Articles in Military & Aerospace
Air Elements in Special Ops
By: Air Marshal Anil Chopra | Issue: Vol. 34.2 Apr-Jun 2019 | Date: 06 Jun , 2020
Twelve multi-role all-weather Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) supported by SU-30MKI air-superiority fighters and combat enablers like the Airborne Warning and Control...
The Space Frontier – Arena for Hybrid War
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Jun , 2020
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement of Rs 20 lakh crore economic package, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in a press briefing on May 16 that future projects for...
Dissecting Tour of Duty
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 May , 2020
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is reportedly preparing a case for Tour of Duty (ToD) in the Army; one year training for youth followed by 3-year Army stint as Officers and Jawans, who thereafter...
ToD - a proposal by Generals or General Managers?
By: Sumit Walia | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 May , 2020
Late Gen Hamid Gul of the Pakistan Army was termed as the father of terror by few western journalists and even a documentary was made on him with this title. He was forced to retire from Pak Army...
The Last Gallop
By: Lt Gen SR Ghosh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 May , 2020
“Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley’d and thunder’d; Storm’d at with shot and shell, Boldly they...
Hypersonic Weapons: A New Threat or Just Another Technology Demonstrator?
By: Col Mandeep Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 May , 2020
One of the most keenly observed weapons system during China’s National Day military parade on 1 October 2019 was the hypersonic glide vehicle. 18 of the sleek, aerodynamically shaped glide...
India’s War against COVID-19: Impact on Defence and India’s Emergence as...
By: Manvi Hindwan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 May , 2020
Ever since the outbreak of Coronavirus Pandemic, a plethora of literature has appeared on various aspects of the problem . Adverse impact on business and financial sectors has been analyzed...
Algorithmic Warfare – World is Waiting
By: Commander (Dr) Jayakrishnan N Nair | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Apr , 2020
Algorithmic warfare is a warfare which is driven by autonomous systems powered with Artificial Intelligence (AI) that can control the weapon platforms, systems, operations and even tactics in a...
The Day After: Thoughts on Future Air Defence
By: Col Mandeep Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Apr , 2020
The ongoing covid-19 crisis will, like all things, come to pass and end one day. The time that it will take to ‘normalise’ after the pandemic is contained, cannot be said with certainty but...
Army Aviation: A Future Perspective
By: Lt Gen BS Pawar | Issue: Vol. 34.2 Apr-Jun 2019 | Date: 21 Apr , 2020
Today’s Army Aviation forces the world over are a powerful force multiplier, which enable the land force commanders to exploit the vertical dimension, thereby contributing immensely to the...
Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems – A Challenge to Humanity
By: Commander (Dr) Jayakrishnan N Nair | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Apr , 2020
Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) are highly sophisticated autonomous military weapon systems with an array of sensor suites and pre-programmed computer algorithms which can independently...
J&K: Indian Army's civilian outreach to fight Corona Virus emulates national...
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Apr , 2020
Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are facing their own set of challenges while combating the COVID 19 (Corona/Chinese) Virus. While there was worry about Ladakh earlier, now Kashmir is emerging as a...
Drone Swarms as Air Defence Systems
By: Col Mandeep Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Apr , 2020
In a major instance of failure of air defence systems, the Saudi Arabia failed to protect its Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities when Houthi rebels launched 18 drones and seven cruise missiles...
Innovator and Startup Woes which Government Must Address
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Mar , 2020
On March 15, 2020, a firm in Turkey unveiled its ES-60 Electromagnetic Anti Drone Gun, designed to inflict high-speed electromagnetic interference to disrupt communications between drones and...
Indian Army's quiet, efficient, disciplined response to Corona Virus sets an...
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Mar , 2020
COVID-19, more popularly known as Corona Virus has posed the biggest challenge in centuries upon the human population of the earth. Its rapid spread from China to the rest of the world is leading...
Your Lordships should Trust the Wisdom of Armed Forces
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Mar , 2020
In a recent judgement, Your Lordships have directed the government to extend permanent commissions and command postings to women in the Indian Navy. Your asseveration is that by not doing so,...
Mobile Phones: A Disruptive Military Communications Change
By: Col NP Singh | Issue: Vol. 34.2 Apr-Jun 2019 | Date: 09 Mar , 2020
Cellular phones aka mobile phones have been one of the biggest disruptive technology changes in human lives in recent times. They have developed rather quickly – from bulky, half-kilogramme,...
Synthetic Reality - The Sixth Wave of Innovation threat to National Security
By: Navneet Bhushan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Mar , 2020
“Everyone is a potential murderer. In everyone there arises from time to time the wish to kill – though not the will to kill”. – Hercule Poirot, in Agatha Christie’s, Curtain –...
Aircraft Carriers and the Indian Maritime Calculas – Relevant and Essential
By: Cmde CP Srivastava | Issue: Vol. 34.3 Jul-Sep 2019 | Date: 04 Mar , 2020
The debate over the centrality of the aircraft carrier in fleet structure continues unabated over 70 years. The discourse has now picked up steam; the catalyst being the postulate that...
Chief of Defence Staff and Military Integration
By: Col (Dr) P K Vasudeva | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Mar , 2020
On New Year’s Day 2020, the Government appointment Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as announced by the Prime Minister on the Independence Day of 2019 from the ramparts of Red Fort. As India’s...