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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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

The Indo-Pak Peace Talks: A Duodrama

By: Danvir Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 July 2014

The two actors of our sub-continent prepare to enact the latest scene, in the series of peace drama running over decades. The script is yet to play out the denouement. Nevertheless they meet again...

Kargil Controversy: Army pinpoints IAF failures

By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh |Issue: Vol 25.2 Apr-Jun 2010 | Date: 24 July 2014

Every military operation carries many lessons. The receptive imbibe some while the obstinate simply ignore. To be in a state of denial or finding alibis for mistakes rather than learn from...

Kashmiris are being hijacked!

By: Col Jaibans Singh |Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 24 July 2014

The government in the centre has been there barely two months and a segment of the so-called prime-movers of the Kashmir valley, political leaders and intelligentsia, have started voicing a...

Defence Budget: A Perspective on self Reliance and Modernisation

By: Maj Gen Rajesh Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 July 2014

India’s Defence Budget for 2014-15 has an allocation of Rs.2,29,000 crores ($38 billion) which is an increase of 12% over the previous year’s allocation. The capital outlay which is for...

Israel under the Iron Dome - Should India Seek Cover?

By: Lt Col Sailesh Kumar Rai |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 July 2014

The ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict has once again brought into sharp focus the technological disparities between the two adversaries. Although there are news reports indicating use of UAVs by...

The Gaza Debate: A View Point

By: Dr Amarjit Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 July 2014

The Rajya Sabha had been pressing for a debate on the Gaza action of Israel, and with overwhelming pressure, including by threatening to forestall all other discussions in the Rajya Sabha, they...

Why not have ‘Technical Support Division’ at the Army Corps Level?

By: Col JK Achuthan (Retd.) |Issue: Vol. 29.2 Apr-Jun 2014 | Date: 18 July 2014

The essence of successful conventional defensive battle is in maintaining elasticity and cohesion; thereafter debilitating the enemy’s combat power to the danger zone of exhaustion and...

Finmeccanica – Selex ES’s mini and micro UAVs see success in tests

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 July 2014

Finmeccanica – Selex ES’s ASIO-B and SPYBALL-B UAVs have passed their factory acceptance tests, leaving them ready for delivery to the Italian Army for its Forza NEC modernisation...

Raising FDI in Defence is not enough

By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 July 2014

FDI in the Defence Sector has been hiked from erstwhile 26 percent to 49 percent when the Finance-cum-Defence Minister recently announced the Defence Budget amounting to 2.29 Lakh Crores ($38.5...

Critical Deficiencies in the Indian Army

By: Sanjay Sethi |Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 17 July 2014

The Prime Minister was briefed by the Army Chief in the War Room of Military Operations Directorate on critical hollowness afflicting the army on June 13, 2014. As per media reports, the...

The Future of Military Helicopters

By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev |Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 16 July 2014

Regrettably, advances in helicopter design have not been as impressive as for fighter aircraft. This is despite the fact that helicopters have been utilised in every conflict situation and despite...