Articles in Military & Aerospace
Siachen: The Untold Story (A Personal Account)
By: Lt Gen ML Chibber, PVSM, AVSM (Retd) | Issue: Vol 5.1 Jan-Mar 1990 | Date: 28 Jul , 2017
I look back on the operations on the Siachen Glacier with a mixed feeling of pride, regret and hope. Pride in the Indian soldiery because only exceptional military men could have achieved what was...
Head hunters in Kargil – Naga Regiment
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Jul , 2017
Sahab, suna hai ye sar kaat ke le jaate hai aur insan bhi kha lete hai` (Sahab, we heard that they cut off the head of their enemies and are cannibals) – This was not a terrified Pakistani...
The Kargil War: How courage prevailed upon cowardly duplicity
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Jul , 2017
Eighteen years have elapsed since the fateful day, 26 July 1999, when India emerged victorious in the Kargil war. The ignominious designs of a belligerent neighbour (Pakistan) to violate the...
A Nuclear Command and Control System for India
By: Navneet Bhushan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Jul , 2017
The recent missile tests have brought to the fore, once again the talks on south Asian nuclear arms race and scenarios. It is imperative to understand that mere capability in terms of Agni V or...
Military “Regime Change” Plan for Iran is Insanity
By: Sumantra Maitra | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 10 Jul , 2017
The CIA recently came out with the complete documents of the coup in Iran. As US is facing a riptide of a debate about foreign influence in another sovereign state’s domestic policy, the timing...
‘Obey The Order’ – No Questions Asked, Or…
By: Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 27 Jun , 2017
A recent trail on social media extolled a statement of General Mark Milley, the Chief of Staff for the US Army in May 2017, with a stunning comment about the order and discipline of the...
Defence Spending: More From Where?
By: Dnyanada Palkar and N. Soundararajan | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 23 Jun , 2017
India spends 2.35 per cent of GDP on defence. This includes defence pensions; and pensions must be included because it is after all an integral part of defence expenditure. This is also the norm...
Army Super-40 initiative provides road map for youth development
By: Dr. Simrit Kahlon | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 19 Jun , 2017
Amidst the environment of despondency that has enveloped Kashmir for quite some time now, the recently declared result of the IIT-JEE Advance examination has brought happy tidings. A record nine...
Digitised Battlefield and its Impact on War Fighting
By: V Mahalingam | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 18 Jun , 2017
The evolution of modern technologies in the fields of communication, remote sensors, computers, and networking has transformed the fundamentals of the modern day battlefield environment and the...
