Interviews
The Fighting Gurkha
By: Edmund Candler | Issue: Book Excerpt: The Sepoy | Date: 09 Mar , 2018
So much has been written of the Gurkha and the Sikh that officers who pass their lives with other classes of the Indian Army are tired of listening to their praises. Their fame is deserved, but...
1971 War: The Battle of Hussainiwala
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 09 Jan , 2017
The Indian enclave of Hussainiwala lies west of the Sutlej along the Ferozepur-Lahore highway. It covers about 7.5 hectares and runs in a parabola from the rail and road bridge towards Shamoke in...
“Our vision in next 10 years is to become top defence industry in the...
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Vol. 31.2 Apr-Jun 2016 | Date: 24 Jun , 2016
The Defence Expo 2016, held at Goa; a maiden attempt to get the world to see a different destination rather differently. Goa is famous for its sea beeches, sun and sand. Every year lakhs of...
PoW in Tibet
By: Maj Gen KK Tewari | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 31 Aug , 2015
In 1962, Maj. Gen. K.K. Tewari was Commander Signals of the 4 Infantry Division based in Tezpur, Assam. On October 20, 1962, as he was visiting his forward troops, the Chinese attacked India. He...
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...
Women in the Armed Forces: Misconceptions and Facts
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Vol 25.1 Jan-Mar 2010 | Date: 09 Mar , 2015
The recent debate about the entry of women officers in the armed forces has been highly ill- informed and subjective in nature. People have taken stands and expressed opinion without analysing...
India's Long Range Missile
By: Arun S Vishwakarma | Issue: Vol 21.2 Apr-Jun 2006 | Date: 21 Jan , 2015
Indian doctrine of minimum credible nuclear deterrence envisages “No First Use” (NFU) policy and a triad of nuclear counterstrike capability. Its current land based Agni-2 missile range is...
NE Insurgency: The Religious Dimension
By: Brig SP Sinha | Issue: Book Excerpt: Lost Opportunities | Date: 19 Jan , 2015
Before the advent of Christianity, the hill tribes of Assam practiced animism. An important consequence of the spread of British administration in the hills of Assam was undoubtedly the arrival...
Leapfrog the Technological Gap
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 21.2 Apr-Jun 2006 | Date: 22 Jun , 2014
India needs to do a China. Beijing has successfully converted China into a low cost manufacturing hub of the world. Similarly, New Delhi should rapidly transform India into a low cost, high end...
हमारा नहीं पाकिस्तान का हित...
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Courtesy: www.jagran.com | Date: 02 Jun , 2014
प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने दक्षेस सदस्य देशों को अपने शपथ ग्रहण समारोह...
'The P-17 Frigates, heralds a paradigm shift in the design'
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Vol 25.2 Apr-Jun 2010 | Date: 27 Apr , 2014
Interview with Rear Admiral KN Vaidyanathan, Director General Naval Design Shivalik, the first Ship of the P-17 Class, appears different from earlier designs of IN ships. What are the major new...
List of Indian Prisoners of War (PoW) in Pakistan
By: IDR News Network | Date: 26 Oct , 2013
Prisoner’s Name, rank & unit 1. Major SPS Waraich IC-12712 15 Punjab ….Maj. SPS Warraich’s name was reportedly announced on 5/6th December, 1971 (he wrote a letter also to his father in...
Gaps in Maritime Security-I
By: VK Shashikumar | Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 16 Sep , 2013
INS Viraat Cross border terrorism has taken an entirely new dimension. The Indian security establishment is on high alert to tackle the newest frontier of terror – Maritime Terrorism. The...
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...
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...
US Aerospace Industry and India
By: Air Marshal BK Pandey | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 16 Oct , 2012
Apart from the stated objective of propelling the strategic partnership between India and the US to a new level, perhaps the more important agenda for Barack Obama, President of the United...
China: a new kind of superpower in the making
By: Bhaskar Roy | Issue: Vol 25.4 Oct-Dec 2010 | Date: 28 Aug , 2012
“The USA can defend its close allies in the Asia-Pacific region. But India cannot depend on the USA to bail it out. Washington has its complex foreign policy objectives whether correct or...
A Diplomatic View of the MMRCA Deal
By: Kanwal Sibal | Issue: Vol. 26.3 July - Sept 2011 | Date: 14 Jul , 2012
The Americans seemed to have proceeded on the assumption that with India placing orders for advanced US defence equipment such as 6 C-130J aircraft and 8 P-8I long range maritime patrol aircraft,...
Sri Lanka: Disturbing Questions
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jul , 2012
Some years ago, I was in Sri Lankan capital Colombo. On learning that my home state happens to be Odisha despite my Delhi-upbringing, all of a sudden, the general manager of the hotel where I was...