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Operation Meghdoot: Victory in the face of Monumental odds
By: Col Alok Mathur, SM | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 08 Dec , 2022
Siachen, known as the highest battle field of the world, is located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas. In Balti dialect the word means “Garden of Roses.” It forms the western...
Indian Defence Industry: A Glorious Path of Growth
By: Maj Gen CP Singh (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 07 Dec , 2022
Introduction India has one of the world’s largest armed forces with a strength of over 14.4 lakhs (1.44 million) active personnel, since it has the largest unsettled borders with two nuclear...
Indian Navy: The Guardians of the Indian Ocean
By: Maj Gen CP Singh (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 06 Jan , 2022
Introduction History is testimony to the fact that any ruler who went on to become an emperor always had a strong Navy. The one, who conquered the blue waters, conquered the world. India was a...
Indo-China Border Dispute: India will not Blink
By: Jasbir Sarai | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 09 Nov , 2021
China has, once again, opted to take a hard stand in the long standing dispute along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with India. A series of meetings, including the last corps commanders meeting...
Now, Taliban controls Pakistan
By: Maj Gen Harsha Kakar | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 22 Jul , 2021
Imran Khan in an interview with the New York Times, stated, ‘Given that the US gave a date of withdrawal, from then onward, our leverage diminished on the Taliban. And the reason is that the...
Galwan Anniversary: India must build Comprehensive National Power
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 19 Jun , 2021
One year ago, on 15 June 2020, there was a clash between Indian and Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley that was both heroic and unprecedented in nature. Its unique place in military history is...
QUAD: The New Superpower
By: Maj Gen CP Singh (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 05 Apr , 2021
The world is healing back from the worst onslaught of the nature’s fury in the last 100 years. Post COVID 19, the world will no longer be the same. A new world order will emerge in the...
Kashmir: Imperative to save Youth from Terrorist Recruitment
By: Jasbir Sarai | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 07 Mar , 2021
“I can say this with conviction that today we are able to manage the level of violence in the Valley. The number of terrorists in the Valley is probably the lowest in one decade… and we would...
Disengagement in Ladakh: A Good Beginning but Challenges Remain
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 16 Feb , 2021
On February, 10, India and China began a “synchronised and organised disengagement” from the north and south banks of the Pangong Tso Lake. The information was first given by the Chinese...
General Bajwa’s Peace Inferences Lack Credibility
By: Hareep Bedi | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 10 Feb , 2021
“It is time to extend a hand of peace in all directions,” said Pakistan Army Chief, General Qamar Bajwa, in an address at a military function recently. “Pakistan is a peace-loving country...
Military Coup in Myanmar: Options for India
By: Col Alok Mathur, SM | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 09 Feb , 2021
In early hours of 1 February, 2021, as Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) rolled out on the streets of Nay Pai Taw and Yangon in Myanmar, the military owned Myawwady Television channel announced...
Fiscal Mismanagement will lead to Disastrous Consequences in Pakistan
By: Dr Simrit Kahlon | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 15 Jan , 2021
Pakistan’s economy has been hurtling southwards for more than a decade now. Its present growth rate, hovering around 2-3 percent, makes it one of the lowest growing economies in South Asia...
Kashmir: Separatist & Inimical Forces Plan to Derail Democratic Process
By: Onkareshwar Pandey | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 10 Jan , 2021
Three terrorists have been killed in an overnight encounter in Lawaypora area of central Kashmir, in the outskirts of Srinagar, in a joint operation of Police, Army and CRPF. The gunfight broke...
Valour Sagas of Bangladesh Liberation War
By: Col Alok Mathur, SM | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 08 Jan , 2021
Pakistan can never forget the humiliation of 16 December 1971, when Indian forces entered Dhaka, the capital of East Pakistan and accepted the unconditional surrender of almost four division...
Ceasefire of Indo-China War 1962: Victory has many Fathers; Defeat is an Orphan
By: Col Alok Mathur, SM | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 28 Nov , 2020
On 20 October, 1962, in NEFA, units of 7 Infantry Brigade were overrun, after giving stiff resistance to People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Tactical headquarters of Red Eagle division, under Major...
Sikkim from Batang La to Chorten La: A Narrative of the Himalayan Paradise
By: Col Alok Mathur, SM | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 15 Nov , 2020
Sikkim, the beautiful 22nd State of Indian Union in the lap of mighty Himalayas, garnered headlines of World media on 9, May, 2020, when Indian Army troops clashed with a Patrol of the Chinese...
Indian Space Research Organisation: From Aryabhata to Gaganyaan
By: Col Alok Mathur, SM | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 06 Nov , 2020
The year 2017 was a watershed in the long march of space research in India when Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved twin landmarks. Firstly, on 15 February 2017, it, created a world...
Women in Combat Role: Proving their Mettle in J&K
By: Dr Simrit Kahlon | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 29 Oct , 2020
Winds of change are taking place in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in more ways than one. A welcome development in recent times is enhancement in induction of women in security forces...
Tejas: The Radiance towards Self Reliance
By: Col Alok Mathur, SM | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 28 Oct , 2020
On 04 February, 2001, the first prototype of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) took off from Yalahanka Airbase for its maiden flight and returned safely in the presence of then Prime...
DRDO: Steering the March towards Self-Reliance
By: Col Alok Mathur, SM | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 25 Oct , 2020
The Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) an agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence (MOD) of Government of India (GOI) is...