Articles By Gp Capt TP Srivastava

Air-Sea Doctrine
By: Gp Capt TP Srivastava | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jan , 2020
Marshal Lin Piao, a probable successor to Mao, had said prophetic words in the context of Indian Ocean in early 60s. He said, I quote “INDIAN OCEAN IS NOT INDIA’s OCEAN” unquote. We as a...

Hackers On The Rampage: Are We Ready?
By: Gp Capt TP Srivastava | Issue: Vol. 33.2 Apr-Jun 2018 | Date: 17 Nov , 2018
Are we in India looking at the issue of ‘Hacktivism’ with the seriousness it deserves? Merely placing numerous firewalls is not adequate security. We have to discipline ourselves to eliminate...

North Korea: A Pariah State?
By: Gp Capt TP Srivastava | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Sep , 2017
The world has never ever been closer to a nuke strike by a tiny but belligerent nation publicly admonishing and challenging the surviving super power. Will the eccentric, unpredictable and...

Shekatkar Committee Report: Genuine ‘Reforms’ or Cosmetic ‘Re-grouping’?
By: Gp Capt TP Srivastava | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Sep , 2017
Every soldier must read the Shekatkar committee report submitted to the government in December, 2016. The bane of Indian Military is poorly equipped soldiers and not utilization of able bodied...

India: An Aerospace Power?
By: Gp Capt TP Srivastava | Issue: Vol. 30.3 Jul-Sep 2015 | Date: 01 Aug , 2017
An objective analysis would indicate that India is truly not an aerospace power. We have as yet, not become a substantive aerospace power primarily because of two reasons. Firstly, the lopsided...