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

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

Contributions 
India’s Defence Exports: Onwards to a Goal that Seemed Impossible
April 28, 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Start point - disbelief When the Draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy (DPEPP) issued on 03 Aug 2020 by the MoD had stated upfront a goal of achieving defence exports target of Rupees 35000 Crores as a part of the overall def...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Defence Exports, Atmanirbhar Bharat, Make-in India
Changing Shades of Russian Weapon Deployment in Ukraine War
March 25, 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Picking up the Thread- the Premise The recent reports in the open source have stated that in the massive missile strikes on Ukraine between 06-10 Mar 2022, Russia has used ‘new age weapons’, namely the Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missiles...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Article, Ukraine War, Ukraine-Russia War, Russian weapon deployment
India’s March towards Achieving Hypersonic Capability
February 16, 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
The Premise On 27 Jan 2023, the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha Coast was abuzz with hectic activity. At the countdown 5,4,3,2,1, now….. the Agni I Missile lifted off carrying the Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV) for ...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, HSTDV, Hypersonic capability, HGV, HCM, SCRAMJET
Defence Procurement & Production: A Feel of Fresh Air as the New Year Dawns
January 09, 2023 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Premise A few days into the New Year and thinking of the year gone by, one gets a feel of ‘fresh air’ in the entire stance of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and their attitude towards the entire gamut of defence procurement. A resurgent ...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Atmanirbhar Bharat, Pralay missile, Simulators for armed forces
A Quiet Revolution in the Making
December 06, 2022 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM
The RFP and Beyond On 07 Sept 2022, a Request for Technical and Commercial Proposal (RFP) was issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the design and developme...

Tags: Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, Indian microchip industry, Bharat Secure Chips, BSC 1, BSC 2
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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