Articles in Military & Aerospace
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...
1962 War: The Chinese invasion - I
By: Major K.C. Praval | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Army After Independence | Date: 11 Mar , 2011
The Chinese reaction to the setting up of a post by India at Che Dong was a calculated move. By this time, China appears to have decided on a full-scale campaign to assert her territorial claims....
Five Star CDS is a necessity
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 20.2 Apr-Jun 2005 | Date: 09 Mar , 2011
The divisive Indian culture continues to act as the principal destroyer of consolidation of military power by dithering over the appointment of a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS). The ‘divide and...
Ballistic Missile Defences in 2030
By: A Vinod Kumar | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asia 2030 - The Unfolding Future | Date: 25 Feb , 2011
Not only can we hit a bullet with a bullet, we can hit a spot on the bullet with a bullet. –Lt. Gen. Henry A. Obering, Former Director, Missile Defense Agency, USA History has often shown that...
The critical battles of Helmand and Kandhar
By: Maj Gen GD Bakshi, (Retd) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Feb , 2011
The year 2010 was crucial for the final outcome in Afghanistan. There were two major changes in the military leadership. The highly regarded, Special Forces Commander, Lt Gen Stanley McChrystal...
Private Military Companies
By: Al J. Venter | Issue: Book Excerpt: War Dog: Fighting Other People's Wars | Date: 23 Feb , 2011
The term “private military companies” or, as some prefer, “private security companies,” has only recently entered the lexicon. The issue became pertinent to a lot of Americans when the...
Modernisation of Defence Forces
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 21.4 Oct-Dec 2006 | Date: 21 Feb , 2011
India will pay heavy price in the long run, if it continues to compromise its superiority in military power balance vis-à-vis China and Pakistan. Both, China and Pakistan have a diabolical plan...
Trends in Military Leadership
By: Lt Gen SC Sardeshpande | Issue: Vol. 23.4 Oct-Dec 2008 | Date: 19 Feb , 2011
“The sense of grievance among armed forces that the civilian bureaucracy has short-changed it and this is reflected in the hierarchy laid down in the pay commission is both sad and dangerous....
Pakistan's Offensive-Defence Strategy
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: The Military Factor in Pakistan | Date: 18 Feb , 2011
Speaking at the launch ceremony of the Agosta 90 B submarine (PNS Hamza) in November 2006, Musharraf said that Pakistan follows a strategy of ‘defensive deterrence’, which, he clarified,...
Antony Asks Forces to gear up to Fight Cyber Wars
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Feb , 2011
The Defence Minister Shri AK Antony has called upon the Armed Forces to be vigilant against emerging cyber threats. Addressing the centenary celebrations of the Corps of Signals here today, he...
Victory in Modern War?
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Feb , 2011
Before the Second World War, wars were fought for territory, resources, or both. In these wars, victory was easy to be defined and discerned. There were distinct symbolisms like hoisting of...
The 1965 War with Pakistan-I
By: Lt Gen Harbakhsh Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: In the Line of Duty | Date: 16 Feb , 2011
With the capture of Hajipir Pass, on the 28th of August, there was a distinct fall in the tempo of attacks launched by the infiltrators in the Valley, and Pakistan’s nefarious designs were...
The 1965 War with Pakistan-II
By: Lt Gen Harbakhsh Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: In the Line of Duty | Date: 15 Feb , 2011
After the altercation with General Officer Commanding 15 Division and the despatch of his Reserve Brigade to regain the ground lost, peace prevailed in the area. On the return journey, with...
The 1965 War with Pakistan-III
By: Lt Gen Harbakhsh Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: In the Line of Duty | Date: 14 Feb , 2011
Later, the same morning I moved to Headquarters 4 Division. As it was quite obvious that the enemy’s Ace Armoured Division had received a real bashing, I wished to exploit the situation by...
India needs independent defence think tanks
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 23.3 Jul-Sep 2008 | Date: 07 Feb , 2011
During his address at the 42nd Foundation Day function of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), the Vice President of India, Mr M Hamid Ansari stressed the need for structured...
Aerospace Leadership in the coming decades gets underway
By: IDR News Network | Date: 04 Feb , 2011
The third edition of “Jumbo” Majumdar International Conference on “Aerospace Leadership in the coming decades” was inaugurated by Minister of State for Defence, Dr MM Pallam Raju, in New Delhi,...
Pak nuclear card limits Indian anti-terror options
By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Feb , 2011
ITS three decades since Pakistan has been fermenting trouble in India. It started with Punjab and later in Jammu and Kashmir, followed by sporadic terrorist attacks in rest of India. While it is...
The Basic Military Laws!
By: Anonymous | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Feb , 2011
Try to look unimportant; the enemy may be low on ammo and not want to waste a bullet on you. • Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself. • Never forget that your weapon was...
Army's Capability Accretion
By: Lt Gen Vinay Shankar | Issue: Vol 25.1 Jan-Mar 2010 | Date: 31 Jan , 2011
The challenges that the Army is expected to face in the next decade are not likely to be any less formidable. An appraisal of the emerging threats in fact indicates an increasing complexity of...