Articles in Issues
Payback Time Pakistan
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Nov , 2013
Following the US drone strike killing Pakistan Taliban Chief Hakimillah Mehsud, it was hilarious to watch the somber faced Interior Minister of Pakistan accusing the US of scuttling efforts...
China's Asian Age Depends on Spliting India?
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Nov , 2013
Zhan Lue, in his article published by the China International Institute for Strategic Studies on 8 August 2009 titled “If China takes a little action, the so called Great Indian Federation can...
The Chinese Incursion: Need to Introspect
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 28.2 Apr-Jun 2013 | Date: 04 Nov , 2013
Robert Kaplan in his book “The Revenge of Geography” suggests that, “India’s rivalry with China is not like the one with Pakistan: it is more abstract, less emotional, and (far more...
Teeth to Tail Ratio: Looking beyond the Obvious
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 03 Nov , 2013
` For India, a country struggling to find its soul after centuries of foreign domination, the primary strategic objective would of necessity, remain the human development of its people. While...
India- China: BDCA Unexplained
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Nov , 2013
Following the signing of the BDCA between India and China, much has been written. The follow up official explanation extols great strides having been made by introducing the four ‘concepts’...
US-India Defence Trade: Sizing up the competition
By: Col Woolf P Gross | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 30 Oct , 2013
American defence suppliers realise that India is perhaps the largest potential market open to them in the world today. But so do all the competition. This is not a market in which to make a quick...
Western Fleet of Indian Navy manoeuvers in littorals off Gujarat and Maharashtra
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Oct , 2013
A large scale annual operational exercise of the Western Naval Command of the Indian Navy will conclude tomorrow off the littorals of Gujarat and Maharashtra. The week long exercise termed...
North-East India: Its place in the National Security Calculus
By: PM Heblikar | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 29 Oct , 2013
There has been no major change in the military architecture in India’s Northeast region since 1962. In a strategic sense, India has remained more in a defensive posture all along the sensitive...
Disaster Management: Why the Army continues to take the Lead
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 28 Oct , 2013
Conceptually, the armed forces ought to be called to aid the civil authorities only when the situation is beyond the capability of the civil administration. In practice, however, the armed forces...
Boeing delivers Indian Air Force’s 4th C-17 Globemaster III
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Oct , 2013
The Indian Air Force’s (IAF) fourth Boeing C-17 Globemaster III departs for India from Long Beach on Oct. 19, keeping the company on track to deliver a total of five advanced airlifters to the...
IAF launches its 3 G WCDMA Cellular Network Project
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Oct , 2013
The Indian Air Force launched its 3 G Cellular Network named AFCEL (Air Force Cellular) today, becoming first among the services to have commissioned its own captive 3 G network. Inaugurated by...
Military be included in the National Security Decision Making Loop
By: Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Oct , 2013
Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne Chairman Chiefs of the Staff Committee (COSC) pitched for a common pay commission for armed forces and said it must have representation from their side. In the light...
China-Pakistan double trouble for India
By: Brig Arun Bajpai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Oct , 2013
Indian political establishment, duly advised by Babus who staff the Ministry of Defence on the pretext of civilian control over military, with both of them having no knowledge of matters...
Airbus Military signs additional contract with Kazakhstan for more C295 aircraft
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Oct , 2013
Airbus Military has signed a contract with Kazspecexport, a State Company belonging to the Ministry of Defence of Kazakhstan, to supply two C295 military transport aircraft plus the related...
MARINS chosen for the UK’s new carriers
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Oct , 2013
iXBlue has been selected to provide inertial navigation systems for the two Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers currently being built by the Aircraft Carrier Alliance for the UK Royal...
Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA) between India and China
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Oct , 2013
The Government of the Republic of India and the Government of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the ‘two sides’), Firmly believing that the India-China Strategic...
Inside 1962 War
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Oct , 2013
During 1962 War, India had adequate army brigades in reserve to launch a counter attack in coordination with the Air Force. The Chinese Air Force was weak in comparison and positioned far away...
A New Low in Army Leadership
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Oct , 2013
The dawn of 20 September 2013 will long be remembered for the headlines of a national daily of suspect credentials screaming “Unit setup by V K Singh used secret funds to try and topple J&K...
Weaponisation of Space
By: Air Marshal Narayan Menon | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 19 Oct , 2013
Weaponisation of space would include space control and space-based systems that could destroy targets on the earth’s surface. Space control involves protecting own systems in orbit, attacking...
The Army - What's gone wrong?
By: Karan Kharb | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Oct , 2013
The Indian Army, besides being the world’s third largest, enjoys a unique status of professional excellence. There is no other army in the world that is as battle hardened as the Indian Army...