Articles in Military & Aerospace
How Pakistan Army plotted Kargil War: Najam Sethi
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Jan , 2013
In the following three videos, Najam Sethi, Editor Friday Times, Pakistan, makes candid revelations on how the Pakistan Army plotted to occupy the Kargil Heights clandestinely. The plan by...
Veneration of a fallen enemy: A Missionary View
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Jan , 2013
Professional soldiers mutilate none, dead or alive, enemy or friend. Indeed, a martyred enemy is an object of sombre empathy and deep veneration. Pakistan Army soldiers – most of them – are highly...
The IAF at 79: The Challenges Ahead
By: Gp Capt Joseph Noronha | Issue: Vol. 27.1 -Mar 2012 | Date: 17 Jan , 2013
As the IAF strives to confront many challenges, it rightly means to transform itself into a capability-based force, rather than an adversary-centric one. In future, the service may have a critical...
Limitations of Technical Intelligence
By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 10 Jan , 2013
Intelligence gathering is as old as human civilization. Good Intelligence generally leads to success, whereas failure to gather timely Intelligence has invariably resulted in defeat and ruin....
Mr Defence Minister: Thousands deprived of their due emoluments
By: Maj Gen Satbir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Jan , 2013
MoD letter dated 27 Dec 2012 is against the spirit of Supreme Court Judgement in Rank Pay Case: Thousands deprived of their due emoluments Mr. Antony Sir, the MoD letter not only denies the pay...
Are the Days of the Manned Combat Aircraft Numbered?
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 27.1 -Mar 2012 | Date: 07 Jan , 2013
UAVs are now making headlines as they are increasingly employed for missions that were hitherto the domain of manned aircraft. UAVs are perceived to offer two main advantages over manned aircraft...
Just Missiles are not Enough
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 07 Jan , 2013
It was a red letter day for the DRDO when the Agni V ICBM was successfully test fired on 19 Apr 2012. Indeed, it was a landmark event for the country as far as its military security is concerned....
Helicopter as a Combat Platform
By: Air Commodore KB Menon | Issue: Vol 26.2 Apr-Jun 2011 | Date: 05 Jan , 2013
The Helicopter in Battle The two widely disparate views cited above on the utility of the helicopter have influenced the use of this versatile platform in military operations. Any discussion on...
Ballistic Missiles and NBC Weapon Programme of North Korea
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Asian Strategy and Military Perspective | Date: 04 Jan , 2013
North Korea’s missile development programme began in the 1970s and is totally predicated on reverse engineering. To begin with, it reverse engineered Frog-5 missiles and Soviet made Scud-B...
MMRCA and the Indian Air Force
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 03 Jan , 2013
The MMRCA as a first step, will enable the IAF to hold its own against the PAF, and when it reaches its authorised strength, to face the PLAAF. The technical evaluation process has been...
Bedrock of Airpower: A Sound National Aerospace Policy
By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 01 Jan , 2013
It is typical of the Indian security system, that only in times of security crises, does the nation wake up to gross weaknesses in re equipping of the armed forces. Recall the Kargil conflict,...
MoD clears mega deals for radars, missiles, Navy vessels, AWACS
By: admin | Date: 31 Dec , 2012
Is there a need for fresh ‘code of ethics’ for the Armed Forces?
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Dec , 2012
As part of the wider motive to inculcate a culture of academic discussion on the subject of defence studies and issues of war and ethics, the students of National Law School of India University,...
Pakistan welcome to withdraw from Siachen, says India's Northern Army Commander
By: admin | Date: 25 Dec , 2012
Dead soldiers guard international border!
By: Shib Shankar Chatterjee | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 21 Dec , 2012
Inmates of the Border Security Force (BSF) of Khalpara International Border Out Post (IBOP) have been facing a number of unwanted incidents for a long time. This came to light after an incident...
Pretending “Soldiers”
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Vol. 27.4 Oct-Dec 2012 | Date: 19 Dec , 2012
Playing a ‘soldier’ has always been a very enticing engagement amongst children. Even grown-ups of prominent status like the tag of being a ‘military- man’, as evidenced by their urge to...
Waging a Different Kind of War
By: Air Marshal B D Jayal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 17 Dec , 2012
In 2009, the president of India, the supreme commander of its armed forces, created history by flying in an IAF Sukhoi combat aircraft. A gesture which, apart from being daring, communicated to...