Articles in Military & Aerospace
Was the Prospect of Nobel Peace Prize behind sell-out of 93,000 Pak...
By: Sudip Talukdar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Sep , 2021
The left liberals and the anti-nationals greeted the attack on Balakot with howls of disbelief and their usual rants about ‘proof,’ questioning the veracity of the forthright Indian...
The Re-Incarnation of INS Vikrant
By: Dr Krishna S Dhir, PhD | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Sep , 2021
Often, a newborn is given the name of a parent, or a grandparent or a great-grandparent, and so on. In India, a number of kings have been named Vikramaditya. In the western cultures similar...
1962 War: Battle of Chusul
By: Col Bhaskar Sarkar | Issue: Book Excerpt: Outstanding Victories of the Indian Army | Date: 16 Sep , 2021
Background to the Battle The war with China in 1962 is remembered as a national debacle and a litany of disasters. Under Pandit Nehru as Prime Minister, the Indian Armed forces were totally...
1971 War on the Eastern Front: Observations, Comments and Lessons
By: Gen KV Krishna Rao | Issue: Book Excerpt: Prepare or Perish: A Study of National Security | Date: 09 Sep , 2021
Grand Strategy Pakistan, at its creation, comprised the Western and Eastern Wings, separated by a distance of about 1600 kilometres. For the survival of Pakistan, it was essential that both the...
Battle of Basantar 1971 War
By: Col Bhaskar Sarkar | Issue: Book Excerpt: Outstanding Victories of the Indian Army | Date: 07 Sep , 2021
Background to the Battle As the situation kept deteriorating in East Pakistan, Pakistan’s President, General Yahya Khan threatened India with total war. On November 30, 1971, the Government of...
The Border War-November 1962
By: Gen KV Krishna Rao | Issue: Book Excerpt: Prepare or Perish: A Study of National Security | Date: 25 Aug , 2021
After the debacle at Namka Chu, there was some confusion as to where to try and halt the Chinese, should they continue their advance further. Sen visited Tawang on October 22, 1962 and ordered...
Battle of Zoji La 1948
By: Col Bhaskar Sarkar | Issue: Book Excerpt: Outstanding Victories of the Indian Army | Date: 23 Aug , 2021
Background to the Battle Gilgit was the headquarters of the Northern Region. Approximately one battalion of the State Forces was located there. In addition, there were paramilitary forces, the...
The Border War-October 1962
By: Gen KV Krishna Rao | Issue: Book Excerpt: Prepare or Perish: A Study of National Security | Date: 23 Aug , 2021
On September 8, 1962, Nehru had gone to London to attend the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference. On September 9, a meeting was held by Krishna Menon, where a decision was taken to evict the...
"Russian Helicopters" to present a wide range of military rotorcraft at the...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Aug , 2021
“Russian Helicopters” Holding of Rostec State Corporation will present a wide range of military helicopters at the international military and technical forum “Army-2021”. In front of the pavilion...
Brief History of the Pre-Partition Indian Army
By: Gen KV Krishna Rao | Issue: Book Excerpt: Prepare or Perish: A Study of National Security | Date: 19 Aug , 2021
Considering that the Indian Army, as it was inherited from the British period, was patterned generally on the system as evolved for India, and the fact that the present Indian Army has been built...
Recalling Young India’s Kargil Triumph
By: Lt Gen Mohinder Puri | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Aug , 2021
It has been twenty two years since Pakistan’s perfidious intrusions in the Kargil sector which brought the country to the brink of war. This article is not about why and how Pakistan stabbed us...
1962 War: Observations, Comments and Lessons
By: Gen KV Krishna Rao | Issue: Book Excerpt: Prepare or Perish: A Study of National Security | Date: 10 Aug , 2021
Political Appreciation India had been invaded several times, during its long history. Most of these invasions came from the North-West through Hindukush and Suleman mountains into the Indian...
After INS Vikrant, 5 Reasons Why Indian Navy Needs ‘INS Vishal’, A Third...
By: admin | Date: 10 Aug , 2021
Post Independence Indian Wars: An Overview
By: Lt Gen KK Khanna, PVSM, AVSM** (Retd) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Aug , 2021
Study of military history is never complete. New aspects come to light every time one reviews a campaign or war. Often, the tales of valour, camaraderie, and success draw attention away from the...
1965 War: Observations, Comments and Lessons
By: Gen KV Krishna Rao | Issue: Book Excerpt: Prepare or Perish: A Study of National Security | Date: 06 Aug , 2021
Strategy A major national war aim of Pakistan was the annexation of Jammu and Kashmir by force. As has been brought out earlier the Kashmir Issue remained dormant for a considerable period after...
Vikrant sets Sail: India Demonstrates Prowess to Design and Build Aircraft...
By: Cmde C Uday Bhaskar (Retd.) | Issue: Courtesy: South Asia Monitor | Date: 05 Aug , 2021
Wednesday, 4 August 2021 will be remembered as a momentous day in the annals of India’s chequered maritime history as the first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier – the 37,500...
Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Future Warfare
By: Deepak Kumar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Aug , 2021
Recent attack on Indian Air Force base in Jammu by Drone has unleashed the debate to address various issues. First, how to counter such attack technology-wise effectively? Second, this unmanned...
Interview with General K. Sundarji, PVSM, ADC, Chief of the Army Staff
By: IDR Interview | Issue: Vol.1-alpha, Jan 1988 | Date: 31 Jul , 2021
First published on IDR print issue Vol.1-alpha, Jan 1988. General Krishnaswami Sundarji, PVSM, ADC, was appointed the nation’s fourteenth Chief of Army Staff on 1 February 1986.In the truncated...
1947-48 War with Pakistan: Observations, Comments and Lessons
By: Gen KV Krishna Rao | Issue: Book Excerpt: Prepare or Perish: A Study of National Security | Date: 30 Jul , 2021
Political Will As has been brought out, the 1947-48 Jammu and Kashmir War was really forced on the country in its infancy as an Independent Nation. There was not much time to react, nor were any...
The Dhauladhar Saga – A Mercy Mission
By: Wg Cdr R Raju Srinivasan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Jul , 2021
Narrated by Wing Commander B D Singh, SC ‘Hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles’ – Christopher...