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Saudi Arabia Drone Attack: Sign of Changing Character of Hybrid War
Brig Narender Kumar, SM, VSM (retd.) Article

Introduction
The Houthi militants carried out an audacious "large-scale" attack with 10 drones targeting Saudi Aramco oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais.1 Even in the past Houthi rebels had attacked Saudi Arabia but the preci....

October 01, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Drones as new weapons , Dangers of drone attack , Drones a threat to global stability
Implementation of the Decision on the Chief of Defence Staff for Indian Armed Forces
VIF Study Group Report Article

Composition of the Study Group
The long awaited decision of the government to appoint a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) for the Indian Armed Forces has finally been taken and is a welcome move. This reform would definitely bring better integ....

September 13, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Govt CDS initiative , Guidelines on CDS function , MoD reforms
Chief of Defence Staff: A Far-reaching Decision

… Institution of a body of military professionals to participate in defence policy-making at the apex level, duly empowered in highest level advisory as well as management roles, is a call of strategic wisdom. This call must be attended to with ala....

September 03, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , Indian Defence , CDS , Chief of Defence Staff
CDS Appointment: An Opportunity to Streamline Defence Acquisitions
Dr Kapil Patil Commentary

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day announcement from the ramparts of Red Fort to create Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) constitutes a major milestone in the history of India’s defence reforms1. The appointment of CDS was one....

August 26, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , Appointment of CDS , Military jointmanship , Military modernization
Is Indian Airpower Preparing for Tomorrow’s War?

… the first step in looking at future threat scenarios is posing some uncomfortable but right questions .. these affect all agencies that contribute in a whole-of-nation approach to conflict management .. An over-investment in current doctrines, co....

August 14, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Defence Minister , Military technology , Military-technical asymmetry , Future airpower , Indian Airpower , Indian Airforce
Air Defence Cover for Mechanised Forces: The Bigger Picture
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The Event
On 10 May 2019, it was reported in the media that India had finally selected the South Korean made Hanwha K 30 Biho (Flying Tiger), a highly mobile short range Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) weapon system, to protect its for....

July 10, 2019 Defence , Climate Change , Article
Nano-Technology and its Military Application
Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty Article

General Aspects
Nano technology is science, technology and engineering conducted at nano scale of approximately 1 to 100 nanometre (nm).1 It is stated that physicist Richard Feynman is the father of this technology. It all star....

June 28, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Military application of nano-tecnology , R&D for nano-technology , Nano-advantage for Indian Army
5G Technology: Transformational Synthesis for Armed Forces
Lt Gen Rameshwar Yadav, PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Veteran) Article

Technological superiority has always been the main battle winning factor all through the history of warfare. With no matching weaponry in the Indian arsenal, Bharat, with all the requisite structures of a strong nationality, buckled in face of artill....

June 24, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Transition to 5G , Military connotations of 5G , Indigenous 5G
Gunners March Ahead on a New Path of Resurgence: A Perspective
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The Jinx of Bofors
It was not very long ago when the mere mention of Artillery summoned the unsavoury thought of 'the infamous Bofors'. A gun howitzer which in its aftermath of procurement dried up further acquisitions; for over three de....

June 03, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Indian artillery modernisation , Defence Make-in-India , Indian defence industry
Women Service Officers as Defence or Military Attache`s: Government has to do more to Ensure its Success
Gautam Sen Commentary

India`s defence minister has recently declared that the government has decided to appoint Women service officers as defence or military attaches in the Indian missions abroad. Though this decision has been hailed from many quarters and is being toute....

April 26, 2019 Defence , Governance and Political Studies , Commentary , Women service officers , women officers as defence attache’
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