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Reviewing J-K in the backdrop of an active Ladakh border
- July 6, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: Counter Insurgency, Military, Strategic Affairs
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With all the public focus on the LAC in Ladakh, there has hardly been any analysis of the situation in J&K even as the Union Territory approaches the first anniversary of the landmark decisions taken on August 5 last year. The decisions themselves being too well known, any recall of these may be unnecessary.
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Modi govt’s silence on China gave ‘satellite warriors’ a free run
- July 3, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: Domestic Issues, General Topics, Military
The Ladakh stand-off has boosted transparency, for it has given greater visibility to a species of information soldiers who could be described as ‘Satellite Warriors’.
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India must prepare for a multi-domain war
- July 3, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Kumar (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, Military, Strategic Affairs
China’s confrontation with India is not all about the boundary issue, but a political act to offset its present challenges, and demonstrate its rising comprehensive national power (CNP). The Communist Party of China (CPC) leadership that increasingly relies on nationalism for its legitimacy will not find it easy to make the compromises necessary for a boundary settlement.
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Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone prevails)
- July 3, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Categories: China, Military, Strategic Affairs
My thoughts are with Col Santosh Babu and our soldiers who sacrificed themselves for us in Galwan. Their bravery will be an example and inspiration for future generations of Indians.
They have given their today for our tomorrow.My heart goes to their families and near and dear ones. My salutes to them.
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National Security, Military Modernisation and Budgets
- June 30, 2020
- Posted by: Maj Gen Birender Dhanoa (Retd)
- Categories: General Topics, Military
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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Galwan: China’s Information War
- June 29, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Military, Strategic Affairs
In an unprecedented disregard for the prevalent peace and tranquility along the India-China Line of Actual Control (LAC), PLA troops transgressed the LAC at three locations in eastern Ladakh, forcing the Indian Army to prevent them from any ingress leading to faceoff at Galwan and Pangang Tso. Again in a first since 20 October 1975, 20 Indian soldiers made the supreme sacrifice at Galwan when implementing an agreement arrived at by top military commanders on 6 June 2020.
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Garnering Artificial Intelligence for Indian Armed Forces
- June 26, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Categories: General Topics, Military
There is a lot of discussion and action on artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies and how they will impact warfare. The Chinese White Paper on defence at the very outset mentions that the application of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), quantum information, big data, cloud computing and the Internet of things is gathering pace in the military field. Obviously, they are going to bet big on these subjects.
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India-China standoff : Need to be prepared for two-and-half front war (Part III of three-part series)
- June 26, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Kumar (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Foreign Affairs, Military, Strategic Affairs
“The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected,” Sun Tzu, The Art of War.
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Reimagining the Mountain Strike Corps
- June 25, 2020
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: Military, Strategic Affairs
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Lessons from History
- June 25, 2020
- Posted by: Brig Deepak Sinha (Retd)
- Categories: ASEAN & ARF, China, Foreign Affairs, Military, Strategic Affairs
At the turn of the 20th century, George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, writer and essayist, wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” We Indians possess a unique ability to wax eloquent on our civilisational heritage and yet remain remarkably ignorant, or pay little heed to, or learn from events that have occurred in the not too distant past.
