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JAPAN Our first impression—and it turned out to be a lasting one—was that the people in Kyushu were quite different from the Japanese we had encountered in the occupied territories of Burma,...

Combat capability of the Naval Air Arm

By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani |Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 14 February 2012

In the four decades since independence, the nation’s naval air arm had grown substantially to emerge as a prominent fighting force. By 1991, the combat capability of the Air Arm had leapfrogged...

Revolution in military logistics

By: Rear Adm AP Revi |Issue: Vol 23.3 Jul-Sep 2008 | Date: 14 February 2012

Everyone on the streets today is talking about globalisation. In military circles, there is much talk about Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA). The military is also going full steam ahead on...

Terrorist Attack on Israeli Diplomat

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 February 2012

The wife of the Israeli Defence Attache in New Delhi, her Indian driver and two bystanders on the road were injured on February 13, 2012, when what was believed to be an explosive-cum-incendiary...

The Pakistani Conundrum

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 February 2012

After having fairly successfully defied the Army over the so-called Memogate affair, the elected Pakistani Executive headed by President Asif Ali Zardari has now chosen to defy the judiciary on...

Facts about Chinese presence in POK

By: Bhashyam Kasturi |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 February 2012

At the end of last year, statements were made by the Indian Army Chief, General V.K. Singh about the presence of Chinese Peoples Liberation Army [PLA] troops in the Northern Areas of Pakistan....

Future of Aerospace Power

By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) |Issue: Vol 22.2 Apr-Jun 2007 | Date: 13 February 2012

Let me start by being the devil’s advocate and making two points to this audience. One: that this seminar is about “Aerospace Power” and not “Air Force Power”. The army and the navy,...

UN Peacekeeping: Thinking 'out of the box'

By: Ali Ahmed |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 February 2012

The story of India’s peacekeeping engagement is too well known to recount. However, less known is the fact that India numbers among the five top UN troop contributing countries. In effect,...

IAF Chief Leads Delegation to Singapore

By: IDR News Network |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 February 2012

Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, Chief of the Air Staff, is on a, four day Defence Cooperation visit to Singapore from 13 Feb 2012. Leading a Composite Defence Delegation to Singapore, the Air...

India Losing War Against Terrorism

By: RSN Singh |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 February 2012

The desperation to equate Pakistan sponsored terror with so-called ‘Hindu Terror’ or ‘Saffron Terror’ is largely motivated by selfish considerations of very few at the cost of the nation....

Steering India's Military Capabilities

By: Lt Gen Vinay Shankar |Issue: Vol 23.3 Jul-Sep 2008 | Date: 12 February 2012

If we were to comment on the attitude of our leadership to our country’s defence preparedness the conclusion would be of unwitting indifference. There is no other plausible explanation to the...

Fears of Pakistanisation of Maldives

By: B Raman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 February 2012

There has been disquiet among the large number of supporters of former Maldivian President Mohammed Nasheed over indications that appeared on February 11, 2012, that India, the US and the...

Army Revs up 'Cold Start'

By: MP Anil Kumar |Issue: Vol 25.2 Apr-Jun 2010 | Date: 12 February 2012

Mighty Athens had set out to quash the puny but independent-minded island of Melos during the Peloponnesian War. Overcome by the urge of self-preservation, the Melians begged to the canons of...

The Challenge of China

By: Lt Gen Vinay Shankar |Issue: Book Excerpt: Threat from China | Date: 11 February 2012

The recent denial of a visa by China to one of our senior most serving army officers has taken the Indian Security and Diplomatic establishment by considerable surprise, more so when the visa was...

Tibet: The International Betrayal

By: Claude Arpi |Issue: Book Excerpt: Tibet - The Lost Frontier | Date: 11 February 2012

“In former times Tibetans were a war-like nation whose influence spread far and wide. With the advent of Budhisim our military prowess declined…” Dalai Lama 23 October 1950: A Telegram from...

Washington's Views of Sino-Pakistan Relations - II

By: Ramtanu Maitra |Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 11 February 2012

Chinese Arming of Pakistan The first area of concern is Beijing’s help in arming Pakistan. According “China-Pakistan Relations,” a July 2010 article by Jamal Afridi and Jayshree Bajoria in...

IAF shifting from 'bullock cart' technology to 'Mercedez Benz' expertise

By: Bharat Verma |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 February 2012

Primary key to India’s emergence as a successful global power lies on the ability to acquire and imbibe superior defence technologies in the knowledge-based society of the 21st century. It is...

Washington's Views of Sino-Pakistan Relations - I

By: Ramtanu Maitra |Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 10 February 2012

In the recent period, relations between Washington and Islamabad have developed into a full-blown crisis. According to some analysts, the trust gap between these erstwhile allies has put a damper...

India's Offset Policy in the Shipbuilding Sector

By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra |Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 10 February 2012

India is the third largest arms importer and 10th in terms of global military expenditure.1 Capital acquisition of naval ship and platforms account for 25 percent of India’s capital acquisition...

Selection of the Army Chief

By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman |Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 February 2012

The recent debate about the date of birth of the Army Chief has been highly skewed, ill-informed and subjective in nature. It is being said that the order of ‘succession’ would get changed in...