Articles in Vol 22.3
IAF: The Strategic Force of Choice
By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 02 Oct , 2015
IAF is a Strategic force today and has been so, for many decades. It started as a small force – a Flight of four aircraft on 1 Apr 1933, in a tactical role of supporting the Army. The role of...
The three dangers to India
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 18 Jun , 2014
Very few policy makers in India dare to acknowledge the danger to the nation’s territorial integrity. The security and integrity of the nation has become hostage to vote-bank politics. Democracy...
Private Sector in Defence Production
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 04 Jun , 2014
The Government of India has been reiterating its commitment to achieve the much-publicised target of procuring 70 per cent of its defence requirements from indigenous sources by 2010. Despite its...
India in Asian Geopolitics
By: Ashley J Tellis | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 04 Nov , 2012
I am going to (deal with) the subject of “India in Asian Geopolitics” because I want to spend some time focussing on some structural features of the security environment that faces India...
Classification of Warships: The French Experience
By: Yves Le Gas Emmanuel Descleves | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 17 Sep , 2012
International rules that have evolved from the main ‘IMO Conventions and Recommendations’ as well as the ‘EU National Rules’ are not mandatory for warships. Nonetheless, the French Navy...
Securing India’s Energy Needs
By: Brig. Gurmeet Kanwal | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 17 Sep , 2012
For India’s economic growth to sustain at eight per cent plus per annum, its energy supply must increase at more than six per cent per annum over 30 to 40 years’ time frame. As India is...
India Lags Behind in Shipbuilding
By: Vice Adm Rajeshwer Nath | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 16 Nov , 2011
There has been consistent boom in shipbuilding since 1990s. The main reason for this has been the rise in the volume of International trade due to healthy long range economic and energy demands....
India’s Southern Security
By: Lt Gen SC Sardeshpande | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 11 Sep , 2011
A general review of media reportage on India’s southern security, relating to Sri Lanka in recent months reveals following salient aspects:- Sri Lankan Govt’s (SLG) argument of finding...
Reconciling Manpower Costs
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 05 Sep , 2011
Concern about the rising cost of Armed Forces manpower has been a topic of debate ever since the 5th Pay Commission recommendations were implemented in the 1990s. Now that the 6th Pay Commission...
Probity in Defence Procurements
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 18 Feb , 2011
Defence deals the world over are regularly subjected to intense scrutiny and investigations. Aspersions are often cast about lack of probity and underhand dealings. In Transparency...
International Terrorism: A Perspective to Current Scenarios
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 27 Dec , 2010
Terrorism has undergone what may be equivalent to genetic changes. In the earlier decades, its agenda was mostly political, such as class questions, national liberation and urban or anarchic...
Gujjar Agitation: Internal Security Ramifications
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 24 Dec , 2010
The purpose of this article is not to dwell on the political and social dynamics of the recent Gujjar agitation, but to highlight the pernicious internal security ramifications of such agitations...
Restructuring Aeronautics
By: SR Valluri | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 24 Dec , 2010
Mark Antony, the Defence Minister appointed a high level committee to look into the performance of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratories. It was a timely decision....
The Great Game: 21st Century Version-III
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 16 Dec , 2010
Both China and Pakistan are getting ready for an economic boom that will include transit trade to Central Asia. The Pakistan Army’s National Logistics Cell, which has a near monopoly, will...
The Great Game: 21st Century Version-II
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 15 Dec , 2010
The new US foreign policy of “transformational diplomacy” is not merely about just reporting the world as it is but about replicating nation-states into US clones. Post conflict multinational...
The Great Game: 21st Century Version-I
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 14 Dec , 2010
The Rules of the Game:The current century began in an intensely violent manner and there are no signs of a let up. Two and a half deadly wars are being fought in our neighbourhood and threaten to...
Low Intensity Conflict Revisited
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 10 Dec , 2010
Insurgencies have existed for centuries. In recent decades however, the easy availability of machineguns, rocket-propelled grenades, RDX explosive with hi-tech remote-triggering devices have made...
Self Reliance and the Armed Forces
By: Air Vice Marshal HS Ahluwalia | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 10 Dec , 2010
During the recently held Air Force Commanders conference in New Delhi, Raksha Mantri AK Antony, while admitting that the armed forces had been depending on outside suppliers for their defence...
Kashmir: Lost Bearings
By: Lt Gen (Retd) MC Bhandari | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 06 Dec , 2010
New Delhi hosted the SAARC Summit meeting, and Musharraf was conspicuous by his absence. Whereas other nations were represented by their executive heads, Pakistan had opted to send their Prime...
The Madhesis of Nepal
By: K Yhome | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 26 Nov , 2010
Dramatic events in the past one year since the 2006 “April Revolution” in Nepal have been redefining the political landscape of the Himalayan nation in more ways than one. One important...