Articles in Military & Aerospace
The IAF: Combining Numbers and Quality
By: David Saw | Issue: EDR Vol. March/April 2012 | Date: 28 Oct , 2012
The Indian Air Force (IAF) was established on 8th October 1932, a state of affairs that came about due to the passage of the ‘Indian Air Force Act’ by the then British colonial administration....
New standards for Towed Guns
By: Mark Huntiller | Issue: EDR Vol. March/April 2012 | Date: 23 Oct , 2012
Many experts and talented observers predicted that towed guns would be completely replaced in coming decades by automotive-mounted arms, with truck-mounted pieces and howitzers seen as the...
Defending the Indian Skies
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 22 Oct , 2012
Air or Aerospace Defence provides a secure foundation for the safe and effective launch of aircraft and missiles to tackle an airborne or space-based intruder. Besides, the sharp end comprising...
India, Tibet, China: The contending triumvirate
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Oct , 2012
“When there is everything to fear, be unafraid. When without resources, depend on resourcefulness”, – Sun Tsu. The territorial dispute in the Trans-Himalayan Region is a legacy of the eternal...
A Vision of Maritime India 2020
By: Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.) | Issue: Vol 22.1 Jan - Mar 2007 | Date: 13 Oct , 2012
“What ship? Where bound?” is the traditional nautical query that goes out on the air when a warship encounters a stranger on the high seas. Recently an Indian Navy frigate on passage to the...
The Helicopter as a Combat Platform
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 13 Oct , 2012
Development of the pure helicopter remained painstakingly slow. The first closed circuit kilometre was flown by a helicopter only in 1924, more than 16 years after the first rotary wing flight....
Army Aviation: A dream to realise
By: Air Vice Marshal AK Tiwary | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 13 Oct , 2012
Helicopters have tremendous usage, both in times of peace as well as war. Also, they can be used across a wide spectrum of conflict from low-scale counter-insurgency operations to full-fledged...
Military Aviation and National Growth
By: Air Marshal BK Pandey | Issue: Vol 20.2 Apr-Jun 2005 | Date: 04 Oct , 2012
Adam Smith, the renowned proponent of economic thought has said, “The first duty of a sovereign, that of protecting the society from violence and invasion of other independent societies, can be...
1962: Celebrating the Golden Jubilee of a National Blunder!
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Vol 27.3 Jul-Sep 2012 | Date: 03 Oct , 2012
Our narrative of the 1962 border conflict is but a list of self-deprecating ‘never dos’. A force of just three weak Brigades in the Eastern and two in the Western Sectors out of forty odd in...
1962 War: Chinese claim they fought in self defence
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Sep , 2012
In continuation with my yesterday’s posting about the Sleeping Burgerade, I am today posting five links to Chinese propaganda videos showing Beijing’s version of the War. Most of these videos are...