Articles in Issues
Drone Swarms as Air Defence Systems
By: Col Mandeep Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Apr , 2020
In a major instance of failure of air defence systems, the Saudi Arabia failed to protect its Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities when Houthi rebels launched 18 drones and seven cruise missiles...
The cost of ‘buying’ peace in Waziristan
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Mar , 2020
Those involved in anti-terrorism operations ultimately learn to accept the inevitability of lives and limbs being lost in gunfights and bombings. Accordingly, the Pakistan army will soon get over...
Innovator and Startup Woes which Government Must Address
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Mar , 2020
On March 15, 2020, a firm in Turkey unveiled its ES-60 Electromagnetic Anti Drone Gun, designed to inflict high-speed electromagnetic interference to disrupt communications between drones and...
On Kabul Gurudwara Carnage and Media Insensitivity
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Mar , 2020
Wednesday’s carnage at Gurudwara Har Rai Sahib in Kabul that left 25 Sikh worshippers dead was a despicable act that has been widely condemned across the globe in the severest of terms. Yet,...
Beijing’s Bio Bomb
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Mar , 2020
If China’s conscience was clear, it would not have blocked discussion on COVID-19 in the United Nations. Even its objection to the name China Virus at a time of such global crisis with the virus...
The Sirens Must Wail Again
By: Brig Pradeep Sharma | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Mar , 2020
The sound of sirens last heard in 1971 have been conspicuous by their silence. Thank God! But then again, was it not the sound of sirens which sent everyone scrambling, running to shelters,...
Indian Army's quiet, efficient, disciplined response to Corona Virus sets an...
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Mar , 2020
COVID-19, more popularly known as Corona Virus has posed the biggest challenge in centuries upon the human population of the earth. Its rapid spread from China to the rest of the world is leading...
On Conspiracists, Curses, Charlatan’s and COVID-19
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Mar , 2020
e, Trump did a volte face and told reporters that “This is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.” So, now that even the world’s most illustrious epitome...
21-day Lockdown is the Last Hope
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Mar , 2020
At the risk of being labelled an alarmist, I would like to standby each and every word spoken by the Prime Minister during his nationwide 8pm address on Tuesday, March 24. It is very unusual for...
Maoists Raise Stakes
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Mar , 2020
Starting with the then Union Home Minister in 2010 stating that the Maoists insurgency will be over in next 3-4 years, which his successors too echoed, it appears that we continue to deliberately...
Balochistan: Pakistan’s Hidden Shame
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Mar , 2020
Balochistan is Pakistan’s largest province in terms of area though it has a population of just around 12 million. If we put this in numbers Balochistan is approximately 44% of the country’s...
COVID-19 Notwithstanding: 'Free Lunches' are Out!
By: Nilesh Kunwar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Mar , 2020
It may have stood the test of time for more than two centuries, but seeing how things are panning out in the wake of COVID-19, the old saying about ‘adversity making strange bedfellows’ no...
Kashmir Summer 2020
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Mar , 2020
The nation waits with bated breath the summer of 2020 in Kashmir. This summer is going to be different from the past summers in many ways. It would be the first summer after the epoch making...
COVID-19 Apocalypse: The Military Response
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Mar , 2020
At this juncture three months after the outbreak of Chinese Virus commonly known as COVID-19, over 3,00,000 people have been infected, and more than 13,000 killed across the world. India today...
Social Distancing: Wuhan Virus and a Changing Socio-Political Order
By: Bhaskar Dutta Baruah | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Mar , 2020
Amidst the state measures being taken to contain COVID-19 and the ensuing public panic, the element of maintaining physical distances between individuals and nations is seen as a common...
J&K Budget: Laudable development thrust needs support of fool proof security
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Mar , 2020
The Budget for the newly created Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir for the financial year 2020-21 was presented to the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, 17 March, 2020. The Government had deliberately...
Your Lordships should Trust the Wisdom of Armed Forces
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Mar , 2020
In a recent judgement, Your Lordships have directed the government to extend permanent commissions and command postings to women in the Indian Navy. Your asseveration is that by not doing so,...
Immediate Need: National Government
By: Lt Gen Ashok Joshi and Col Anil Athale | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Mar , 2020
The loss of nearly one crore and 80 lakh Indians during just two years ending in 1920 due to the pandemic Spanish Flu that struck towards the end of the Great War is a sobering reminder: one in...
Vectoring the NEST
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Mar , 2020
As per recent reports in the media, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has established a new ministerial division called ‘NEST’, which denotes New, Emerging and Strategic Technologies. The...
India Should not Panic about Afghanistan
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Mar , 2020
United States and Taliban have entered into an agreement in Qatari capital Doha which will pave way for US forces to leave war torn Afghanistan. Under the Doha agreement, the US has committed to...