Articles in Courtesy: Uday India
Will F-16s follow President Biden to Ukraine?
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 16 Mar , 2023
While US President Joe Biden’s historic surprise visit to Ukraine on the eve of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of that country and his fresh offer of $460 million of military to...
Safeguarding the Indian Borders
By: Sanjeev Chopra | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 27 Dec , 2022
India’s land borders with six countries – Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Myanmar, Nepal, and Bhutan as well as the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir – pose a major security challenge to...
Eagerly waiting for Agni-VI ICBM
By: Amartya Sinha | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 26 Dec , 2022
Renowned Indian philosopher Chanakya had once very aptly stated: “The power of a king lies in his mighty arms. Security of citizens at peacetime is very important because state is the only...
Tawang, Tibet and Taiwan
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 25 Dec , 2022
Unlike its aggressive strategic designs that resulted in the major clash with India in Ladakh’s Galwan valley in June 2020, the latest India-China skirmishes in Tawang on December 9 seems to...
A ‘Town’ Ship named Vikrant: Navy adds to Muscle
By: Vice Adm Shekhar Sinha | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 15 Oct , 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned and dedicated to the nation, first indigenously built 45000 ton aircraft carrier rechristened Vikrant. In the Navy ships don’t fade away, they...
Land Warfare and its Future ‘Avatar’
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 15 Oct , 2022
‘The Avatar is the one that holds the balance of them together until he disappears. When that happens, peace is lost and war becomes the common theme among the nations.’ – Avatar: The Last...
DefExpo-2022
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 14 Oct , 2022
The Indian government expects the 12th edition of DefExpo, which is being held from the 18th to 22nd of October at Gandhinagar, Gujarat, to be “the largest ever’ since the inception of the...
Ominous Signals for Kashmir
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 09 Jul , 2021
What is Delhi cooking for Jammu and Kashmir? This question is being raised at many a place these days, following the all-party meeting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted recently. This...
Challenges Before Theatre Commands
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 23 Jan , 2021
Will the year 2021 see the realisation of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat’s proposed road¬map for the restructuring of the Indian Armed Forces into five distinct...
An improbable India-China War
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 25 Nov , 2020
Armed forces of India and China have been facing one another eyeball- to- eyeball in a standoff in Eastern Ladakh since May. Both are increasing their troops-strength with sophisticated weapons,...
India-China Asymmetry is over
By: Seshadri Chari | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 19 Sep , 2020
In less than a week’s time New Delhi sent several strong signals in quick succession to Beijing conveying India’s pre-eminence in defense and diplomatic finesse. One such signal was Defence...
The Rafale Deal and after
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 15 Sep , 2018
The Rafale deal was again in the news recently. The periodicity is often (in fact always) linked to the political situation in the country. This time, the hue and cry was synchronized with the...
The Rafale Saga
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 03 Sep , 2018
The Modi government’s decision to purchase Rafale fighter jets from France continues to be shrouded in controversy. There are now allegations that the deal is marked by overpricing and crony...
“Under Governor’s rule in J&K you will see a difference”
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 21 Jul , 2018
“We must understand the fact that radicalisation is not confined to only the Valley, but it is a global phenomenon. I can say that at global level, this radicalisation has increased at a rapid...
Doklam Standoff: A case of Chinese duplicity
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 19 Jul , 2017
Consistency has never been a virtue for the Communist rulers of China in settling their border disputes with the neigbours. They have used different principles for different countries. And this...
Why the Human Rights of Soldiers not Respected in India?
By: Sanjeev Sirohi | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 16 Jun , 2017
Martyrdom of two brave soldiers – Naib Subedar Paramjit Singh of Indian Army and Head Constable Prem Sagar of BSF – who were recently badly mutilated and beheaded by Border Action Force of...
Recommendations to Curb Menace of Terrorism in India
By: Sunil Gupta | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 23 Feb , 2017
Though there are many kinds of terrorist activities across the globe and their root causes are as varied, without beating around the bush it can be said that the kind of terrorism that most...
Towards a Sustainable Defence Industry
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 06 Jan , 2017
Last fortnight, this magazine, and digital newspaper Bharat Niti, organised, in association with Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) a national conference on Defence...
A SAARC sans Pakistan
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 05 Nov , 2016
In the following pages, a regular contributor to this magazine, who happens to be veteran journalist of the country, has described why the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)...
Riding the Dragon
By: Nilabh Krishna | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 25 Jan , 2016
Territorial disputes in the South China Sea continue to be a source of tension and potential conflict between China and other countries in the region. Beijing’s intention to exert greater control...