Military & Aerospace
US Military Surge in Afghanistan
By: Rohit Singh | Issue: Vol 25.1 Jan-Mar 2010 | Date: 13 Dec , 2010
After months of agonizing, the decades most long awaited decision has finally been made. It is a military surge of 30,000 additional troops to chart out a dignified exit for the United States,...
Navy Officers Cadets complete training
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Dec , 2010
169 Officer Cadets of the Indian Navy including 32 Assistant Commandants of Indian Coast Guard successfully completed their afloat training onboard the First Training Squadron today, at Kochi....
Low Intensity Conflict Revisited
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Vol 22.3 Jul-Sep 2007 | Date: 10 Dec , 2010
Insurgencies have existed for centuries. In recent decades however, the easy availability of machineguns, rocket-propelled grenades, RDX explosive with hi-tech remote-triggering devices have...
Indian Navy to sanitize Eastern Arabian Sea
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Dec , 2010
A multi ship force of the Indian Navy has been tasked to undertake a comprehensive search in the Eastern parts of the Arabian Sea to locate and disable probable pirate (mother) vessels and...
French Forces in Indian Ocean
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Dec , 2010
Today, only two foreign navies maintain a permanent presence in the Indian Ocean i.e. the United States Navy and the French Navy. Bharat Verma interviewed Rear Admiral Jacques Launay, Joint...
Securing Maritime Lifelines
By: Cdr Gurpreet S Khurana | Issue: Vol 20.4 Oct-Dec 2005 | Date: 26 Nov , 2010
Characterised by globalisation, the present times bear a new flavour for international relations. The economic liberalization undertaken by states has led to a frenzy of commercial interactions...
Military Service Pay
By: Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi | Issue: Vol 22.4 Oct-Dec 2007 | Date: 24 Nov , 2010
The sixth pay commission is now about midway in their task of preparing their recommendations for the revision of wages of more than 33 lakh central government employees, including the personnel...
Selecting Military’s Top Brass
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Nov , 2010
Indian armed forces have many unique organisational features. Most of them have been discussed frequently in public debates. One lesser known aspect is total lack of meritocracy in higher...
Kargil and the Decade Since
By: Rohit Singh | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 18 Nov , 2010
It has been ten years since valiant Indian soldiers achieved the impossible feat of evicting Pakistani intruders from the dizzy heights of Kargil. Frontally assaulting peaks over 15,000 feet in...
Intelligence: Need for Enhanced Focus on China
By: B Raman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Nov , 2010
Since 1947, India has had four reviews of its intelligence capabilities. The first was after the Sino-Indian military conflict of 1962 in which the Indian Army did badly. The review led to two...
Nuclear capability of India and China
By: Col R Hariharan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Nov , 2010
A comparison of nuclear capability of India and China cannot be made in isolation. It has to be derived in the backdrop of their strategic vision, global ambitions and political and social ethos...
Does India have National Security
By: Lt Gen HC Dutta | Issue: Vol 24.2 Apr-Jun 2009 | Date: 05 Nov , 2010
Pakistan has been a volatile and turbulent neighbor to India. Since partition, India has had to resort to war on three occasions – 1947, 1965, 1971 plus two sizeable conflicts in Rann of...
India’s sea-blindness
By: Cdr Gurpreet S Khurana | Issue: Vol 24.1 Jan-Mar 2009 | Date: 03 Nov , 2010
Despite lessons from the past when India was subjugated by major sea powers, modern India is not particularly known for a maritime outlook. Recent events go further to underscore the...
Need to Bridge Inter-Services Trust Deficit
By: Maj Gen Mrinal Suman | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Nov , 2010
Existing trust deficit amongst the three services is adversely affecting national defence preparedness and is the primary impediment in achieving the goal of jointmanship. Lack of mutual trust...
Unpredictable China: are we prepared?
By: Col Narender Kumar | Issue: Vol 25.2 Apr-Jun 2010 | Date: 22 Oct , 2010
The rise of China’s military power and its reach and capabilities has surprised the world. China has moved beyond the doctrine of “local wars under conditions of high tech environment” to...
India and France share common objectives in Indian Ocean and Afghanistan
By: Admiral Edouard Guillaud | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Oct , 2010
Admiral Edouard Guillaud, Chief of Defence Staff, France in a press conference at New Delhi said that his first assessment is that the world is currently undergoing a tremendous change, at a...
Transformation of The Chinese Military
By: Alexandre Sheldon-Duplaix | Issue: Vol 21.1 Jan-Mar 2006 | Date: 19 Oct , 2010
China’s fifth white paper, published in December 2004, outlines the objectives of a military policy focused on Taiwan1. Weaponry and equipment are identified as “the crucial material and...
Facing the Dragon : is India prepared?
By: Maj Gen Dhruv C Katoch | Issue: Vol 25.1 Jan-Mar 2010 | Date: 18 Oct , 2010
The contours of India’s relationship with China have been tumultuous over the last six decades. From periods of great bonhomie in the mid fifties – the ‘Hindi-Chini Bhai Bhai’ years to...
‘Mission Action 2010’ Commencing
By: PLA Daily | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Oct , 2010
Exercise participating troops of Beijing MAC unfolds three-dimensional transportation (Source: PLA Daily) 2010-10-15 Since October 12, a group army of the Beijing Military Area Command (MAC) of...
Soldier’s Final Inspection in Heaven by the Lord!
By: Sgt Joshua Helterbran | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Oct , 2010
The Soldier stood and faced God, Which must always come to pass. He hoped his shoes were shining, Just as brightly as his brass. ‘Step forward now, Soldier, How shall I deal with you?...