Interviews/Spotlights
Principles of War for Nuclear Age
By: Col Anil Athale | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Jun , 2015
In any discipline, some theoretical principles govern or explain most of actions/events. For long time Principles of War have played that role in Art of War. These are not laws in formal sciences...
Primacy of Deterrence in Nuclear Age
By: Col Anil Athale | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Jun , 2015
A real ‘revolution’ in history of warfare was ushered in 1945 when the human beings tapped the forces of nature trapped in tiny atom, a force of vast proportion that has the capability of...
Pakistan’s Dilemma with Muslim World
By: Brig Arun Bajpai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Jun , 2015
The Pakistanis have spent decades hoping to have their cake and eat it too; assuming that they can get Saudi and other oil rich Muslim countries financial help with no strings attached. However...
Ballistic Missile Defence System for India
By: Air Marshal Narayan Menon | Issue: Vol 27.3 Jul-Sep 2012 | Date: 31 May , 2015
India is at the learning stage for many of the complex technologies required to create a BMD system. DRDO’s record in producing weapon systems has not been encouraging as exemplified by the...
Shortage of officers is the root-cause
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 May , 2015
Independent India is 65 years old. If the nation remains united today, the credit goes entirely to the armed forces. They continue to be the sole source of hope for this beleaguered country. They...
Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles: The Growing Insecurity
By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 May , 2015
Nuclear weapons are the most destructive form of manmade weaponry that has the ability to wipe-out the entire human generation followed by the untold amount of damage in a way no weaponry is...
Ten truths about the 1962 War
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 May , 2015
Here are some truths about the 1962 China’s War which are not often mentioned in history books or Reports from the Government. Of course, this list is not exhaustive. 1. The precise location of...
Rebooting the Indian Army: Metamorphosing Dandaman to eMAN
By: Maj Gen AK Chadha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 May , 2015
Addressing the Combined Commanders of Defence Services on 17 Oct 2014 at New Delhi, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi said: “When we speak of Digital India, we would also like to see a...
Rifleman: A Complete Soldier
By: Maj Gen VK Shrivastava, VSM (Retd) | Issue: Book Excerpt: The Rajputana Rifles | Date: 18 May , 2015
Training for war is perhaps the most important aspect of peacetime soldiering. In fact, the process of honing of skills, to get the better of the enemy, continues even during field tenures and...
Doctrine in Civil-Military Relations
By: Ali Ahmed | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 May , 2015
Supervision of doctrine making is one way by which civilian control is exercised over the military. Military doctrine writing is largely done within the military. However, it is to be in close...
Xi Jinping’s brotherly love for Pakistan
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: www.niticentral.com | Date: 14 May , 2015
As Prime Minister is preparing to pay his maiden visit to Beijing (as Prime Minister), it necessary to come back on another visit, President Xi Jinping’s trip to Pakistan and the enormity of...
Reviewing India’s Foreign Policy: From Struggling Regional Power to...
By: Anant Mishra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 May , 2015
Cold War, Nehru and Non Alignment After the end of World War II, the political dynamics of the world changed from a multipolar to bipolar world. Those nations that were gripped in war were...
Indian Defence Philosophy: A 'no-win' Concept
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol. 13.2 April-June 1998 | Date: 09 May , 2015
Panipat Syndrome. In times past, an Indian ruler met an invading army not at the frontiers of his kingdom but close to the seat of power. He remained well entrenched with his army within a fort or...
Seven blunders that will haunt India for posterity
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 May , 2015
History is most unforgiving. As historical mistakes cannot be undone, they have complex cascading effect on a nation’s future. Here is a saga of seven historical blunders that have changed the...
Saudi Arabia’s Air Attacks on Yemen
By: Atul Razdan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Apr , 2015
Saudi Arabia informed the Obama Administration in the fourth week of March 2015 of their intention to commence a ‘military operation’ against neighbouring Yemen. The situation in Yemen, from...
NTRO: India’s Technical Intelligence Agency
By: RS Bedi VrC | Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 23 Apr , 2015
In the Indian Defence Review issue of Oct–Dec 2007, Shri B Raman, wrote an article on Indian Intelligence which I read with great interest—especially since the National Technical Research...
Strategic Partnerships of the 21st Century
By: Dr Rajasimman Sundaram | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Apr , 2015
The term “strategic partnership” has been in-vogue in the post cold War period with countries having multiple strategic partnerships. However matters related to realpolitik force to see...
Gwadar port operationalisation: India, US need to redraw maritime strategy
By: Dr Simrit Kahlon | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Apr , 2015
International pressure and concern notwithstanding, China is now poised to change the maritime strategic equation in the South Asian region. Media reports suggest that the Gwadar port in...
Who else is the beneficiary of CSD Liquor?
By: Maj Gen Chander Nandwani | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Apr , 2015
Way back in 1995, I was posted as Additional Director General of Supplies & Transport in Army Headquarters. Apart from my routine responsibilities, I was also given additional charge of managing...
Indian Navy: Anti Missile Defence Systems
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Guardianship: The Indian Navy 1991-2000 | Date: 08 Apr , 2015
In the 1971 Indo–Pakistan War, small 200 ton missile boats acquired from Russia attacked ships patrolling outside Karachi harbour. The radar homing heads of these liquid fuelled missiles...