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Ukraine: How is the Air and Air Defence War Unfolding ?
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

A Sequel
This work is the sequel to the author’s earlier work titled, “Why the Ukrainian skies are still contested” available at www.vifindia.org[1]. Building on the thread of the earlie....

April 21, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Russo-Ukrainian war , Air war in Ukraine , Russia’s air war
Russia-Ukraine War: A Game of Vain Military Venture?
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF Article

Military Theories Unheeded
Traditionally, over the centuries, the Russians have been the pioneers of original military strategic thinking. Even the world’s leading military thinkers, mainly the Prussians/Germans and British, have been ....

March 28, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Russia-Ukraine War , obdurate expansionism , the blunder of Ukraine War , killing fields of Ukraine , bleeding Ukraine for selfish agenda , wanton destruction
Why the Ukrainian Skies are still Contested- An Assessment
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The posers that demand an answer:-
This work attempts an answer to the following posers in the context of the on-going air war between Russia and Ukraine:-
  1. How the forces measured up on both sides?
  2. How come till date, a....

    March 24, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , Russo-Ukraine war , Russian air power , Ukraine air war , air battle in Ukrainian skies , Russian air campaign
India: Gearing Up for National Defence
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF Article

Covenant of Defence Modernisation
In a welcome change from the past, particularly in the post-Doklam 2017 period, the nation is witnessing a coalescence of sensitivities on matters of national defence. This is a welcome attitudinal change ....

March 19, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Defence modernisation , competency of defence preparedness , roots of military deficits , ideating defence policies , principle of ‘military necessity’ , deterring neighbourhood aggression
Drone swarms - a grave threat. Where are we?
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Mass swarms of dozens or hundreds of drones guided by AI are increasingly being touted as the new lethal threats in the modern battlefield. The world got a taste of this emerging military technology in May 2021 during the 11-day conflict between Isr....

March 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , artificial intelligence , AI , Drone swarms , Podcast , Drones Collaborative Behaviour in Denied Environment (CODE) , FLOCK 93 , Tactical High Power Operational Responder (THOR)
Cruise Missiles : where are we ? Where are our Potential Adversaries? What way ahead?
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

The Trigger Event
The morning chill on the 21stof Jan 22 got broken with a ‘warm’ news from the DRDO announcing the successful test firing of the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile from its test range in Odisha. While many will see th....

February 23, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , BrahMos , Babur , cruise missiles , Nirbhay , Chinese cruise missile threat , Pakistan cruise missile threat
Strategic Leadership and Perspective Planning Workshop by VIF, Army War College and IIM, Indore

The VIF in collaboration with Army War College/Army Training Command and IIM Indore organised a "Strategic Leadership and Perspective Planning" capsule for three days from 24 to 26 November 2021 at the VIF in physical mode. There were 16 to 18 recent....

February 04, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Seminars , Army , NITI Aayog , military , Strategic Leadership
Making a Sense of Chinese Hypersonic Threat- The Big Picture
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Hypersonic Weapons – ‘the New Age Arsenal’
Hypersonic weapons are ‘big news’ these days. One of the virtues that has propelled these so called ‘new age weapons’ to high eminence is the claim that these are ‘unstoppable’ ....

January 28, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Chinese threat , hypersonic missiles , Chinese hypersonic threat , Chinese missile threat
Defence Exports: Challenges, Opportunities and Imperatives
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Premise
This work is based on the premise that the current level of defence exports in India is well short of its stipulated targets and there is a need for revamping the same.
Layout
The analysis is laid out as under:- ....

October 06, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Defence Exports , DPEPP 2020 , India’s export targets , Export promotion , boosting defence exports
Corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board –An Analysis
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

A Bold Decision – Govt Walks the Talk
Something big happened on 16 June 2021. In a run time of less than a year from first open announcement, the Govt of India has gone ahead to approve the Corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board ....

August 13, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Corporatisation of OFB , OFB makeover , OFB transformation , Govt announces corporatisation , OFB workers go on strike
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