Articles

Indian Military: Adapting to New Age Strategic Paradigm

… for some years before India’s military modernization bears fruition at the field level, the Indian military, having committed to its rigorous oath, has little option but to defend the nation by harnessing what resources that might be available ....

April 19, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Military strategy in hostile neighbourhood , Perennial aggression against India , Pre-military modernisation strategy , Irregular Warfare

Transformation in Indian Armed Forces to Exploit Modern Information Systems

Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak Article

Need for Adapting Modern Information Systems in Military Operations

The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) today are capable of revolutionizing military operations. Since early 90’s Indian Armed Forces have gained immensel....

April 12, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Military operations , AI Systems , Chhamb Sector , Command & Control , Decision making , Indo-Pak wars , Information systems , Network Centricity , sensor integration

Use of Airpower in ‘No War No Peace’ Scenario

Air Marshal Anil Khosla, PVSM, AVSM, VM (Retd)

15 March 2021 A ceasefire along the LOC came into being between India and Pakistan on 25 February coinciding with the second anniversary of airstrike by India at Balakot in response to the suicide bombing attack on a police convoy in Pulwama, Kas....

March 22, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Air Power , Podcast , No War No Peace Scenario , Balakot Airstrike , Pulwama Terrorist Attack

CAATSA and S-400: The American Dilemma - An Analysis

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....

March 09, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , S-400 , Air Threat , US Sanctions , CAATSA , Air Defence Matrix

The IOR Defence Conclave

Amb Gurjit Singh Article

The Ministry of Defence of India has undertaken useful initiatives in engaging with partners mainly on a south-south basis over the last year. The Indian Ocean Region Defence Ministers’ Conclave held on February 4, 2021 alongside Aero India 2021 wa....

February 09, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Indo-Pacific , Article , Indo Pacific , SAGAR , Defence Attaches , Tejas , Aero India 2021 , Defexpo , IORA

LCA Tejas Contract: Giving Indigenous Technology a “Chance”

Dr Kapil Patil Commentary

One of the key highlights of the 13th Aero-India Show held in Bengaluru from 3^rd to 5^th February was the signing of a formal contract between the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the supply o....

February 09, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , IAF , Defence Acquisition Council , ADA , Atmanirbhar , LCA , Tejas

Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies: Maritime and Naval Operations

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Commercial and military operations at sea and ashore across the globe are in the throes of technological and organisational transformation led by the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies. These are impacting every aspect of the maritime in....

February 07, 2021 Defence , Technological and Scientific Studies , Book Published , Maritime , Naval Operations , Industrial Revolution , Military operations , 4IR technologies

Air Defence Command – some salient points and imperatives

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

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.

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February 02, 2021 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?

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

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 ....

December 21, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Nagorno-Karabkh , drone strike , drone defence , drone threat from Pakistan and China

Need for Adapting Modern Information Systems in Military Operations

National Level.... February 02, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air Defence Command , ADC , Integrated Air Defence Command , India’s Air Defence Command

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February 02, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air Defence Command , ADC , Integrated Air Defence Command , India’s Air Defence Command