Articles By Air Marshal Harish Masand
Lessons learnt? A year after Pulwama
By: Air Marshal Harish Masand | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Feb , 2020
Almost a year after Pulwama on February 14, 2019, the following strike on Balakot on February 26 and the aerial engagement the day after that, I was happy to see that we seemed to have learned...
India’s ASAT Missile & the Indigenous Defence Industry
By: Air Marshal Harish Masand | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Jun , 2019
27 March 2019 would go down in Indian history as a proud day for all Indians when our scientists demonstrated our indigenous capability to successfully test an Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile and...
The F-16 vs Mig-21 Bison: More Questions than Answers
By: Air Marshal Harish Masand | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Mar , 2019
The analysis of the much-reported dogfight between the IAF and the PAF on 27th February as a fall-out of the Balakot strike the previous morning has thrown up a number of theories, conjectures and...
What really ails HAL
By: Air Marshal Harish Masand | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Jan , 2019
HAL has been in the news a lot lately, particularly due to the Rafale controversy on its quality and pricing issues. I do not intend to even touch on this controversy since I doubt anyone, outside...