrepublic.com | Date: 07 August 2014

The conflict in Gaza is not new. This is not something which has happened suddenly. Since the creation of Israel, the region has been plagued with bloodshed. Uncountable lives have been lost on...

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Planning for Tomorrow's Navy

Planning for Tomorrow's Navy

By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) |Issue: Book Excerpt: From the Crow\'s Nest | Date: 07 August 2014

Our racial memory has, with good reason, always been obsessed by the perpetual threat of invasion from the Himalayan passes; the Pakistani marauders who came across Uri in 1947 and the Peoples...

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India, China and Sri Lanka: the uneasy triangle

India, China and Sri Lanka: the uneasy triangle

By: Col R Hariharan |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 August 2014

China’s President Xi Jinping has accepted a long-standing invitation from President Mahinda Rajapaksa to visit Sri Lanka sometime this year. The first-ever visit by a Chinese President to Sri...

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Kerry’s Visit: India and America need each other

Kerry’s Visit: India and America need each other

By: Vice Admiral Venkat Bharathan |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 August 2014

The Potomac and the Ganges are nature’s bountiful gifts. The former is witness to the evolution of modern America just around 240 years. The latter is holy, mystical and emotional to India for...

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Nepal: The ticking time-bomb

Nepal: The ticking time-bomb

By: RSN Singh |Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 04 August 2014

Nepal is at a critical crossroad; in fact the rebirth of the country as a new nation-state is in question. To assess the evolving situation, I recently undertook an extensive tour of the country....

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Turning India into an Arms Exporter

Turning India into an Arms Exporter

By: Radhakrishna Rao |Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 04 August 2014

While dedicating the formidable Indian warship INS Virkamaditya, the retrofitted Russian aircraft carrier to the nation at an impressive ceremony held in June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a...

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Force Projection and Rapid Deployment Forces: Need for Reassessment

Force Projection and Rapid Deployment Forces: Need for Reassessment

By: Brig Deepak Sinha |Issue: Vol. 29.2 Apr-Jun 2014 | Date: 03 August 2014

As India’s regional and global aspirations grow with its increasing economic clout, it will be forced to build up its capacity to project power in its national interest to ensure that the...

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A Two-Two as Army Chief

A Two-Two as Army Chief

By: Claude Arpi |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 August 2014

General Dalbir Singh Suhag, has yesterday taken over as the 26th Indian Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), following the retirement of General Bikram Singh. General Dalbir Singh Suhag is from the...

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Managing Perceptions for Maoists

Managing Perceptions for Maoists

By: Shashank Ranjan |Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 01 August 2014

The militant groups have tendency to show inclination to address the civil society, rather than the state – as an endeavour on their part to strike at the very thought process of the society....

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Political – Civil – Military Participation in National Security

Political – Civil – Military Participation in National Security

By: Vice Admiral Venkat Bharathan |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 July 2014

Analysis of India’s approach towards its National Security reveals an unacceptable hiatus between the Political -Civil- Military systems. We perhaps were lucky enough to get away thus far even...

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Future of Manned Combat Aircraft

Future of Manned Combat Aircraft

By: Gp Capt Joseph Noronha |Issue: Vol. 28.2 Apr-Jun 2013 | Date: 31 July 2014

It has long been known that the forte of an unmanned device is to undertake “dull, dirty and dangerous” missions. No pilot can ever hope to equal the staying power of a UAV while orbiting a...

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Defence Preparedness: An unforgiving opportunity

Defence Preparedness: An unforgiving opportunity

By: Col Anil Athale |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 July 2014

At Rs. 2.29 lakh crore, Defence expenditure is the largest component of the national budget. But true to Parkinson Law, when the figures are astronomical and beyond the grasp of human mind, the...

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Maoists Through the Prism of their Victims

Maoists Through the Prism of their Victims

By: Lt Gen Baljit Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 July 2014

What can be surmised from an understanding of the history of warfare in general is that in any form of armed conflict, collateral damage (loss of limb and life) to the populace at large as also of...

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Employment of Helicopters in Counter Insurgency Roles

Employment of Helicopters in Counter Insurgency Roles

By: Gp Capt B Menon |Issue: Vol. 29.2 Apr-Jun 2014 | Date: 29 July 2014

Experts estimate that about 80 different insurgencies are active around the world. Malaya, French Indochina, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Indonesia, South Africa, Algeria, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka,...

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Strategies for Defence Modernisation and Self-Reliance

Strategies for Defence Modernisation and Self-Reliance

By: Bikramdeep Singh |Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 28 July 2014

In defence parlance, modernisation may be defined as relevant upgrades or improvement of existing military capabilities through the acquisition of new (imported or indigenously developed) weapon...

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Indian Army: Reminiscences of a Soldier

Indian Army: Reminiscences of a Soldier

By: Danvir Singh |Issue: Vol. 29.1 Jan-Mar 2014 | Date: 26 July 2014

No matter how hi-tech the modern battlefield gets. No matter how powerful the Drones and the Robots become. The mission of the Infantry will continue to close-in and destroy the enemy, through...

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The ‘Why’ of Rethinking Indian Nuclear Deterrence!

The ‘Why’ of Rethinking Indian Nuclear Deterrence!

By: Col Anil Athale |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 July 2014

Indian nuclear decision making was always in the global political context. These were almost exclusively political decisions with the armed forces not in the loop. The 1974 Pokhran I tests were...

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