Articles By Gp Capt Kishore Kumar Khera, VM

75 Years Later, Are Lessons From the Bari Incident Still Relevant?

75 Years Later, Are Lessons From the Bari Incident Still Relevant?

By: Gp Capt Kishore Kumar Khera, VM | Date: 10 Nov , 2018

Surprise invariably leads to success in war. On December 2, 1943, the Germans launched an air raid against the Allied naval installation at the Port of Bari, Italy. The raid destroyed nearly all...

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Decoding the Expansion Plans of the United States Air Force

Decoding the Expansion Plans of the United States Air Force

By: Gp Capt Kishore Kumar Khera, VM | Date: 15 Oct , 2018

War is unforgiving. Threat matrices continuously undergo change. Geopolitics, economics and technology play critical roles in defining these. Therefore, armed forces across the world continuously...

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Unpacking UK Combat Air Strategy

Unpacking UK Combat Air Strategy

By: Gp Capt Kishore Kumar Khera, VM | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 25 Jul , 2018

On July 16, 2018, the opening day of the Farnborough Air Show, UK Secretary of State for Defence unveiled the UK Combat Air Strategy (CAS).1 Alongside, in a significant move, a plan to develop a...

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Unmanned Trans-Atlantic Journey - A New Beginning

Unmanned Trans-Atlantic Journey - A New Beginning

By: Gp Capt Kishore Kumar Khera, VM | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 04 Jul , 2018

Crossing oceans is challenging, fascinating and satisfying. The westward voyage of the Christopher Columbus-led three-ship fleet from Europe in 1492 established the first link between America and...

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Agni 5 Tested: What Next?

Agni 5 Tested: What Next?

By: Gp Capt Kishore Kumar Khera, VM | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 26 Jan , 2018

On 18 January, 2018, the long-range Surface-to-Surface Ballistic Missile, Agni-5, was successfully flight tested to its full range from Dr Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. This was the fifth test of...

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Fighting Falcon: The End of an Era?

Fighting Falcon: The End of an Era?

By: Gp Capt Kishore Kumar Khera, VM | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 21 Jan , 2018

On November 14, 2017, four decades of continuous production of the Fighting Falcon (F16) ceased at Fort Worth, Texas.1 The facilities are being relocated to South Carolina and would take...

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Aerial Refuelling of Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft

Aerial Refuelling of Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft

By: Gp Capt Kishore Kumar Khera, VM | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 08 Dec , 2017

The combat power of a nation is greater than the total potential of all the combat elements it possesses. This is because some combat elements magnify the potential of others. Such boosters are...

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Weapons are the Combat Differentiators: The BrahMos Air Launched Cruise Missile

Weapons are the Combat Differentiators: The BrahMos Air Launched Cruise Missile

By: Gp Capt Kishore Kumar Khera, VM | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 05 Dec , 2017

“Weapons differentiate between Air Forces and Flying Clubs” is an often heard adage. Weapons capability is an integral part of an Air Power matrix. In the last three months, a number of...

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Has the Time Come to Replace Manned Combat Aircraft With Armed Unmanned...

Has the Time Come to Replace Manned Combat Aircraft With Armed Unmanned...

By: Gp Capt Kishore Kumar Khera, VM | Issue: Courtesy: IDSA | Date: 16 Aug , 2017

The F-35 should be, and almost certainly will be, the last manned strike fighter aircraft the Department of the Navy will ever buy or fly. – Ray Mabus, US Secretary of the Navy Aviation, which...

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