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The Power of the ‘God of War’: Assessing the Russian advantage in Artillery in the Russo-Ukrainian War
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The God of War
Way back in 1944, when the ferocity of World War II was at its peak, Joseph Stalin made a statement; ‘Artillery is the God of War’. His remarks probably related to the fact that most of the combat deaths in the two World ....

July 27, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , Russia , Artillery , Ukraine , Donbas
Modern Warfare and Structural Transformation
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Prime Minister Narender Modi in a valedictory address at the Combined Commanders Conference at Kevadia, Gujarat on 05 March 2021 stressed upon the armed forces to shed the legacy systems and practices that had outlived their utility and relevance. Th....

July 26, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , doctrine , Future Force , Integration , Jointness , theaterisation
DRDO-Industry Interaction on Improving the Defence R&D Ecosystem
Naval Jagota, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

(VIF organized an interaction among DRDO, Indian defence industry and the strategic community on 8th June 2022 on synergizing the Defence R&D ecosystem in India. Mr Hari Babu Srivastava, Director General Technology Management, DRDO apprised the at....

July 25, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , DRDO , Defense , Atmanirbhar Bharat , R&D , Ecosystem , Technology Management , initiatives , start-up's
Talk by Shri Hari Babu Srivastava, DRDO

VIF organized an interaction among DRDO, Indian defense industry and the strategic community on 8th June 2022 for brainstorming on synergizing the Defense R&D ecosystem in India. Mr Hari Babu Srivastava, Director General Technology Management, DRDO a....

July 12, 2022 Defence , DRDO , Technology Management
नव-सेना में बदलाव को सुधारना
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

सेना में सुधार का मतलब है उसकी प्रकृति और रूप में स्पष्ट बदलाव लाना-जो अमूमन उसकी बेहतरी के लिए ....

June 22, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , सेना , एआइएसी , रिक्रूटेबल मेल पॉपुलेशन (आरएमपी) , रेजिमेंट्स
Indigenisation: A New Awakening- Where are We Headed?
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Setting the Perspective

The Recent Past
It was not very long ago when the word ‘indigenisation’ of defence equipment used to draw passive and uninspiring thoughts in the mind. Handled by a solitary branch under the Corps of EM....

June 03, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Make in India , Atmanirbhar Bharat , Indigenisation of defence equipment , indigenisation policy , iDEX
Transforming-transformation into neo-Army
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The essence of transformation in the military is to create a marked change in its character or form – mostly for the better, and moving away from the legacy systems. Normally this transforming transformation perspective is relevant to ‘how we wil....

May 31, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Army , AIAC , Recruitable Male Population (RMP) , regiments
Russia’s Military Understanding of Air Power: Structural & Doctrinal Aspects
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The fog of war continues to hangover Ukraine even after eighty days, especially with facts difficult to discern amongst the information war running in parallel, biased reportage, and contradictory narratives based on the wide swath of international p....

May 23, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Russia , Air defence , S-400 , Ukraine , Air Power , SAM , VKS , Aleksandr Zelin , MANPADS , SEAD , Sergey Shoigu , VVS
Learning to Win Wars, Not Just Battles!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Russo-Ukraine War 2022 has clearly indicated that warfare is changing at dramatic rate and scope and historical similarities might not provide any guidance to the future ones. Our experience of past wars would be divorced from realities of 21st C....

May 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Ukraine , PGMs , Human Rights , Mariupol , battlespace , logistics planning , political strategy , tanks
Discussion with Chairman DRDO on Self Reliance in Defence Technologies

VIF organised a round table discussion among Dr G Satheesh Reddy, the Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation), the strategic community and representatives from the private Indian defence ....

May 03, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Interaction , DRDO , Self Reliance , R&D , Ministry of Defence , Defence Technologies , Transfer of Technology
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