Military & Aerospace
Stories on 1965 War should be included in School Curriculum: Manohar Parrikar
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Sep , 2015
The Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has stressed the need to include the stories of gallantry and sacrifices of our brave soldiers in 1965 Indo-Pak War in the school curriculum. He said, this...
Call for a Native Indian Military Doctrine
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Vol. 30.2 Apr-Jun 2015 | Date: 31 Aug , 2015
It is historically recognised that the conduct of war has much to do with intellect, creativity and initiative. From this angle, it is imperative to devote attention towards the conceptual...
Modernisation of the Indian Infantry
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 30 Aug , 2015
It is important to note that in 21st century conflict situations not only will operations be increasingly inter-agency involving greater applications of ‘all elements of national power’, but...
Ignorance of military matters in modern India
By: Col Gopal Karunakaran | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Aug , 2015
I Love the Indian Army – but I must leave Now! I stumbled into the Indian Army in the late seventies. The School which admitted us mid-session, when we returned from Singapore, where my...
Role of Bombers in Contemporary Warfare
By: Sqn Ldr Vijainder K Thakur | Issue: Vol. 30.1 Jan-Mar 2015 | Date: 27 Aug , 2015
No more are bombers used for strategic bombing aimed at crippling an adversary’s war fighting capability, as was the case in World War II. Now, they are used primarily for nuclear deterrence,...
PLA: new radars on the Roof of the World
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 25 Aug , 2015
On August 24, The People's Daily Online reported that three more unattended radars were soon to be installed in Tibet. The mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party reminds us that China’s...
Fifteen Officers join the Aviation Arm
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Aug , 2015
Twelve Officers of the Indian Navy and three officers of the Indian Coast Guard of the 81st Permanent Commission and 12th Short Service Commission courses graduated as Observers of the ‘Air’...
Inauguration of Jaisalmer War Museum and Laungewala War Memorial
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Aug , 2015
‘Jaisalmer War Museum’ has been established in the Military Station of Jaisalmer to commemorate the sacrifice of war heroes. The museum was inaugurated by Lieutenant General Ashok Singh,...
New Tri-Service Commands
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Aug , 2015
Newspapers on August 20 blared headlines ‘Govt gets cracking on three new Tri-Service Commands’. The “cracking” part was amusing for in 2004-2005 the same hype was created about the...
Strategic Airlift Capability for India
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Aug , 2015
India’s security challenges along with the growing economic needs and interests thereon will result in a continuous shift and changing profiles of threat and power equations. Its area of...
Violence in Society and Impact on the Pscyhe of Soldiery
By: Col Harjeet Singh | Issue: Vol. 26.3 July - Sept 2011 | Date: 16 Aug , 2015
Man’s inhumanity to man has long been a subject for moralization. We are all touched directly or indirectly by violent acts. Violence is the exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse....
The price of ignoring military mind
By: RSN Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Aug , 2015
In his book the ‘Himalayan Blunder’ Brig JP Dalvi mentions an episode, which clearly reflects the lack of strategic thinking in the 50s and 60s in the ruling class barring some exceptions...
Indian Air Force (IAF) Contingent Set to Return Home on Completion of...
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Jul , 2015
Having ‘touched the sky with glory’ in consonance with the motto of the Indian Air Force (IAF) “Nabhah Sparsham Deeptam”, the air warriors of IAF are now set to return home after...
Lt Gen Philip Campose, Vice Chief of the Army Staff Superannuates on 31 Jul 15
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 31 Jul , 2015
Lt Gen Philip Campose superannuates today after 40 years and seven months of distinguished service in the Indian Army. The General Officer took over as the Vice Chief of Army Staff on 01 August...
Canards of Military Coup – another James Bond
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Jul , 2015
As if the lies of a purported army coup by a journalist in 2013 were not enough, not prosecuting him had the obvious fallout for inviting more such acts. So, now we have a former IB officer,...
No CDS only a Four Star General No1 Babus Win Again
By: Brig Arun Bajpai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 25 Jul , 2015
An IIT graduate, the new Defence minister of India Mr Manohar Parrikar within months of his taking over as RM made a public statement that Chief of Defence Staff system is a must for India and he...
Kargil: Pakistan’s dastardly misadventure
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Jul , 2015
Sixteen years have elapsed since the fateful day, 26 July 1999, when India emerged victorious in the Kargil war. The ignominious designs of a belligerent neighbour (Pakistan) to violate the...
Permanent Chairman COSC – cementing Parkinson’s in defence
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Jul , 2015
Media reports that the proposal to create the new post of a Permanent Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC) is at "an advanced stage of planning" now, albeit this has to be ultimately...
India’s ‘War Doctrine’: The Next Decade
By: Col JK Achuthan (Retd.) | Issue: Vol. 30.2 Apr-Jun 2015 | Date: 23 Jul , 2015
In the natural progression of a country to take its rightful place in the world hierarchy by the middle of the next decade, India has no alternative but to make its processes simple, productive,...
Resettling Soldiers: A Nation’s Social Responsibility
By: Brig RK Sharma | Issue: Vol. 30.2 Apr-Jun 2015 | Date: 20 Jul , 2015
Resettling veterans is indeed a ‘Nation’s Social Responsibility’. A concerted and collective effort is needed for absorbing veterans. The priority should be to help soldiers obtain jobs in...