Articles in Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019
Indo-Israel Defence: Cooperation and Future Prospects
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 18 Nov , 2020
The diligent researcher could trace back trade and cultural relations between present day India and Israel to the contacts between the Indus Valley Civilisation and the Babylonian culture. Indian...
Equipment Sustainability: Key to Army’s Operational Readiness
By: Lt Gen (Dr) NB Singh | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 15 Nov , 2020
Keeping an army’s equipment in a combat-ready condition requires considerable personnel and financial resources. Roughly 8.5 percent of personnel in an Armoured Division and a shade less in...
Unmanned Platforms in the IAF: The Need to Bolster
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 30 Oct , 2019
The DRDO has had some success with small UAVs but projects worthy of the IAF’s needs and wants appear to be very distant in the future. Slow rates of progress and minimal levels of technology...
UAVs & UCAVs: The Next Generation Threat
By: Lt Col Mukund Bhardwaj | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 27 Oct , 2019
The evolving UAV threat poses a significant challenge to all ground forces. Of the emerging combat force multipliers, UAVs are unique in their integration with existing systems as it requires...
Modernisation of the Indian Air Force
By: Air Marshal Anil Chopra | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 07 Oct , 2019
The IAF has slowly been losing the clear combat edge that it enjoyed over Pakistan in 1971 especially in terms of numbers. Technology intensive air power requires faster replacement of assets due...
Tibet Infrastructure: New Panacea for the Middle Kingdom?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 29 May , 2019
By 2021, there will be eight airports in the TAR plus three close to the Indian border in Xinjiang, i.e. Kashgar, Hotan and Yarkand. The news agency added, “At present, the preparatory work for...
From Teaching to Learning a Lesson: China’s Nightmare in Pakistan
By: Dr Rajasimman Sundaram | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 16 Apr , 2019
China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) project, a sub-set of its China Dream and centered on its flagship project – the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is likely to help...
India’s Defence Forces: A 5 Years Review
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 16 Apr , 2019
Though present dispensation has utilized the available meager resources quiet diligently-achieving far more in much less. Lest we lose sight, it would be very much in context to mention about the...
XI Jinping’s World-Class Military: Not Only Fights, But also Wins Wars
By: Dr Amrita Jash | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 04 Apr , 2019
“You fight your way and I fight my way” – 2015 White Paper on China’s Military Strategy1 At the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, held in October 2017, Chinese...
Afghanistan: Thinking in Terms of Hindu Kush
By: Dr Rajasimman Sundaram | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 08 Mar , 2019
It would be in strategic error if India considers the myriad of political events occurring within Afghanistan as subject matter of its foreign policy. The security situation in Afghanistan has...
World sans a Global Policeman: Turmoil as US exits
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 02 Mar , 2019
“It is the policy of the United States to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our...
MBDA offers next generation air combat capabilities for the Indian Air Force
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 22 Feb , 2019
MBDA exhibiting a full range of missiles and missile systems during Aero India 2019 designed to provide next generation air combat capabilities, including air dominance, strike and maritime...
"Thales strategy of developing its industrial footprint in India is in line...
By: IDR Interview | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 21 Feb , 2019
Indian Defence Review Interview Please elaborate on Thales’ journey in supporting the modernization of the Indian Armed Forces? Present in India since 1953, Thales has been a reliable partner...
“Kalyani Group is very well poised and prepared to undertake indigenous...
By: IDR Interview | Issue: Vol. 34.1 Jan-Mar 2019 | Date: 20 Feb , 2019
Indian Defence Review interview What are your capabilities when it comes to manufacture of indigenous aircraft, helicopters and UAVs in India? Kalyani group has invested sizeable resources in...