Articles By Rakesh Krishnan Simha
How IAF Firepower Severely Dented Pakistan’s Psyche During The Kargil War
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 04 Jul , 2023
On 12 June 1999, Pakistani Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz hastily arrived in New Delhi, ostensibly to discuss ways of ending the Kargil War. Aziz, who deeply resents India, had landed with a single...
How the Islamic Alliance Led by Pakistan’s Raheel Sharif could Pose a...
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 09 Feb , 2017
When Saudi Arabia announced that it had cobbled together a global Islamic alliance to fight terror, and that the organisation would be headed by Raheel Sharif, the recently retired army chief of...
Deterrence Against The Dragon: Why Agni’s Arc Worries China
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 03 Jan , 2017
The shrill, disjointed and illogical rants emanating from Beijing after the fourth successful test of the Agni-V missile is an adequate proof that nothing succeeds like deterrence. By developing a...
Birth of A Boomer: How India Built Its Nuclear Submarine
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 25 Oct , 2016
During the 1971 War, as India’s armoured columns prepared to crash through the Pakistan Army’s defences and thundered down the road to Lahore, the US and British navies made a threatening...
Indus Waters Treaty: Nehru’s Original Himalayan Blunder
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Date: 03 Oct , 2016
“No armies with bombs and shellfire could devastate a land so thoroughly as Pakistan could be devastated by the simple expedient of India’s permanently shutting off the source of waters that...
India and Pakistan In A Tug-Of-War Over Stealth Fighters
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 27 Jul , 2016
If India is on the verge of acquiring fifth-generation fighter aircraft, can Pakistan be far behind? With the decks cleared for the Indian Air Force (IAF) to co-produce 127 PAK-FA stealth...
How India Bailed out The West in World War II
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 18 Jul , 2016
Seventy years ago, this month, Germany surrendered to the Allies to end World War II in Europe. It is time India’s game-changing contribution to the victory is acknowledged in the actual context...
Talwar Frigates: Stealth Ships That Could Sink Pakistan
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 21 Jun , 2016
The Talwar class frigates will play a key role in India’s new Maritime Strategy 2015 that aims to dominate the blue waters and strike on land. High octane defence deals are often the most...
India is Building A Missile Defence System - With Russian Missiles!
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 16 Jun , 2016
A new generation of air defence missiles is coming up with the ability to create an “iron dome” over India that will deflect missiles, aircraft and drones aimed against the country. In March...
MiG - 21: The Story of Russia’s ‘People’s Fighter’ and its Service...
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 10 Jun , 2016
The time: 2 pm, December 12, 1971, India-Pakistan War. The place: A forward airbase in Jamnagar, Gujarat. One of the most eagerly awaited dogfights in aviation history is about to take place. The...
The Forgotten Mutiny that Shook the British Empire
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 06 Jun , 2016
The naval mutiny of 1946 was among the hardest blows the British received during their brutal 200 year occupation of India. The unexpected revolt by more than 25,000 ratings of the Royal Indian...
How India’s Missile Defence System can take down Pakistan
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 03 Jun , 2016
Given the Pakistani obsession with matching India weapon for weapon, it is likely Islamabad will try and develop a Made in Pakistan BMD. At the same time, it will attempt to buy systems from...
How Indian Military Acquisitions are Changing and why that's a Good Thing
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 23 May , 2016
The procurement mechanism of the defence sector in India finally seems to be heading in the right direction. In 1940, legendary Indian industrialist Walchand Hirachand struck a deal with an...
Is The Indian Air Force On A Flight Path Of Extinction?
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 08 Apr , 2016
The IAF suffered a major setback in October 2012 when the government agreed to transfer most of its attack helicopters to the Indian Army. There will now be growing pressure on the IAF to transfer...
Why the PAK-FA May Win the Stealth Dogfight
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 02 Mar , 2016
The US and Russian fighter jet design philosophy diverge vastly when it comes to stealth. The Russians believe stealth cannot help win an air-battle, whereas the US have over-emphasised...
Cold Start: General KV Krishna Rao’s Greatest Legacy
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 27 Feb , 2016
General KV Krishna Rao, who passed away recently, was the progenitor of the Indian Army’s ‘Cold Start’ doctrine. Rakesh Krishnan Simha reviews the good General’s path breaking idea and...
The IAF’s Fleet Strength is Depleting Fast, but Su-30MKI is Flying to the...
By: Rakesh Krishnan Simha | Issue: Courtesy: www.swarajyamag.com | Date: 06 Feb , 2016
The IAF is retaining a combat edge – thanks to increased induction of Su-30MKI fighters and the proposed acquisition of Tejas. The Indian Air Force’s quick fix solution for its fighter...