Articles By Sumit Walia
Finally, we are back to square one! MMRCA competition has just been restarted!
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 May , 2018
In the first week of April 2018, Ministry of Defence issued an RFI (Request for Information) to fighter aircraft manufacturers including the six companies that took part in Original MMRCA...
Major (R) Surendra Poonia, VSM - The man behind the marathon (Soldierathon)
By: Sumit Walia | Date: 28 Feb , 2018
Soldierathon – an initiative to bring a common Indian closer to his Armed Force. As explained earlier, it was a small idea suggested by President Dr Kalam and became a gigantic task for Major...
Soldierathon: Run for Our Soldiers
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Jan , 2018
`Soldierathon`- the unique name &it’s posts on social media on the social media caught my attention last week. On checking, I found that it was an initiative taken by Maj (R) Surendra Poonia –...
Indo-US relationship – Watch your step
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Nov , 2017
The Doklam standoff between India and China kept the Indian strategic community busy for almost three months. There were few statements form the US Congress/Senate, Trump administration & US...
Armed Forces for Civilian Departments: Last Resort or Inevitable Trend?
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Nov , 2017
Just because the Army is very capable, professional, disciplined force, which has the expertise to complete such tasks at short notice and with-in exceptionally short time lines, they should not...
MiG-35, F-16, Gripen or Better Choice?
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Aug , 2017
More Rafale jets for the IAF and the IN will reduce logistics burden and increase operational cooperation. Getting the Kaveri and the Uttam fixed in next three or four years is do-able and can...
Who made North Korea a nuclear power? Dr A. Q. Khan?
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 May , 2017
North Korea is in news again. It is threatening South Korea, the United States and the entire world with its nuclear and missile arsenal. Most in the world arenot much worried. They consider it as...
Capt Bharat Verma – A Personal Remembrance
By: Sumit Walia | Date: 14 Feb , 2017
Long before Prime Minister Modi gave a vision of ‘Make in India’ initiative to make India global hub of manufacturing, Capt. (R) Bharat Verma was the first person who in 2005-2006, advised...
F-16 for India Air Force…Really?
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Jan , 2017
Background In 2007, MoD (Ministry of Defence) issued a tender to purchase 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA procurement programme). Objective of this procurement was to bridge the gap...
1971 War: Dhaka or Bust?
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Nov , 2016
1971 war was the finest hour of Indian Army. In a quick, decisive, well planned & well executed campaign, Indian Army carved out a new nation on the face of earth – Bangladesh. It was a...
Pakistan's Obsession with its 'Strategic Location'
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Oct , 2016
When Chinese Premier Xi Jinping visited Pakistan in April 2014 and signed the CPEC agreement, there were un-parallel jubilations in Pakistan. A country badly hit by terrorism1, political unrest,...
CPEC, its economic viability and options for India
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Oct , 2016
We all have heard enough of US$ 46 billion Chinese investment project in Pakistan – CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor). It is the biggest foreign investment committed by China. China has...
BrahMos Missile in North-Eastern State: Is Dragon Nervous?
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Sep , 2016
In August 2016, Government of India decided to deploy 4th regiment of BrahMos Missile in our North-Eastern state – Arunachal Pradesh. CCS’s (Cabinet Committee on Security) approved the...
Which Sharif runs Pakistan
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Jul , 2016
Except for few years of its history of 68 years, there are only two ways Pakistan Army (and not Pakistan Air Force or Pakistan Navy but just Pakistan Army) ruled the country. One when Pak Chief...
Pakistan: A Country Obsessed with Conspiracy Theories
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 May , 2016
Can anyone imagine that Bollywood film director Kabir khan is on the panel of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his anti- Pakistan movies like `Phantom` are RAW funded? And Kabir’s visit...
Defence Procurement Update
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 04 Aug , 2009
Since the 1960s, the Indian Armed Forces have been the main source of sustenance fuel to the erstwhile USSR and later Russian weapons industry. Over 80 percent of our military hardware is of...