Articles in Military & Aerospace
1971: India's Military Plan-I
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 18 Apr , 2011
On the map, Bangladesh looks like the head of a female stag with stunted horns pointing towards Siliguri, and its narrow neck is represented by the Agartala bulge. The country is landlocked on...
The Emerging Role of the Indian Navy in the New World Order - II
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 12 Apr , 2011
Operation Tasha: The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) was inducted in Sri Lanka in July 1987, as per the Indo–Sri Lanka Accord, to end the ethnic struggle that claimed many lives and ruined...
China's First Aircraft Carrier
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Apr , 2011
The following post has been extracted from the China Forum blog of the “China Daily”. The abbreviation SCMP in the post stands for the “South China Morning Post” .Pics of the aircraft carrier...
The Emerging Role of the Indian Navy in the New World Order - I
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 11 Apr , 2011
India’s role in the world order has been gradually expanding. From its fledging origins in the early-50s, to the exalted perch at which it finds itself now, there has been a virtual inversion...
1962 Conflict: Paper Tigers on the Prowl -III
By: Maj Gen D.K. Palit | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in High Himalaya | Date: 06 Apr , 2011
On the morning of 3 October Pritpal Singh rang up to say that Bijji Kaul was back at his deck, news which cheered me enormously but not enough to Want to leave my bed to go and meet him. I...
1962 Conflict: Paper Tigers on the Prowl -II
By: Maj Gen D.K. Palit | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in High Himalaya | Date: 05 Apr , 2011
It was soon obvious that Mullik had himself become one of the ‘hawks’ on Operation Leghorn, and if a seasoned general like Sen could be so oblivious to logistical realities, it would dearly be...
India's Nuclear Doctrine
By: Ali Ahmed | Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 04 Apr , 2011
A central tenet of India’s nuclear doctrine is No First Use. India’s is therefore a doctrine of ‘assured retaliation’. The popular understanding of India’s nuclear doctrine is that...
Career in the Military: imperatives of attracting right material
By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 04 Apr , 2011
Throughout history, the Indian soldier fought in the defence of his motherland with unmatched valour and yet lost to almost every invader: even to those who arrived with an army of just a few...
1962 Conflict: Paper Tigers on the Prowl - I
By: Maj Gen D.K. Palit | Issue: Book Excerpt: War in High Himalaya | Date: 04 Apr , 2011
During the hurly-burly of the Goa campaign in 1959 Bijji Kaul had assumed direct supervision of border operations in NEF A in order to ease the workload of an overworked DMO. Once he became...
1971: Making Bangladesh a reality - III
By: Major K.C. Praval | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence | Date: 30 Mar , 2011
Akhaura Pakistan’s 27 Brigade held the Akhaura-Brahmanbaria area. Akhaura, just across the border from Agartala, was an important rail-junction. For that reason the Pakistanis had paid...
Military Leadership and Trial by Media
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Mar , 2011
Health of democracies is directly proportional to the degree of independence enjoyed by their media. If India thrives as a vibrant democracy, a great deal of credit goes to its media, both...
1971: Making Bangladesh a reality - II
By: Major K.C. Praval | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence | Date: 29 Mar , 2011
2 Corps: (South-Western area of operations) Like other senior commanders of the time, Lieutenant General Raina, Commander 2 Corps, had had his first battle experience during the Second World War....
India's Losses and Gains in Post-Independence Wars - III
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 27 Mar , 2011
Care had not been taken at higher levels to verify the claims in accordance with the realities on the ground before preferring them at the negotiating table. The exaggeration might have been the...
India's Losses and Gains in Post-Independence Wars - I
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 25 Mar , 2011
A nation has recourse to war either to further from a position of strength the interests it has not been able to promote by political and economic means, or when cornered by a stronger adversary...
INAS 310 Golden Jubilee
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Mar , 2011
Cobras Mark Golden Jubilee- Two Unit citations, over eighty thousand hours of flying and firsts like Carrier Borne ASW and Information Warfare to credit Two unit citations, over 80,000 hrs of...
USS Decatur makes port call in Chennai
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Mar , 2011
The U.S. Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73) will make a three-day port visit to Chennai, India, March 16-19. The Decatur is led by Commander Shanti Sethi, an American of...
1971 Operations - Case West - II
By: Major K.C. Praval | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence | Date: 15 Mar , 2011
Kashmir In the North-Eastern part of Kashmir, India was concerned about the safety of her lines of communication with Ladakh. Pakistani picquets in the Kargil area overlooked the Srinagar-Leh...
1971 operations - Case West - I
By: Major K.C. Praval | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence | Date: 14 Mar , 2011
In the wake of President Yahya Khan’s threats, India had considered the various courses open to Pakistan on the Western front. Many possibilities were considered: an attack across the CFL in...
1962 War: The Chinese invasion - III
By: Major K.C. Praval | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence | Date: 13 Mar , 2011
The decision to make Se La the main defensive position of 4 Division and to put half its fighting strength there had been unwise. However, a withdrawal from that position when it was under a...
1962 War: The Chinese invasion - II
By: Major K.C. Praval | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence | Date: 12 Mar , 2011
Chinese counter-action, which Kaul had foreseen, came on 10 October. That day at dawn, Kaul was shaving outside his bunker and his batman was boiling water for tea, when the calm of the Namka Chu...