Military & Aerospace
International Day for Mine Awareness – why should India bother?
By: Neeraj Mahajan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 Apr , 2023
According to an estimate, there are thousands of landmines planted by Pakistan in J&K in the 1947, 1965, and 1971 wars. Though the wars are over-- the mines or silent killers are still buried...
11 Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels and six Next Generation Missile...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Mar , 2023
MoD signs Rs 19,600 crore contracts with Indian shipyards for acquisition of 11 Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels & six Next Generation Missile Vessels for Indian Navy In a huge boost to...
Mother of All Swarms
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Mar , 2023
In the hunt to kill Osama bin-Laden, the US had fired its GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) bomb (thermobaric/aerosol bomb) in Afghanistan on April 13, 2017; unaware that Osama was merrily...
Are Servicemen, soft targets for all and sundry?
By: Sudip Talukdar | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Mar , 2023
There must be something radically wrong with a society that prides itself on being one of the most robust and resilient democracies of the world, but virtually tramples on the rights of Indian...
The Big Takeaways from India’s Post-Independence Wars
By: Gp Capt PK Mulay | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Mar , 2023
A wise soldier learns from the past, both the successes and failures. Background Wars shape the destinies of nations and are characterised by tales of courage, resilience, and bravery. Military...
IAF will get 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft from HAL
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Mar , 2023
The Union Cabinet has approved procurement of 70 HTT-40 Basic Trainer Aircraft from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force at a cost of Rs 6,828.36 crore. The aircraft will...
India’s Military Readiness Challenge
By: Lt Gen Harinder Singh (Retd.) | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Feb , 2023
India’s readiness needs along its western borders are largely operational in nature, while those along the northern borders and in the maritime space are more structural in scope. The Context ...
The NFU Saga of Armed Forces Degradation
By: Brig Deepak Sinha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 17 Feb , 2023
General VP Malik, the former Chief of Army Staff, recently tweeted that the “Government now grants NFU to even Railway Officers who have their own assured career progression scheme… but...
From dependence to domination – a new India is rising like a phoenix
By: Neeraj Mahajan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Feb , 2023
“India today is touching new heights and transcending them too. This new height is the reality of New India,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while inaugurating the 14th edition of...
Role of the IAF: In Possible Conflagration in Ladakh
By: Air Marshal Anil Chopra | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Feb , 2023
Aerospace is now the dominant means of prosecution of operations in all domains. The requirement of air superiority remains highly desirable. “If we lose the war in the air, we lose the war...
PM inaugurates 14th edition of Aero India 2023 in Bengaluru
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Feb , 2023
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 14th edition of Aero India 2023 at Air Force Station, Yelahanka in Bengaluru today. The theme of Aero India 2023 is “The Runway to a...
Drone: A Revolution in Military Affairs
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Feb , 2023
The biggest highlight of the Aero India show in Bangalore is going to be the demonstration of India's first indigenous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Tapas-BH, produced by the DRDO. The Tapas will...
IAF – Strategic Air Power Doctrine
By: Lt Gen Harbhajan Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 07 Feb , 2023
Indian Air Force is a critical part of India's War Fighting Machinery. Although some sources rank IAF as the third most powerful air force in the world, but in reality, it is faced with a very...
Interview of COAS General Manoj Pande
By: IDR Interview | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Jan , 2023
Lt Gen JS Bajwa – Editor Indian Defence Review (IDR) had the unique privilege to interview the Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Pande, PVSM AVSM, VSM, ADC. Details of the candid response of...
AI in Defence Surveillance
By: Sandeep Shah | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Jan , 2023
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the results of a hundred battles” — Sun Tzu The world is evolving at an exponential rate, nations are getting increasingly aware...
Obstacles in the Development of Comprehensive National Power
By: Col Anil Athale | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Jan , 2023
The last three years saw a major change in India’s national security environment. On the one hand, Pakistan, beset by internal turmoil and economic bankruptcy faded out, and China emerged as...
Quantum Technology: Gartner’s Hype Cycle and its Implications for National...
By: Dr Sharad S Chauhan | Issue: Vol. 37.4, Oct-Dec 2022 | Date: 13 Jan , 2023
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to three scientists “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violations of Bell Inequalities and pioneering quantum information...
Cost of National Defence Index (CNDI): Towards an Affordable and...
By: Navneet Bhushan | Issue: Vol. 37.4, Oct-Dec 2022 | Date: 12 Jan , 2023
We define a new metric – the Cost of National Defence Index (CNDI). The Armed Forces Sizing Index (AFSI), proposed earlier showed the minimum of one soldier supporting and supported by 1,000...
Rethinking the Politics of Airpower
By: Gp Capt PK Mulay | Issue: Vol. 37.4, Oct-Dec 2022 | Date: 11 Jan , 2023
Airpower is the most difficult of military force to measure or even express in precise terms. — Winston Churchill General Norman Schwarzkopf, the CENTCOM Commander during the Persian Gulf...
Indian Coast Guard Concludes Maiden Contract for 10 Multicopter (VTOL) Drones
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Jan , 2023
In a major boost to Marine Surveillance and Interdiction capabilities, the Indian Coast Guard has concluded maiden contract for 10 multicopter (VTOL) drones in consonance with Government of...