Articles By Admiral Arun Prakash
Planning for Tomorrow's Navy
Issue: Book Excerpt: From the Crow's Nest | Date: 02 February 2012
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 Liberation Army (PLA) hordes who swarmed down the...
China and the Indian Ocean Region
Issue: Vol 21.4 Oct-Dec 2006 | Date: 15 December 2010
The topic for today’s seminar, “China and the Indian Ocean Region” relates to an issue on which there is a dire need for India to focus her attention on very closely. Historically, we have defaulted by never devoting enough...
Transformational Technologies for Navy of the Future
Issue: Book Excerpt: From the Crow's Nest | Date: 23 February 2012
Singapore is a unique city-state of our times, which stands as a beacon for democracy, order and stability in this region. I am pleased to be here as a guest of the Republic of Singapore Navy, whose Chief, Admiral Ronnie Tay is present...
Future of Aerospace Power
Issue: Vol 22.2 Apr-Jun 2007 | Date: 03 May 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, therefore too, have a stake in...
What the Armed Forces Expect from DRDO?
Issue: Book Excerpt: From the Crow's Nest | Date: 16 May 2012
At the outset, I would like to say that there is a need to unequivocally highlight the importance of the DRDO in the Navy’s scheme of things, and our sense of pride in your achievements. What we are proudest of is the symbiotic...
India's Quest for an Indigenous Aircraft Carrier
Issue: Vol 21.3 Jul-Sep 2006 | Date: 26 October 2010
It was indeed fortuitous for our navy that at the moment of India’s independence, those charged with planning for the nation’s embryonic maritime force included many men of vision. In 1948, within six months of freedom, a ten year...
A Vision of Maritime India 2020
Issue: Vol 21.1 Jan-Mar 2006 | Date: 18 October 2010
“What ship? Where bound?” is the traditional nautical query that goes out on the air when a warship encounters a stranger on the high seas. Recently an Indian Navy frigate on passage to the Persian Gulf was challenged on radio by a...
Outsourcing of Defence Production
Issue: Book Excerpt: From the Crow's Nest | Date: 16 February 2012
The Kelkar Committee report, as you know had focused on “strengthening self-reliance in defence preparedness”, and this has logically led them to recommend measures which will create synergies between the private and public sectors,...
Time to Unshackle our Shipyards
Issue: Vol 21.2 Apr-Jun 2006 | Date: 26 April 2007
When Rear Admiral Ganeshan spoke to me about a seminar on Warship Building a few weeks ago, I conveyed the Navy’s wholehearted approval and support because I am convinced that we must open the windows of our mind to new ideas, and...
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