Articles in Vol. 37.3, Jul-Sep 2022
Yuan Wang 5 tests India’s Resolve
By: Ramananda Sengupta | Issue: Vol. 37.3, Jul-Sep 2022 | Date: 07 Nov , 2022
The ripples from the Yuan Wang 5 continue to be felt in New Delhi long after the Chinese ship left Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka, where it docked from August 16 to 22 despite Indian concerns. The...
India’s Aviation Technology Growth Strategy
By: Air Marshal Anil Chopra | Issue: Vol. 37.3, Jul-Sep 2022 | Date: 01 Nov , 2022
Air war in Ukraine is being watched very closely. Despite large asymmetry, Russians have faced resistance from Ukraine through smart use of air defence and anti-tank missiles and precision...
Role of Artificial Intelligence in Military Aviation
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 37.3, Jul-Sep 2022 | Date: 27 Oct , 2022
The discovery of gunpowder in the ninth century and the invention of the atomic bomb in the twentieth century may be considered the first two revolutions in warfare. The third revolution in...
How Prepared is the IAF for a War with China?
By: Air Marshal Anil Chopra | Issue: Vol. 37.3, Jul-Sep 2022 | Date: 23 Oct , 2022
Both the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) have come a long way since their early beginnings in the 1950s. The IAF had British and French aircraft in the...
India’s Expanded Ambit of Defence Preparedness
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Vol. 37.3, Jul-Sep 2022 | Date: 22 Oct , 2022
The Cause of National Sovereignty Traditionally, India has sought to preserve her sovereignty and territorial integrity through reliance on political accommodations and harmonious diplomacy. Even...
Future of Manned Maritime Air Operations
By: Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan | Issue: Vol. 37.3, Jul-Sep 2022 | Date: 21 Oct , 2022
Debate on Manned vs Unmanned Aircraft Elon Musk speaking at a US Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium in February 2020, remarked that the era of fighter jets was over and the future is...
Doing More With Less
By: Lt Gen (Dr) NB Singh | Issue: Vol. 37.3, Jul-Sep 2022 | Date: 20 Oct , 2022
“There is no need to continue doing a thing merely because it has been done in the Army for the last thirty or forty years; if this is the only reason for doing it, then it is high time we...
The need for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for the IAF
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 37.3, Jul-Sep 2022 | Date: 20 Oct , 2022
Unarmed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) began as desirable supplements to military inventories, but these have grown rapidly in technological sophistication to become essential complements of the...
Pakistan’s Action Against Terrorist Groups – Is it Sincere or a Complete...
By: Dr V Balasubramaniyan | Issue: Vol. 37.3, Jul-Sep 2022 | Date: 17 Oct , 2022
One of the key architects of the Mumbai 26/11 attacks, Sajid Mir was ‘silently’ convicted in May this year by an anti-terrorism court in Lahore in a terrorism financing case. Mir known as the...
Pakistan’s Oppression in Baluchistan
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 37.3, Jul-Sep 2022 | Date: 16 Oct , 2022
A hostile arid terrain with rugged mountains characterizes the geography of the region of Baluchistan. The region is sparsely populated and spread over three countries sharing border with each...
The Great Churning: Reset of Global Geopolitical Order
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 37.3, Jul-Sep 2022 | Date: 16 Sep , 2022
“A new world order can only be created if we establish an order where the powerful wolf cannot eat the weak lamb!”— Mehmet Murat ildan The geopolitical order of the world was radically...