Articles in Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011

Cold Start Doctrine

Cold Start Doctrine

By: Col Anil Athale | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 26 Sep , 2015

India has been victim of proxy war since 1999. First in Kargil in May 1999 when regular Pakistani soldiers in garb of ‘Kashmir Freedom Fighters’ infiltrated and seized dominating heights...

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Electronic Warfare: The Promise of Soft-kill

Electronic Warfare: The Promise of Soft-kill

By: Gp Capt Joseph Noronha | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 20 Mar , 2015

Electronic Warfare (EW) is reckoned as one of the most technologically advanced branches of warfare today. Is it really so? In a world where electronic devices have invaded practically every field...

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Impact of Information Warfare on Aerospace Operations

Impact of Information Warfare on Aerospace Operations

By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 13 Mar , 2013

What is Information Warfare? : Information Warfare (IW) in its most fundamental sense is the emerging “theater” in which future nation-against-nation conflict at the strategic level is most...

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India's Shrinking Military Capabilities

India's Shrinking Military Capabilities

By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 20 Feb , 2013

Indian military capabilities shrink rapidly while the threats multiply. Instead of removing poverty, the politician turned poverty into business of vote-bank-politics. Result: Sixty-two years...

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Helicopter as a Combat Platform

Helicopter as a Combat Platform

By: Air Commodore KB Menon | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 05 Jan , 2013

The Helicopter in Battle The two widely disparate views cited above on the utility of the helicopter have influenced the use of this versatile platform in military operations. Any discussion on...

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The Future of Next Generation Unmanned Aerial System

The Future of Next Generation Unmanned Aerial System

By: Air Marshal BN Gokhale | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 24 Nov , 2012

Having celebrated the centenary of manned aviation just eight years ago, it will be time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of unmanned aviation on March 6, 2018. Unmanned aviation encompasses a...

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Civil Aviation: Component of Aerospace Power

Civil Aviation: Component of Aerospace Power

By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 06 Feb , 2012

“Air power is indivisible. If you split it up into compartments, you merely pull it to pieces and destroy its greatest asset – its flexibility” – Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. Since...

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Indian Air Force - Quo Vadis?

Indian Air Force - Quo Vadis?

By: Air Marshal BK Pandey | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 01 Feb , 2012

Even as the IAF prepares for the great leap into the next generation it must be realised that to erect an edifice there is the imperative of foundation. Visions of a powerful modern Air Force are...

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WARSHIPS: Cost Reductions and Longevity

WARSHIPS: Cost Reductions and Longevity

By: Cdr Douglas C Deans | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 17 Dec , 2011

Rising costs of Hydro-carbons, technology innovations and general inflation are an intrinsic and unavoidable part of the life cycle costs of a warship. It is evident that maritime nations will...

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Impact of Offset Policy on India's Military Industrial Capability - II

Impact of Offset Policy on India's Military Industrial Capability - II

By: Prof (Dr) SN Misra | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 25 Oct , 2011

The Highlights of Offset Contracts: Steady increase from $ 48.6M in 2007 to $519.5M in 2008, $974M in 2009 to around $ 700 M during 2010. The Aerospace sector accounts for 65% and balance by...

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Forebodings in J&K over spring

Forebodings in J&K over spring

By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 18 Jul , 2011

The advent of spring in Kashmir is creating apprehensions in some quarters in the State. Will there be a repeat of turmoil and tension, which marked the post spring period from 2008 to 2010? In...

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Armed Forces Tribunals: An Appraisal

Armed Forces Tribunals: An Appraisal

By: Col Harjeet Singh | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 08 Jul , 2011

The Armed Forces Tribunal Act, 2007 was brought into force on 15 January 2008 and the Armed Forces Tribunals were established under its authority from 10 August 2009. The Armed Forces Tribunal...

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Jointmanship in the Military - II

Jointmanship in the Military - II

By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 05 Jul , 2011

The Air War : Simply stated the air war is about destroying/defuntionalising selected targets. As has been summed up so succinctly – “Air power is targeting and targeting is Intelligence”....

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Jointmanship in the Military

Jointmanship in the Military

By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 04 Jul , 2011

Victory in any event, be it a playful game or a bloodthirsty war, is a joint effort of all the members. How one orchestrates this effort is Integration. These fundamentals are universal. These do...

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Import of Key Technologies: Need to revisit policy

Import of Key Technologies: Need to revisit policy

By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 02 Jul , 2011

Inaugurating a three-day international seminar on aerospace technologies in Bengaluru on 07 February 2011, Defence Minister Antony admitted that India had not benefitted much from the...

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Intelligence Reform: no gains without a cultural shift

Intelligence Reform: no gains without a cultural shift

By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 01 Jul , 2011

The reforms, as and when the discourse reaches the stage of finality, should also focus on the role of the National Security Adviser (NSA) about which there is much confusion today. Is he an...

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China's African Safari

China's African Safari

By: Rohit Singh | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 08 Jun , 2011

The first decade of the 21st century has seen subtle changes in Chinese foreign policy. Reasons may be many, but the principal foreign policy determinant has been the demands of the Chinese...

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Alliances and Autonomy: Lessons from Germany

Alliances and Autonomy: Lessons from Germany

By: Dr Prem Mahadevan | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 06 Jun , 2011

With the world remaining focused on NATO military intervention in Libya, a major shift has been quietly occurring in international relations. Germany, for long a staunch member of the...

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Unmanned Air Vehicles for IAF

Unmanned Air Vehicles for IAF

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 03 Jun , 2011

The Indian Air Force has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for a small-sized Vertical Take-Off and Landing Unmanned Air Vehicle (VTOL-UAV) to perform Intelligence, Search and Reconnaissance...

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Eurocopter Anticipates Indian Order

Eurocopter Anticipates Indian Order

By: IDR News Network | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 03 Jun , 2011

In an effort to woo the Indian Army and Air Force, Eurocopter, a division of the aerospace and defence company EADS, is putting its best foot forward to secure India’s order for 197 military...

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