Articles in Issues
Space: The Emerging Battleground
By: Air Marshal BK Pandey | Issue: Vol 25.3 Jul-Sep 2010 | Date: 23 Sep , 2014
History is witness to the fact that nations that have controlled the seas have ruled the world. With the passage of time, the ability to dominate the world progressively shifted into the hands of...
Xi’s Chumar Gamble
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Sep , 2014
A democracy must have debate and opposition because it is dissent that facilitates analysis, which in turn indicates improvements required. We have had this all along in India but we don’t seem...
Where was India’s Tibet Policy?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Book Excerpt: 1962 and the McMahon Line Saga | Date: 22 Sep , 2014
China Invades Tibet: ‘The Gods are on Our Side!’ Before studying a non-existent India’s Tibet Policy, it is necessary to go back to the Fall of 1950. Before this, the Indian Government had...
Incursions cast shadow on Sino-India meet
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Sep , 2014
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India 17-19 September 2014 was overshadowed by the serious standoff between the Indian and Chinese armed forces along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in...
Modi’s Realism Overtakes Nehru’s Idealism
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Sep , 2014
On the Sep 18, India entered a new era when Prime Minister of India Mr Modi sitting next to the Chinese President Mr Xi Jinping briefed the press, categorically stating that peace and tranquility...
Pakistan Upgrades F-16 Fleet
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Sep , 2014
With the 13 F-16 fighter aircraft received from Jordan, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has raised a new squadron, No 19, at Mushaf Air Base. The F-16 fleet of the PAF now stands at 79. The...
Tibet: The Real Issue
By: Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal, PhD | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 18 Sep , 2014
“Following the logic of power, empires in their expansive phases push out their frontiers until they meet the resistance of a strong neighbour, or reach a physical barrier which makes a natural...
Tiered Border Defence against China
By: Special Correspondent | Issue: Vol. 29.2 Apr-Jun 2014 | Date: 18 Sep , 2014
On balance, the prospects of Sino-Indian conflict remain. What appears certain is that China’s aggressive stance and the initiation of conflict will be aimed at undermining India’s status as...
A statement of Zhou Enlai: sixty-four years ago
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 18 Sep , 2014
After several days of extensive talks between the Prime Minister of India (Jawaharlal Nehru) and the Premier of the State Council of China (Zhou Enlai), the latter held a press conference on...
China's Threat Perception
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asian Strategy and Military Perspective | Date: 17 Sep , 2014
Ancient China, was unparalleled in matters of strategic thinking, defence technology and organisation of Armed Forces, but became extremely inward looking by the 16th century, and was thus...
Great Game South Asia - dangerous portends
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Sep , 2014
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the US this month. It is but natural that in his two-day summit with President Obama many issues will be discussed, like: taking the Indo-US...
Chairman COSC & CAS visits Flood Affected J&K to oversee Relief and Rescue...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Sep , 2014
The Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) and Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha visited the flood affected areas of Jammu and Kashmir, today and carried out aerial...
Indo-China Relations: The bottom line is military might
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 17 Sep , 2014
A leadership change took place in China in March, 2013; this was a once in a decade transition. The recent parliamentary elections in India gave a clear majority to a single party with a strong...
China’s Finger Problem – will President Xi cure?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Sep , 2014
The Maurya Empire of India was one of the largest empires of its time. At the pinnacle of its glory, this empire stretched to the north right up to the natural boundaries of the Himalayas and to...
Kashmir: India-China-Pakistan Triangular Conflict
By: Brig Amar Cheema | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Sep , 2014
“Poor Kashmir, it lies in the Himalayan ramparts where the borders of India, Pakistan and China rub together. Reality mocks its beauty. There is no escaping the permeating meloncholy of a land...
Quest for the Golden Hind
By: Col JK Achuthan (Retd.) | Issue: Vol. 28.2 Apr-Jun 2013 | Date: 13 Sep , 2014
The Indian military might today is at its nadir with neither vision nor drive to achieve quantifiable goals. The Indian Army has become similar to a national ‘militia’, good only in numbers...
Artillery Modernisation: A Reality Check
By: Lt Gen BS Pawar | Issue: Vol. 29.1 Jan-Mar 2014 | Date: 13 Sep , 2014
With changes in policy clearly stating that in all future acquisitions of defence equipment, the first priority would be given to Indian companies both private and public, a number of private...
Wahhabism in South Asia
By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 13 Sep , 2014
A few decades ago, a few Muslims followed this brand ofIslam in South Asia, but after the advent of al-Qaeda, Wahhabism spread and Militant Islamist groups spread the theology of Wahhabism, which...
Nepal is the new Chinese colony
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Sep , 2014
The Chinese are slowly invading Nepal. Last month, AFP reported that ‘China eyes India trade by boosting spending in Nepal’. The news agency stated that China’s ambassador to Kathmandu was...
MKU introduces 6th Generation ballistic protection technology
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Sep , 2014
MKU, a leading manufacturer of ballistic protection solutions for personnel and platforms has introduced the new 6th Generation ballistic protection technology Ammoflex – 6 and Polyshield – 6 ...