Interviews/Spotlights
2020: Aerospace in India
By: Dr K Kasturirangan | Issue: Vol 21.2 Apr-Jun 2006 | Date: 21 Feb , 2013
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...
China’s Cyber Capabilities
By: Alok Vijayanth | Issue: Book Excerpt: Rise of China | Date: 21 Feb , 2013
This paper deals with Chinese Cyber Capabilities, their assessment of the global cyber eco-system and the gradual evolution of their dominant position in this emerging realm. The historical...
Dubious Role of the Army in Pakistan
By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 21 Feb , 2013
Terrorism and violence continue in Pakistan, along with the political intrigues, and this may eventually lead to the return of the military rule in some form or the other. The Pakistani army may...
Giving Delhi Some Parisian Delight
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Feb , 2013
The French President’s visit will further strengthen the strategic relationship between both countries France was first to offer a strategic dialogue after our 1998 nuclear tests, forswear...
Indo-French Relations under President Francois Hollande
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol 27.3 Jul-Sep 2012 | Date: 12 Feb , 2013
One may ask, “Will the election of Francois Hollande as President of the French Republic change Indo-French relations?” The answer is, certainly not. It is true that the word ‘India’ did...
The inside story of SLBM K-15
By: Cmde Ranjit B Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Feb , 2013
On January 27, 2013 somewhere in the East Coast of India the 10.22-metre long K-15/B-05 solid-fuelled SLBM with a 750km-range and under water missile hit a predetermined target at sea successfully...
Operation Geronimo: Lessons for India
By: Air Commodore KB Menon | Issue: Vol. 26.3 July - Sept 2011 | Date: 09 Feb , 2013
The Pakistani town of Abbottabad is named after a Major James Abbot who established the district of Hazara in 1853. Known for its salubrious weather, Abbottabad is a quiet army cantonment town 50...
How Pakistan's Proxy War Began - I
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpts: A Terrorist State as a Frontline Ally | Date: 09 Feb , 2013
Pakistani assistance for the anti-Government of India activities of alienated sections of the Indian society was not due to only its revanchist spirit following its loss of the then East Pakistan...
Indian Army: Infantry Beyond 2030
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Feb , 2013
As India surges ahead in underscoring its strides into the Asian age. It is steadily strengthening the fundamentals of strong Armed Forces, swinging into a modernizing overdrive. The Navy and the...
Air Chief Marshal Browne answers the Media at Aero India 2013
By: Gp Capt B Menon | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Feb , 2013
The press conference by the CAS, Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne, on 07 Feb 2013 was a question & answer session. Highlights is short are given below. Procurement 2013-14. The planned procurements...
‘Only a credible & demonstrable Aerospace capability can be a true...
By: Ramananda Sengupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Feb , 2013
Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, PVSM, was the first helicopter pilot to become the Chief of Air Staff, in April 2007. During his 40 years of distinguished service, he held several critical...
French defence industrial base: looking beyond the budget
By: Thomas Withington | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 07 Feb , 2013
Several aspects regarding the long-term future of the French defence industrial base remain unknown, and are unlikely to become evident until the government publishes its anticipated Livre Blanc...
Lessons from Latehar
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 02 Feb , 2013
On 07 January 2013, ten police personnel were killed in an ambush in the Karmatiya Forest of Latehar District. Nine of the killed were from the Central Reserve Police force (CRPF) and one was...
Friendly Handshake: Change is unlikely in India-US relations
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Courtesy: The Telegraph | Date: 29 Jan , 2013
Looking ahead, what could President Barack Obama’s second term mean for relations between India and the United States of America? Will the relationship stay more or less at the level that it has...
Pakistan the nettlesome neighbour
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Jan , 2013
India-Pakistan ties: Pakistan has to act like a civilised country and do serious introspection about its destructive attitudes and policies. We need to take proper stock of our policy towards...
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...
Balochistan: Shia anger against Gen Kayani
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Jan , 2013
The genocide of the Shias continues unabated in different parts of Pakistan— particularly in Balochistan, Gilgit, the Kurram Agency and Karachi. The security forces and the intelligence agencies...
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....
Pakistan eyes Afghanistan once again
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 10 Jan , 2013
Pakistan and the Taliban have their eyes fixed on 2014 when the US packs its bags and leaves Afghanistan. The US now seems disillusioned with Hamid Karzai but have not yet found an obvious...
Afghanistan: The return of the warlords
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 07 Jan , 2013
So President Obama retains the White House and the power but the Party General Secretary Hu Jintao leaves his throne in March 2013. Nevertheless, the rest of the world is going to see continuity...