Cyber Warfare: The New Threat

Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 22 December 2011

Cyber War is a new domain for all the countries. It appears that USA and China have a lead in Cyber War domain over India of about ten years.

Some contemporary thinkers have equated Cyber-Warfare as another...

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1965 War: IAF supports Indian Army better than PAF

Issue: Vol 22.2 Apr-Jun 2007 | Date: 24 February 2012

Air support to surface forces, both in offence and defence is one of the most important tasks of any air force. Post 1962 debacle, the Government got down to building up the Army and the Air Force to the required size and structure. Both, the...

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Jointmanship in the Military II

Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 05 July 2011

The Air War : Simply stated the air war is about destroying/defuntionalising selected targets. As has been summed up so succinctly – “Air power is targeting and targeting is Intelligence”. That is the targets must be...

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Jointmanship in the Military

Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 04 July 2011

Victory in any event, be it a playful game or a bloodthirsty war, is a joint effort of all the members. How one orchestrates this effort is Integration. These fundamentals are universal. These do not require proof or QED.

Yet, quite...

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Limitations of Technical Intelligence

Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 29 November 2010

Intelligence gathering is as old as human civilization. Good Intelligence generally leads to success, whereas failure to gather timely Intelligence has invariably resulted in defeat and ruin. Gathering Intelligence is not easy. The trouble...

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IAF: The Strategic Force of Choice

Issue: Vol 22.2 Apr-Jun 2007 | Date: 13 February 2012

IAF is a Strategic force today and has been so, for many decades. It started as a small force – a Flight of four aircraft on 1 Apr 1933, in a tactical role of supporting the Army. The role of tactical support continued till the...

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IAF defeated PAF in 1965 War

Issue: Vol 22.1 Jan - Mar 2007 | Date: 12 November 2010

After few sorties by the IAF against East Pakistan on 7 Sept a political embargo was imposed on further attacks in the East. This remained in force despite continued PAF strikes in East on  7 Sept, 10 Sept and 14 Sept.

No Use of Combat Air Power in 1962

Issue: Vol 21.3 Jul-Sep 2006 | Date: 29 April 2012

In 1962 as the war clouds gathered over the Himalayan mountains, Indian Army beefed up its defences. As a result IAF was asked to undertake tremendous surge in air maintenance – nearly thrice the normal amount. The air maintenance flying...

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