• Rebalancing forces against China: An ongoing process or a paradigm shift?

    • July 13, 2021
    • Posted by: Maj Gen Birender Dhanoa (Retd)
    • Category: India
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    A news report dated 28 June 2021 in Bloomberg makes the assertion that India has undertaken ‘a historic shift’ towards an offensive military posture against China by redirecting 50,000 additional troops (and new equipment) to its Northern border at different locations.

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  • Integrating unmanned platforms and enabling tech in India’s warfighting doctrine

    • March 26, 2021
    • Posted by: Maj Gen Birender Dhanoa (Retd)
    • Category: India
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    India has the capacity, intellect, and research facilities — within and outside of government — to develop and field systems faster than ever before.

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  • Why Ladakh needs Tanks

    • July 22, 2020
    • Posted by: Maj Gen Birender Dhanoa (Retd)
    • Categories: Military, Strategic Affairs
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    “First time since 1962 that tanks and mechanised elements urgently airlifted to Ladakh” reads a headline in The Tribune of 22 June 2020. “India’s (sic) shopping for lightweight mountain-friendly tanks post China tussles”, proclaims another eye-catching header in The Economic Times of 15 July 2020.

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  • National Security, Military Modernisation and Budgets

    • June 30, 2020
    • Posted by: Maj Gen Birender Dhanoa (Retd)
    • Categories: General Topics, Military
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    Unforeseen events have a tendency to upend all assumptions, and 2020, thus far, has turned out to be an “annus horribilis” in this regard for Indian defence planners. The global pandemic has squeezed economic activity, forcing a 20 percent reduction in defence spending for Q1, with the likelihood of it being extended for the entire FY.

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