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East Pakistan: The Mukti Bahini takes shape
By Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indias War since Independence | Date: 14 December 2011
A bout the end of the first week of April 1971, most of the revolting Bengali troops had been flushed out into India by the sheer brute force of the Pakistani Army. Some of them were badly mauled, others had lost their weapons, all of them were...
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By Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 25.1 Jan-Mar 2010 | Date: 20 February 2012
Admiral Nirmal Verma interviewed by IDR
One of the most significant events in the recent times has been the commissioning of India’s nuclear submarine in July this year, even if she has a way to go before attaining op status. India has...
Defence Purchases: time India asserts itself
By Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 24.4 Oct-Dec 2009 | Date: 20 February 2012
Press reports have been highlighting Russian refusal to deliver aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov at the contracted price and within the agreed delivery period. It is demanding more money on the plea that the Russian technicians had...
Is this how we treat our military?
By RSN Singh | Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 19 February 2012
At this critical juncture, India needs to demonstrate its resolve, and ensure the strength and morale of its armed forces. Instead, however, the self-pride of the armed forces is being subverted by parochial interests and narrow considerations....
The Tibetan Satyagraha
By B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 February 2012
The recent hard-line statements from the Han rulers of Tibet expressing concern over the situation in Tibet and their determination to crush the so-called splittist movement is a reflection of their nervousness. This nervousness is the result...
Parameters for Indian Army 2020
By Lt Gen Vinay Shankar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 February 2012
Recently under the aegis of the Army a seminar was conducted to discuss the shape, size and structure of our Army in 2020. The scope of the seminar also included an assessment of emerging challenges and doctrinal issues. The deliberations...
Countdown to China's first Aircraft Carrier
By Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 February 2012
The issue of the Chinese aircraft carrier, the former Russian Varyag, has re-emerged in the last few days. Both the United States and Japan have asked China to ‘explain’ its perceived need for the aircraft carrier. As a strategist,...
India and its neighbours
By Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Vol 25.1 Jan-Mar 2010 | Date: 16 February 2012
It is considered almost axiomatic that management of relations with neighbours should be the first priority of any country’s foreign policy. The stakes are always high as conditions in its immediate vicinity directly impact on a country....
Israel attack on Iraq: likely scenario and impact
By Maj Gen GD Bakshi | Issue: Vol 23.3 Jul-Sep 2008 | Date: 16 February 2012
The United States had engaged in a high profile coercive deployment of naval forces in the Gulf from end 2006 to early 2007 to deter Iran from proceeding apace with its nuclear enrichment programme.1 There was massive (planted) speculation in...
2020: Aerospace in India
By Dr K Kasturirangan | Issue: Vol 21.2 Apr-Jun 2006 | Date: 15 February 2012
We have something like 330 members as part of the Society for Indian Aerospace and Technologies Industries (SIATI) family and that’s a very good number and I am sure that it is going to grow in the years to come. This society has a wide...
New technologies and trends in Submarines
By Vice Adm Rajeshwer Nath | Issue: Vol. 26.4 Oct-Dec 2011 | Date: 15 February 2012
“At the beginning of the last century, Admiral Sir Arthur Wilson described submarine as underhanded, damned un-English and he suggested that we treat all submarines as pirate ships in wartime and hang all the...
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