Articles in Military & Aerospace
Parliament Delegation Witnesses the Might of Indian Army at Exercise...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Dec , 2011
A delegation of Parliamentarians of India, visited Rajasthan and witnessed the Southern Army along with South western air command(SWAC) in action as part of one of the largest exercise of Indian...
The Military Must Find Its Voice
By: Col Harjeet Singh | Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 05 Dec , 2011
…military professionals must speak out; they must counsel political leaders and alert the public that there is no such thing as a war fought on the cheap. The Army must make the price of...
Relief for the War Disabled
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Vol 22.2 Apr-Jun 2007 | Date: 02 Dec , 2011
Compensation for disability incurred in war or war-like-situations is at present paltry and highly inadequate. Although slightly higher in some respects than what is given to those disabled due...
1971 War: The Navy in War-I
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 01 Dec , 2011
In their heyday of empire building the British consolidated their possessions by the gun power of the Royal Navy. Being essentially a trading nation, they shipped raw materials from the colonies...
1971 War: The Air Force in War-I
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 01 Dec , 2011
The public clamour for Indianisation of the armed forces in the early 1930s led to the establishment of the Indian Sandhurst Committee. Along with other recommendations the committee insisted...
The March to Dacca - III
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 01 Dec , 2011
Exploiting Niazi’s pessimistic conclusions about the outcome of the war, the Indians stepped up their psychological warfare. A personal message from Manekshaw was repeatedly beamed by All India...
The March to Dacca - II
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 01 Dec , 2011
The unexpected speed of the operations towards Dacca in this sector emboldened the Army Commander to allot 340 Mountain Brigade Group, then engaged at Bogra under Thapan, to harden the punch...
Bangladesh Army Chief visits India
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Dec , 2011
Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne presenting memento to General Mohammed Abdul Mubeen, Chief of the Army Staff, Bangladesh at Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan) on 1st December...
India and US Sign Aviation Safety Agreement
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Nov , 2011
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the completion of a bilateral agreement between the United States and India that will allow for the reciprocal certification of aviation...
India Lags Behind in Shipbuilding
By: Vice Adm Rajeshwer Nath | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 16 Nov , 2011
There has been consistent boom in shipbuilding since 1990s. The main reason for this has been the rise in the volume of International trade due to healthy long range economic and energy demands....
Special Powers for Armed Forces : We need clarity, not emotions
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Nov , 2011
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958, better known as AFSPA, has been brought out of wraps at various opportune times – opportune for those who have either something to gain, i.e. the...
IAF's Exercise Mahagujraj to be conducted from 20 Nov to 13 Dec 2011
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Nov , 2011
An Indian Air Force exercise in South Western Air Command (SWAC) named Exercise MahaGujRaj-2011 is planned to be conducted in its area of responsibility (AOR) from 20 Nov to 13 Dec 11. The...
'Is war around the corner?'
By: Vice Admiral Arun Kumar Singh | Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 04 Nov , 2011
A few month’s back, Bharat Verma, Editor of the Indian Defence Review, in an article, had predicted that China may attack India by 2012. Frankly, at that time, I did not agree with this...
IAF: Meeting the Challenges - I
By: Air Marshal BK Pandey | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Armed Forces | Date: 02 Nov , 2011
Planning for Modernization of the IAF Festivity during the 75th anniversary of the Indian Air Force in October 2005 was overshadowed by the concern over its depleting combat power. Obsolescence...
The Final Frontier
By: Gp Capt AS Bahal | Issue: Vol 20.4 Oct-Dec 2005 | Date: 27 Oct , 2011
“Space is the final frontier that India must conquest, if it has to rightfully emerge as a leading economic and military powerhouse.” The chinese were the first to develop a rocket in...
The Indian Army: The first challenge - I
By: Major K.C. Praval | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence | Date: 22 Oct , 2011
Field Marshal Wavell was no prophet. But he was unquestionably a great soldier who admired the Indian Army. Indian troops had fought under him while he was Commander-in-Chief, Middle East, during...
Limited War : A Flawed Concept
By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Oct , 2011
It is not clear as to when the idea or perhaps the concept of a limited war was first evolved and articulated in the Indian military. May be it was the fallout from the procrastination, dithering...
Indian Army: Demilitarisation and Civilianisation I
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Vol. 26.3 July - Sept 2011 | Date: 04 Oct , 2011
A Case of Sleep-walk? Recently, the ‘Ajay Vikram Singh Committee (AVSC) Report Part II’ was implemented in the armed forces amidst much satisfaction among the military hierarchy. Thus a large...
Pakistan military’s Swat offensive
By: Col Rajinder Singh | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 03 Oct , 2011
Most people and even some military minds do not appreciate the difference between fighting a conventional war and an unconventional war. The former is against a known enemy with well-defined...
Ethnic Armies Revisited
By: Dr Sanjay Badri-Maharaj | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Sep , 2011
The article Ethnic Armies was first printed in the Indian Defence Review – April-June 2000 Eleven years ago, following a coup in Fiji, leading to the overthrow of the democratically elected...