Articles By Danvir Singh
Pakistan’s Internal Situation: Its Impact on its Military Readiness
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 38.1, Jan-Mar 2023 | Date: 10 Apr , 2023
Other Than Military General Qamar Bajwa, Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff was exposed in front of his country in a report published by the Fact Focus website. As per the alleged tax records of...
A quick glance at the Defence Budget of FY 2023-24
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Feb , 2023
Union Budget for the financial year 2023-24 was tabled on February 1 by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This budget comes at a time when global economy stares at recession or a very dismal...
Turkey’s Rise in the Security Sphere: Can Turkey Sustain it or will She...
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 37.4, Oct-Dec 2022 | Date: 27 Dec , 2022
Turkey’s geo-strategic location in Europe gives it a unique bridging ability between Russia and the West. Turkey’s geo-political influence expands across continents, from states on its...
Pakistan’s Oppression in Baluchistan
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 37.3, Jul-Sep 2022 | Date: 16 Oct , 2022
A hostile arid terrain with rugged mountains characterizes the geography of the region of Baluchistan. The region is sparsely populated and spread over three countries sharing border with each...
Pakistan Military’s Dilemma Admist a Political Turmoil
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 37.2, Apr-Jun 2022 | Date: 22 Jun , 2022
Pakistan’s history since its creation has been full of political turbulence. Infighting amongst the provinces on linguistic and ethnic lines has always posed a unity challenge. While the power...
Make in India: An Appraisal 2022
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 37.1, Jan-Mar 2022 | Date: 06 Apr , 2022
In 2019, India was among the top five countries with the highest military spending. Large armies with high technological base are usually self-dependent with a robust military industrial complex....
China & India Conflict has it’s Roots in Differing Perception of World...
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Mar , 2022
Modern day China is based on the fundamentals created by Mao Zedong, also known as Chairman Mao. He was a Chinese communist revolutionary who was the founder of the People’s Republic of China...
Multi-Calibre Assault Rifle: Made in India vs Make in India
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 30.3 Jul-Sep 2015 | Date: 18 Feb , 2022
Aping the philosophy of the West, the Indian Army wanted a rifle that would incapacitate a solider instead of killing him thus increasing the logistics burden for each soldier injured. However, as...
Defence Budget 2022: Boost to ‘Make In India’
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Feb , 2022
India was among the top five countries with the highest military spending in 2019. While the large armies with high technological base were self-dependent, having a robust military industrial...
India-China LAC Face-Off: The Battlespace
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 36.4, Oct-Dec 2021 | Date: 11 Dec , 2021
Better roads, large troop presence, modern tank shelters, vast logistic dump, mobile tower at LAC is how the region has changed since May 2020. Modern tank shelters, vast logistics dump and troop...
India’s Wait and Watch in Afghanistan: The Strategic Space
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 36.3, Jul-Sep 2021 | Date: 24 Sep , 2021
Under no circumstances Pakistan will ever allow the Quetta Shura led Taliban an upper hand in the affairs of Afghanistan. It comes as little surprise to witness the return of Taliban fighters back...
US withdrawal from Afghanistan: Taliban, Pakistan and India
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 36.2, Apr-Jun 2021 | Date: 19 Jun , 2021
India has been a victim of self-inflicted wounds caused by ignoring lessons from the history right from 1947 onwards. With no share in the emerging power matrix, Indians have no choice but to see...
India’s Iran-Israel Dilemma
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 36.1, Jan-Mar 2021 | Date: 07 Feb , 2021
As tensions between Israel and Iran threaten to embroil the entire region, the consequences for India will be quite serious. This would pertain to not only managing its energy security, for which...
India’s Defence Budget of FY 21-22 falls short of Forces Expectation
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 36.1, Jan-Mar 2021 | Date: 02 Feb , 2021
The Defence budget 2021 has fallen far below the expectations of many. Various defence experts and professionals were expecting a sizeable increase in the defence budget allocation for the...
Pakistan Democratic Movement and the Military Proclivity
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 35.4 Oct-Dec 2020 | Date: 28 Nov , 2020
Although India continues to be the eternal enemy of Pakistan, the people of Pakistan no longer blindly yield to the establishment’s narrative – a narrative inventively built by showcasing some...
After the 2020 Indo-China Silent War
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Oct , 2020
The definition was never so emphatic before, as it was when the four met on Oct 06, 2020 in Tokyo. They sounded more like an alliance than any informal grouping. This time pledging to make the...
The Rafale: Indian Quest for Air Supremacy
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. Apr-Jun 2020, (35.2) & Jul-Sep 2020, (35.3) | Date: 22 Sep , 2020
The first five of India’s new Rafale fighters touched down at Ambala air base on July 29, 2020. Accordingly 31 more will follow and thus they will form two squadrons of 18 each by the end of...
Indian Offensive to Retake Chinese Seized Territory: The Hidden Story
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Sep , 2020
On 3 July, the Prime Minister of India arrived at Leh on a surprise visit. Flanked by his Army Chief and the Chief of Defence Staff, he was received by the Army Commander of Northern Command, Lt...
COVID-19 Apocalypse: The Military Response
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Mar , 2020
At this juncture three months after the outbreak of Chinese Virus commonly known as COVID-19, over 3,00,000 people have been infected, and more than 13,000 killed across the world. India today...
Exclusive Interview: The F-21 will Truly be a Game-Changer…
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 35.1 Jan-Mar 2020 | Date: 06 Feb , 2020
Indian Defence Review exclusive email interview by Col Danvir Singh – Associate Editor with William L. Blair, Vice President & Chief Executive – Lockheed Martin India Lockheed Martin is...