Military & Aerospace
Military Coup an Impossibility and Unthinkable in India
By: Maj Gen Rajesh Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Mar , 2014
A front page news story published by one of the major national dailies two years ago in April 2012 regarding movement of two army units towards Delhi, the national capital, caused a nation wide...
1962 War: Why keep Henderson Brooks report secret?
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 18 Mar , 2014
“Even if the founder of the post-independence dynasty, Jawaharlal Nehru may have emerged in bad light in the Henderson Brooks Report, why put a blanket on the entire archives? Are we living in...
How Antony’s incompetence has left India’s defences in a mess
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Courtesy: Rediff.com | Date: 12 Mar , 2014
In the past seven years Defence Minister A K Antony's incompetence has ensured that India's military capability rapidly shrinks. Primarily, the tax-payer spends money on appointing the defence...
Managing the nation’s defence, somehow
By: Vikram Sood | Issue: Courtesy: MidDay Mumbai | Date: 11 Mar , 2014
Nine officers and men dead in the last six months in two submarine accidents with one submarine written off and another grounded. Who is responsible for the death of these persons and the loss of...
Implications of a Mountain Strike Corps
By: Special Correspondent | Issue: Vol. 29.1 Jan-Mar 2014 | Date: 11 Mar , 2014
China’s past history is laced with aggression and blatant disregard to world opinion. The PLA is well ahead of the Indian Army and this ever-widening gap, if not checked and bridged, will...
New game plan to deny soldier’s right to cast the ballot
By: Lt Gen Harwant Singh | Issue: Courtesy: HT (Chd edition) | Date: 05 Mar , 2014
Earlier soldiers (which includes sailors and airmen too) were required to cast their vote by postal ballot. The procedure devised for this was so convoluted, that it was simply inoperative....
Righting India’s Defence Priority for Next Government
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Mar , 2014
The recent tragedy of INS Sindhurakshak preceded by a spate of similar incidents in the Navy has once again highlighted the utter mess in which India’s defence modernization has been neglected....
Naval Chief proving too tough on the Babus?
By: Danvir Singh | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Feb , 2014
The resignation of the Chief Of The Naval Staff comes at a time when India has just concluded the Naval exercise Millan in the Bay of Bengal recently on Feb 10 this year, showcasing to the...
Incident Onboard INS Sindhuratna
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 27 Feb , 2014
Indian Naval Submarine Sindhuratna was at sea off Mumbai for routine training and workup (inspection). While at sea in the early hours of 26 Feb 2014, smoke was reported in the sailors...
The Fake Military Coup
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Feb , 2014
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh should order investigations by a retired Supreme Court Judge into the fake military coup propagated by former Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma maligning and...
One Rank One Pension: an obligation to be fulfilled
By: Gp Capt AG Bewoor | Issue: Vol 26.1 Jan-Mar 2011 | Date: 19 Feb , 2014
In democracies, bureaucrats with their political masters run the show, and it matters little to them that the nation’s Armed Forces creates conditions to run that show in a secure...
Mountain Strike Corps: A Strategic Audit
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 29.1 Jan-Mar 2014 | Date: 17 Feb , 2014
For India to emerge as a regional power and a global player, there is need for an attitudinal change. India has the wherewithal to protect its interests and assert its rights and claims. With...
Indian Military Helicopter Fleet
By: Gp Capt AK Sachdev | Issue: Vol. 29.1 Jan-Mar 2014 | Date: 09 Feb , 2014
In terms of size, the Indian armed forces are amongst the largest in the world but in terms of equipment, they are lamentably lagging behind the leading edge of weapon systems and aircraft...
Empowerment of a Power House: The Infantry Battalion
By: Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 31 Jan , 2014
By age-old convention, most wars have various forms of tactical operations undertaken under one overall plan - set-piece, irregular and Special Operations, for example. Indeed, the so called...
Whither Special Forces?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Jan , 2014
While discussing a monogram on Special Forces at a prominent Think Tank in New Delhi last month (December 2013), one of the discussants (a former Brigadier) opined that the “entire Parachute...
Evolution of Ground-Based Air Defence Weapons
By: Air Marshal Narayan Menon | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 18 Jan , 2014
In the not too distant past, the world’s most powerful military of the US was poised to mount a short duration campaign to punish Syria for allegedly crossing some undefined ‘red line’ of...
Indian Army: A national asset
By: Col Jaibans Singh | Issue: Courtesy: www.defenceinfo.com | Date: 15 Jan , 2014
The Indian nation celebrates Army day on January, 15 every year with great fervor. January, 15 has been chosen for this event due to its historical significance. It was on this day in 1949 that...
2014 में रक्षा की प्राथमिकताएं
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Courtesy: Rashtriya Sahara | Date: 06 Jan , 2014
हमारे देश में हर चीज के साथ ही असंगत दृष्टिकोण अपनाया जाता है। हम मुकम्मल...
Infrastructure in the IAF: A Force Multiplier
By: Air Marshal Raghu Rajan | Issue: Vol. 28.4 Oct-Dec 2013 | Date: 04 Jan , 2014
Due to its long gestation period, infrastructure needs advance and integrated planning amongst the three services and civil agencies to ensure that the end result is cost-effective without...
Slow Pace of Army Modernization
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Jan , 2014
Strange as it may seem, Indian genius can successfully launch multiple satellites or a spacecraft to Mars but seems hopelessly ill-equipped to develop a basic armament such as a rifle, carbine or...