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Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
(Former DG, Air Defence, Indian Army) (Higher Defence Analyst)

(Former DG, Air Defence, Indian Army) (Higher Defence Analyst)

Contributions 
Air Defence Command – some salient points and imperatives
February 02, 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Air Defence Command (ADC) is going to be a reality sooner than later. This article looks at certain salient points related to the ADC and lays out certain imperatives that lie ahead for the decision-makers to make ADC a success. National Level...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Air Defence Command, ADC, Integrated Air Defence Command, India’s Air Defence Command
The Drones of Nagorno-Karabakh....Where are we?
December 21, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
This article is a sequel to the author’s preceding work titled, “Why the drones turned the tide for Azerbaijan”1. The previous work analysed the reasons as to why Armenia suffered such crippling losses attributed mainly to drone ...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Nagorno-Karabkh, drone strike, drone defence, drone threat from Pakistan and China
Why Drones Turned the Tide for Azerbaijan? An Analysis
December 04, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Recently, the print and the audio-visual media were abuzz with the news of the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict over the disputed lands of Nagorno-Karabkh. The blazing headlines and breaking news were telling some interesting facts on how the drones were ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Nagorno-Karabkh, drone warfare, Bayractar TB2, Harop
Rudram -1: A Step Forward on the Road to Self-reliance
November 18, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
These are indeed exciting times. Seven indigenous weapon systems tested in a time-run of just ten weeks; Shaurya hypersonic missile, BrahMos Extended Range (ER) missile, Prithvi nuclear capable missile, Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HS...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Atmanirbhar Bharat, Rudram -1, successful trial of ARM
Logistic Support Agreements- A Growing Footprint
October 27, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Open sources are abuzz with the news that in the annual bilateral summit between India and Russia slated in November 2020, the Agreement on Reciprocal Logistic Support or ARLS is likely to be signed1. In the above context, this article ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Article, BECA, Logistic Support Agreement, LSA, ARLS, MSLA
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VIF Papers 
DPP 2016: An enabler, not a show-stopper
August 18, 2016 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
DPP or no DPP the onus of success or failure lies in the hands of those who operate the DPP. Like they say, the law is only as good as the enforcer of the law. DPP 2016 or DPP 2056, it will be only as good as the persons who operate it, who interpret...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Indian military, DPP 2016, Defence industry. DRDO, Defence Acquisition Council
Anti Satellite Weapons: A Likely Future Trajectory
May 30, 2016 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
The concept of ASAT weapons has evolved over time as a logical progression from the mother concept of Anti Ballistic Missiles (ABM) or its more recent coinage,the Ballistic Missile defence (BMD)-- a Missile-based defence against the adversary's threa...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Ballistic Missile, ASAT, Anti Satellite Weapons
Growing Muscle of PLAAF
March 11, 2016 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Steady Growth. Although some signs of a somewhat waning economy are now visible in China (economic growth rate sliding down from 10.5% in 2010 to 7.4% in 2014) she has experienced a steady growth cycle for the past two decades, catapulting the...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, PLA, Chinese Military, PLAAF, People’s Liberation Army, PLAN
VIF Briefs 
CAATSA and S-400: The American Dilemma - An Analysis
March 09, 2021 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
After flashing in fury about an year back and eventually loosing much of its sheen and venom thereafter, the threat of CAATSA is alive, dangling yet again like the proverbial ‘Sword of Damocles’ over the fate of India’s purchase of S-400 syste...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, S-400, Air Threat, US Sanctions, CAATSA, Air Defence Matrix
Power behind Arrogance: Assessment of China’s Air and Missile Arsenal
June 23, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Going backwards from recent acts of Chinese belligerence and barbaric conduct in Galwan (sic) totally divorced from all ethos of soldiering, into events of the recent past, a pattern emerges. A pattern of Chinese aggressiveness, arrogance and more; u...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, South China Sea, Chinese Air Power, Chinese Missile Power, Air and missile threat from China, Line of Actual Control
Swarm Drones: Attacker’s Delight, Defender’s Nightmare
May 28, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Ever since the emergence of the unmanned phenomenon, the warfare has never been the same. Starting from their very humble beginnings of giving the war-fighter the marginally incremental capability to ‘look around the corner and over the hill’ the...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Warfare, Swarm Drones, UAS, Growing Lethality, SWARM Task Sheet, SWARM
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