Interviews/Spotlights
Unmanned Vehicles and Modern Day Combat
By: Gp Capt Ajey Lele (Retd.) | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 05 Jul , 2012
It is difficult to identify the exact nature of modern day warfare. The notion of modern day warfare is evolving with changing times. However, the purpose of fighting wars has more or less...
Is Indian Intelligence being made the whipping boy?
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 29 Jun , 2012
Indian intelligence is frequently in the news, often for the wrong reasons. It is a favourite kicking target for a large number of those who compulsively articulate, like the media, political...
CH-47 Chinook for India
By: IDR Interview | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 24 Jun , 2012
When did Boeing respond to the heavy lift helicopter RFP? Boeing remains committed to supporting the Indian Air Force’s rotorcraft requirements to meet India’s defense needs, and submitted an...
Stabilising Afghanistan
By: Y.K. Gera | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 22 Jun , 2012
Afghanistan connects south Asia, central Asia and west Asia, or the Middle East as the Western powers call it. Afghanistan has land borders with Pakistan (south Asia), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan,...
An Inept Job in Kashmir
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 19 Jun , 2012
The much-awaited report of the Kashmir-interlocutors, appointed by the Union Home Ministry, is now out in the public domain. 176-page long, it has evoked mixed reactions. The interlocutors have...
The Security Environment in and around India
By: Maj Gen Afsir Karim | Issue: Courtesy: Aakrosh | Date: 18 Jun , 2012
The gradual erosion of the political authority is evident in many parts of India, mainly due to poor governance and polarisation in society. There is unrest in society due to caste and religious...
Israel attack on Iraq: likely scenario and impact
By: Maj Gen GD Bakshi, (Retd) | Issue: Vol 23.3 Jul-Sep 2008 | Date: 17 Jun , 2012
< !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> 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...
Nuclear and Missile Threat from China
By: Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal, PhD | Issue: Vol 23.3 Jul-Sep 2008 | Date: 14 Jun , 2012
Founded in 1966, the PLA’s dedicated missile force was named the Second Artillery Corps by former Premier Zhou En Lai. It has been an independent branch of the PLA since 1974 and controls the...
India & SCO: Need for Caution
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Jun , 2012
India, like Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, is presently an observer of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO), which has completed 10 years. Like Pakistan and Iran, it has sought full...
Counter and Neutralise ISI
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Jun , 2012
The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET), which had refrained from any major terrorist attack in India, including Jammu & Kashmir, after the 26/11 terrorist strikes in Mumbai, has been let loose again by the...
TAPI Pipeline: Moving away from Iran
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Jun , 2012
The Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline agreement signed on May 23 is a follow-up to the December 2010 agreement but essentially a rerun of the aborted 1990s game with a few...
Dennis Swanson, VP, Boeing India
By: Priya Tyagi | Issue: Vol. 27.2 Apr-Jun 2012 | Date: 30 May , 2012
“Boeing is committed to… meet the Indian government’s goals to strengthen indigenous aerospace and defence capabilities” The military industrial complex in the USA is in private hands but...
Ansari’s Arrest: Answers that India needs
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 May , 2012
Ansari is presently under interrogation by the Indian authorities. It is likely that the interrogation is being carried out by a joint team headed by the Multi-Agency Centre (MAC) of the...
Indian Coast Guard
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Indian Armed Forces | Date: 15 May , 2012
The deliberations, in the 1970s, of the United Nations Conferences on the Law of the Sea led to the establishment of India’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). On 25 August 1976, India passed the...
Strategic power play in Myanmar
By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 May , 2012
The US Secretary of State Ms Hilary Clinton’s recent visit to Myanmar, the first ever of its kind in the last five decades, is likely to be a turning point in the estranged relationship between...
Al Qaeda after the death of Laden
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Apr , 2012
There is an air of nervousness all over the world where there is a strong US presence regarding the dangers of Al Qaeda-inspired attacks on US nationals and interests coinciding with the first...
PM's Conference on Internal Security - Q&A
By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Apr , 2012
Prime Minister has said Left Wing extremism remains a major challenge to the internal security of the country? What are your views? The Prime Minister had highlighted Left Wing extremism (LWE) as...
Addressing Hafiz Saeed
By: Rajinder Puri | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Apr , 2012
The obsession with Hafiz Saeed displayed by politicians and media during President Zardari’s recent visit was amusing. Hafiz Saeed is not the issue. He is the symptom of the issue. That issue...
Maoist Tactics: Wanted cool thinking, not Bravado
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Apr , 2012
The Maoists have been increasingly resorting to abduction as one of their tactics for cowing down the State and society and for demonstrating their ability to enforce their will on the State. The...
Coastal Security Paradox
By: Rear Adm AP Revi | Issue: Vol. 27.1 -Mar 2012 | Date: 19 Apr , 2012
A constabulary role and coordination between the civil agencies lie wholly outside the scope and capability of the Indian Navy. The IN should not even consider venturing into those domains as it...