Articles in Military & Aerospace
Indian Military Helicopter Fleet
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 29.1 Jan-Mar 2014 | Date: 09 Feb , 2014
In terms of size, the Indian armed forces are amongst the largest in the world but in terms of equipment, they are lamentably lagging behind the leading edge of weapon systems and aircraft...
Empowerment of a Power House: The Infantry Battalion
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 31 Jan , 2014
By age-old convention, most wars have various forms of tactical operations undertaken under one overall plan – set-piece, irregular and Special Operations, for example. Indeed, the so called...
Whither Special Forces?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Jan , 2014
While discussing a monogram on Special Forces at a prominent Think Tank in New Delhi last month (December 2013), one of the discussants (a former Brigadier) opined that the “entire Parachute...
Evolution of Ground-Based Air Defence Weapons
By: Air Marshal Narayan Menon | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 18 Jan , 2014
In the not too distant past, the world’s most powerful military of the US was poised to mount a short duration campaign to punish Syria for allegedly crossing some undefined ‘red line’ of...
Indian Army: A national asset
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 15 Jan , 2014
The Indian nation celebrates Army day on January, 15 every year with great fervor. January, 15 has been chosen for this event due to its historical significance. It was on this day in 1949 that...
2014 में रक्षा की प्राथमिकताएं
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Courtesy: Rashtriya Sahara | Date: 06 Jan , 2014
हमारे देश में हर चीज के साथ ही असंगत दृष्टिकोण अपनाया जाता है। हम मुकम्मल...
Infrastructure in the IAF: A Force Multiplier
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 04 Jan , 2014
Due to its long gestation period, infrastructure needs advance and integrated planning amongst the three services and civil agencies to ensure that the end result is cost-effective without...
Slow Pace of Army Modernization
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Jan , 2014
Strange as it may seem, Indian genius can successfully launch multiple satellites or a spacecraft to Mars but seems hopelessly ill-equipped to develop a basic armament such as a rifle, carbine or...
Challenges Facing Civil Aviation in India
By: Robert S Metzger | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 01 Jan , 2014
Civil aviation in India may be taken as a study in contrasts. Despite extraordinary growth in traffic, most of India’s airlines are in a precarious condition. Despite forecasts that India will...
Military and the Media
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Dec , 2013
The Lucknow Literature Carnival 2013 held from 6 to 8 December for the first time had a full session on Defence Writing. It generated quite a bit of enthusiasm in the journalistic circles. What is...
India’s First Supersonic Jet MiG-21
By: Joydeep Dasgupta | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 27 Dec , 2013
Every one of us wants to fly high above the sky and therefore our fascination towards the sky always remains in our dreams and therefore we keep watching aircraft and feel envy of them. There...
The Ray of Death: Directed-Energy Weapons
By: Gp Capt Joseph Noronha | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 25 Dec , 2013
Why do laser guns and other DEW devices seem so much more attractive than conventional projectile weapons such as guns and missiles? For one thing, DEWs can be precisely targeted. It is claimed of...
Submarines: Pride of Oceanic Depths
By: Joydeep Dasgupta | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 24 Dec , 2013
Aircraft carriers and other warships are all visible platforms on sea. However, navies worldwide operate vessels that are largely unseen, which lurk undetected beneath the sea but are capable of...
Plight of Women in the US Military
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Dec , 2013
The Indian armed forces are often chided for not increasing the intake of women in the services. Many self-proclaimed activists go to the ludicrous extent of accusing the Indian military of male...
Christmas message for the Soldier
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Dec , 2013
It’was the night before Christmas, he lived all alone, In a one bedroom house, made of plaster and stone. I had come down the chimney, with presents to give, And to see just who, in this...
Equipping Cutting Edge Infantry
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 17 Dec , 2013
Infantry modernisation has not received due importance in past decades. This must be treated as an ‘emergent’ requirement in consideration of the emerging threats from within and outside the...
India’s Energy Security: Role of Offshore Helicopter Operations
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 13 Dec , 2013
The helicopter is the workhorse for the off-shore oil and gas exploration and production industry. The ever-increasing demand for energy, ever escalating prices of crude oil and the discovered...
Permanent Chairman COSC : MoD’s Triumph
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Dec , 2013
Whatever cooks in North and South Blocks, some scents have the tendency to seep through the walls no matter how tight the windows are shut. So one fine day comes this article that the government...
IAF victimises Air Commodore who exposed corruption in Sukhoi-30 Base
By: admin | Date: 23 Nov , 2013