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War in Ukraine: Are Russia’s Cyber Warfare Capabilities Overhyped?

Introduction. Since the early 90s, experts have been saying that the next war will be fought in cyberspace. A ‘cyber Pearl Harbour’ would meltdown government systems, cripple critical infrastructure and plunge modern militaries and societ....

May 02, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , Cyber Attack , Cyber warfare , Cyber Strategy , Cyber Defense

The Failed Epitaph (!) of Conventional War: Russo-Ukrainian War 2022

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Many a scholar and thinker had penned the epitaph of conventional wars as witnessed in the 20th Century. New formulations of grey zone and hybrid war, and the era of multi-domain cyber, space and informational wars had been unveiled. Yet, all too oft....

March 05, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Russia , Ukraine , Cyber Attack , Belarus , Air attacks , conventional operations , Donetsk , Luhansk

Cyber Weapons – A Weapon of War?

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… cyber weapons will be used individually and blended simultaneously with conventional kinetic weapons as force multipliers … for both attacker and defender, it is difficult to predict; cyber weapons often achieve things other than their intended....

August 24, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Cyber Attack , Cyber Weapons , Methods of cyber operations , Cases of cyber attacks , Effects of cyber operations

Iran’s Nuclear Quest in Recess

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

On July 2, some explosions at the nuclear component facility at Natanz in Iran appear to have damaged the crucial centrifuges delaying its programme by at least two years as per Iranian officials. Earlier, there was yet another blast said to be at th....

July 16, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Israel , China , JCPOA , Saudi Arabia , Cyber Attack , Natanz , Joe Bidden

Cyber Attack on Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant – A Wake Up Call

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… India is among the top three countries in the world after the U.S. and China when it comes to phishing and malware attacks ... While governments can’t control every aspect of cyber security, they can certainly help shape the future of cyber se....

December 18, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Cyber Attack , Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant