Articles By Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.)
A Vision of Maritime India 2020
By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) | Issue: Vol 22.1 Jan - Mar 2007 | Date: 13 Oct , 2012
“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...
Outsourcing of Defence Production
By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) | Issue: Book Excerpt: From the Crow\'s Nest | Date: 20 Jun , 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...
Future of Aerospace Power
By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) | Issue: Vol 22.2 Apr-Jun 2007 | Date: 13 Feb , 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,...
China and the Indian Ocean Region
By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) | Issue: Vol 21.4 Oct-Dec 2006 | Date: 15 Dec , 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...
Transformational Technologies for Navy of the Future
By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) | Issue: Book Excerpt: From the Crow\'s Nest | Date: 17 Nov , 2010
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,...
Time to Unshackle our Shipyards
By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) | Date: 26 Apr , 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...