Trends in Military Leadership

“The sense of grievance among armed forces that the civilian bureaucracy has short-changed it and this is reflected in the hierarchy laid down in the pay commission is both sad and dangerous. If allowed to fester it will undermine not just the self-system of the armed forces,

Islam and its many trends

Except the war zones, palestine, Iraq and Afghanistan and the proxy war zones Kashmir and India, for quite sometime the rest of the world has not witnessed a major terrorist incident. This is because of the high grade counter-terrorism measures adopted by the US, European countries and others, and also perhaps due to a growing [...]

CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd

HOMELAND SECURITY: for airports, seaports, harbours, coastlines, borders and critical installations 
When Homeland Security is the highest priority, no shortcuts should be taken to find the ultimate system to meet the task. There are a myriad of systems in the market but not all of them can provide a comprehensive long range day / night observation [...]

India’s Mission to Moon

November 14, 2008, 20:31 hours, India created history in its march towards technological prowess. Indian tricolour was placed on the lunar surface and India announced to the world its arrival on the lunar surface. The Indian flag was painted on the four sides of Moon Impact Probe (MIP), one of the 11 payloads of Chandrayaan-1 [...]

Indian Air Force of the Future

The Dilemma
Planning for the future has always been a daunting task, especially when it concerns the military of a nation. As the military is a vital component and in fact the ultimate instrument of national security, improper assessment or gross miscalculation of its pattern of development can have catastrophic ramifications. The task of forward planning [...]

Intelligence Reform

‘Nothing should be as favourably regarded as intelligence; nothing should be as generously rewarded as intelligence; nothing should be as confidential as the work of intelligence.
‘ Sun Tzu, The Art of War
It is possible that had the state paid any attention to Sun Tzu’s principles, our systems might have been better equipped to handle events [...]

Why Miliband tries to rationalise LeT’s terrorist attack in Mumbai?

There has been considerable anger and indignation in India over the attempt of  David Miliband, the British Foreign Secretary, who visited India last week, to rationalise the terrorist attack in Mumbai from November 26 to 29, 2008, by the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) of Pakistan by linking the attack to the Kashmir issue.

BEL: Network Centric Warfare Capabilities

Premier Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) will display its Network Centric Warfare (NCW) capabilities and solutions at Aero India 2009. These customer-specific solutions, designed and developed in close association with BEL’s customers, cover the requirements of the Army, Navy and the Air Force.

Solution to the Pakistani terrorist quagmire

It is difficult to comprehend why some people resort to terrorism. One of the main reasons put forward - economic failure - is no excuse to pursue the path of terror. There are many extremely poor nations and societies that struggle for a better future in a peaceful and non-violent way. For decades, a significant [...]

EADS DS: To launch new partnerships in India

The Defence & Security Division (DS) of EADS is fully committed to support AERO INDIA 2009 in order to make it a successful air show and international defence exhibition. Therefore DS will highlight its products and capabilities to the Indian customers both on the EADS stand as well as on the Eurofighter stand. The German [...]

Eurofighter Typhoon : Ready for India

The Eurofighter consortium is fully committed to meet the future requirements of the Indian Air Force (IAF). As the Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition progresses, EADS which is the lead company for the Eurofighter Typhoon campaign in India, has initiated intensive preparations for the forthcoming flight trials scheduled for summer 2009.