Articles in Military & Aerospace
India's space endeavour
By: Gp Capt Joseph Noronha | Issue: Vol. 26.3 July - Sept 2011 | Date: 01 Feb , 2012
Space exploration has its moments of sheer ecstasy but it can be terribly unforgiving as well. Just 63 seconds into the launch of India’s most advanced rocket, the Geosynchronous Satellite...
Indo-French Friendship to Partnership-I
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 31 Jan , 2012
Historical Background: To grasp the intricacies of Indo-French relations in the field of defence and security, it is necessary to first have a look at some issues which may seem unrelated, but...
Indian Air Force: Looking into the future
By: Gp Capt Joseph Noronha | Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 30 Jan , 2012
When everything arrives together it may easily result in wastage of time and money. There may be sophisticated equipment lying unpacked in a corner because no one knows how to use it. There could...
Future Wars Require Strong Army Aviation
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 27 Jan , 2012
The Raksha Mantri, while speaking at a seminar organised by the Centre for Land Warfare Studies last year, said that the government was aware of the pace of military modernisation by countries...
Legal warfare: The neglected dimension
By: Ali Ahmed | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Jan , 2012
The legal dimension is usually taken as an after thought, coming to fore post conflict. This is no longer the case. The legal arena is now very much where the conflict plays out, even as the...
Shaping of the Indian Military
By: Air Chief Marshal S Krishnaswamy | Issue: Vol 22.2 Apr-Jun 2007 | Date: 21 Jan , 2012
On 3 Apr, 1989 Ross Munro published an article on India – as the Superpower Rising, primarily focusing on its military might. It talked about India quietly transforming itself into regional...
Will China threat last beyond two years?
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Jan , 2012
A strange and amazing question to stall military expansion programme has been raised by the Finance Ministry to the Defence Ministry today: Will China threat last beyond two years? What it...
Navy needs more Aircraft Carrier Battle Groups
By: Dr Amarjit Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Jan , 2012
Since a few years now, India has been working towards procuring three aircraft carriers, commensurate with the mission and request of the Indian Navy to defend India’s sea coast and sea...
Younger Fighting Forces for Greater Combat Effectiveness
By: Air Commodore Jasjit Singh | Issue: Vol 18.1 Jan-Mar 2003 | Date: 02 Jan , 2012
There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old-bold pilots —- Anonymous One of the most important lessons of the Gulf War II, even though not so easily visible on a casual...
POW in China: Humiliations Galore
By: Lt Col KN Bakshi, VSM | Issue: Book Excerpt: I Was A Prisoner of War in China | Date: 30 Dec , 2011
Though we stared long and hard, we could not see anyone. It seemed that no one had come to receive us. The usual compliment of military personnel was there, with their glum faces and their...
PLA: Thrust on Integrated Joint War-Fighting
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 26 Dec , 2011
“Therefore, soldiers do not have a constant position, water does not have a constant shape, and to be able to attain victory in response to the change of the enemy is called miraculous”,...
Pak Army : Back from the Barracks
By: B Raman | Date: 24 Dec , 2011
Gen.Ashfaq Pervez Kayani, Pakistan’s Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), who had taken the Army back into the barracks after succeeding Gen.Pervez Musharraf as the COAS and announced that the Army...
Army: Management of Human Capital - II
By: Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal | Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 23 Dec , 2011
Human Capital Management: Management at the Induction Stage Manpower in the Army comprises all ranks including civilians manning its establishments. Manpower planning involves issues related to...
Army: Management of Human Capital - I
By: Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal | Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 22 Dec , 2011
“Human Resource Development is an essential command function and, in this context, it needs to be understood that the soldier of tomorrow has to be an innovator who can combine imagination and...
Air Chief Flies SU-30MKI as he visits Pune Air Base
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Dec , 2011
Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, Chief of the Air Staff flew a one hour sortie in a SU-30 MKI at Pune airbase. Addressing the station, he said, “I wanted to be here to not only fly the SU-30...
Rajya Sabha recommends one rank one pension
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Dec , 2011
The Rajya Sabha Committee on Petition in its report tabled on 19 Dec 2011 strongly recommended the grant of One Rank One Pension (OROP) to the Defence Personnel. It found the Govt contention for...
Liberation of Bangladesh: War in Northern Sector - I
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 15 Dec , 2011
The northern sector comprised the U-shaped territory between the mighty Jamuna in the west and Meghna in the east, with the Ganga forming the base. The Brahmaputra ran diagonally from northwest...
Lost opportunities in Operation Parakram
By: Brig. Gurmeet Kanwal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Dec , 2011
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the horrific attack on Parliament which sparked off India’s attempt at military coercion vis-a-vis Pakistan. But the lessons learnt seem to have been...
Liberation of Bangladesh: War in Northern Sector - II
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 12 Dec , 2011
Lt Col Sultan Mahmood, Commanding Officer 31 Baluch Battalion, who was responsible for the area, explained when questioned after surrender that he withdrew his troops from Bakhshiganj to build up...
The Revolt in East Pakistan
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 07 Dec , 2011
When I reported on posting to Major General (later Lieutenant General) K.K. Singh, then Director of Military operations, on 12 March 1971, as his deputy, he said in his characteristic...