Articles By Danvir Singh

Exclusive Interview: The F-21 will Truly be a Game-Changer…

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...

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Defence Expo 2020: The Ultimate Display of Military Technology

Defence Expo 2020: The Ultimate Display of Military Technology

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Feb , 2020

Many leading defence equipment manufacturers both domestic and international are taking the lead in displaying their high end technologies in cyberspace and artificial intelligence. The various...

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70 Years of China’s Independence: Its Message to the World

70 Years of China’s Independence: Its Message to the World

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 34.4 Oct-Dec 2019 | Date: 07 Dec , 2019

Nearly 15,000 military personnel, more than 160 aircraft, 580 pieces of weaponry and equipment were paraded in the Tiananmen Square in Beijing to mark the celebrations on the 70th anniversary of...

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The Way Ahead: Making India Self Reliant in Defence

The Way Ahead: Making India Self Reliant in Defence

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 34.3 Jul-Sep 2019 | Date: 13 Oct , 2019

On May 31, 2017, in a major policy reform intended to promote ‘Make in India’ in defence manufacturing, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced the much-anticipated Strategic Partnership model...

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Why Pakistan is a Frustrated Nation?

Why Pakistan is a Frustrated Nation?

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Oct , 2019

When the Prime Minister of a nation issues a veiled threat of a nuclear catastrophe. When he hallucinates a defeat from a neighbour seven times larger than his own fragmented country. When he...

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The Russian Shift

The Russian Shift

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 34.2 Apr-Jun 2019 | Date: 24 Jul , 2019

India is geographically situated in the middle of the huge geo-political divide. Ironically, the partners in the East do not share the table in the West. And those, who did earlier, are now...

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India’s Defence Forces: A 5 Years Review

India’s Defence Forces: A 5 Years Review

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 16 Apr , 2019

Though present dispensation has utilized the available meager resources quiet diligently-achieving far more in much less. Lest we lose sight, it would be very much in context to mention about the...

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Perfidy and Valour

Perfidy and Valour

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Kashmir's Death Trap | Date: 06 Mar , 2019

The Special Situational Report (SITREP) on the October 29, 1994 giving out the operational details of the events that unfolded the previous day was received by the Col GS of 28 Infantry Division...

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Defence Budget 2019: A positive Increase

Defence Budget 2019: A positive Increase

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Feb , 2019

Acting Finance Minister of India, Mr Piyush Goyal presented an interim budget in this election year of 2019. Many experts had predicted a low key defence budget for the FY 19-20. There was seen a...

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Kashmir Diary

Kashmir Diary

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 33.4 Oct-Dec 2018 | Date: 21 Nov , 2018

I recently travelled to Kashmir valley in the month of October of 2018. And this must have been the nth time that I was in to this troubled zone. The first journey was way back in the year 1992....

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In Search of a Rifle: Ministry of Defence goes Globetrolling

In Search of a Rifle: Ministry of Defence goes Globetrolling

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 33.3 Jul-Sep 2018 | Date: 31 Oct , 2018

The Indian army realised the inadequacies of the existing 5.56 mm, INSAS rifle way back in 1999. Soon after the Kargil war, the Army’s quest to find a replacement for its standard issue INSAS,...

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Analysing the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement

Analysing the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Sep , 2018

USA’s strategic and business interests in Indo-Pacific region puts India under its cross hairs as priority one. To counter China and its growing menace in the region, India fits into the...

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The Scorpene: Enhancing India’s Underwater Capability

The Scorpene: Enhancing India’s Underwater Capability

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 33.1 Jan-Mar 2018 | Date: 21 Apr , 2018

In addition to the 14 active submarines, India is in the process of constructing six Scorpène-class boats that are being indigenously built at the Mazagon Dock in Mumbai, under the supervision...

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Indo-French Naval Diplomacy

Indo-French Naval Diplomacy

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Mar , 2018

Amid significant rise in presence of Chinese ships and submarines in the Indian Ocean region, India is looking to build strong ties with France and the US. French President Emmanuel Macron, who...

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The Indian Defence Budget FY 2018-19

The Indian Defence Budget FY 2018-19

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Feb , 2018

India’s Defence Budget FY 2018-19, today registered a marginal increase. Allocation from previous FY moved up from 2.74 lakh crores to 2.95 lakh crores. Thus, pitching the increase at 1.58% of...

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Infantry’s Day As It Was

Infantry’s Day As It Was

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 32.4 Oct-Dec 2017 | Date: 25 Nov , 2017

On October 24, India got the first news of invasion of Kashmir. It was through a formal dispatch from Pakistan Army Headquarter informing the supreme commander of all British forces in India and...

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Strategic Partnership with Private Players: An Overview

Strategic Partnership with Private Players: An Overview

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 32.3 Jul-Sep 2017 | Date: 15 Oct , 2017

There are two concerns which need to be addressed to make Strategic Partnerships contribute in a meaningful and time-bound manner. The first and foremost concern is the lack of institutional...

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Two Pak Army’s Bat Action Foiled in 24 Hours on the LoC in Keran Sector

Two Pak Army’s Bat Action Foiled in 24 Hours on the LoC in Keran Sector

By: Danvir Singh | Date: 27 Sep , 2017

On the eve of first anniversary of India’s surgical strike, Pakistan army’s Special Service Group (SSG) backed Border Action Team comprising 8-10 troops attacked our forward posts on the...

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Indian Challenge in Rohingya Crisis

Indian Challenge in Rohingya Crisis

By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Sep , 2017

As India surges ahead militarily and economically, the world and the region is keenly watching its every move. Doklam crisis and its resolution in India’s favour has proved India’s maturity...

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Nirmala Sitharaman: First Woman Defence Minister of India

Nirmala Sitharaman: First Woman Defence Minister of India

By: Danvir Singh | Date: 04 Sep , 2017

Nirmala Sitharaman becomes the first full fledged woman defence minister of India, though Indira Gandhi has held this portfolio before, in addition to her responsibilities as Prime Minister of...

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