Brig Anil Gupta With the fire-spitting dragon becoming aggressive by the day and two-front threat becoming almost a certainty, India needs to shed its historic “continentalist” mind set and transform from a military force to military power. In order to become a recognised military power India apart from strengthening its maritime power has also to develop non-kinetic warfare … [Read more...] about India also needs Anti Access Area Denial Capabilities
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Tejas: The radiance towards self reliance
Col. (Veteran) Alok Mathur On 04 February, 2001, the first prototype of the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) took off from Yalahanka Airbase for its maiden flight and returned safely in the presence of then Prime Minister of India, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The prime minister named the fighter aircraft “Tejas” which means radiance in Sanskrit. He … [Read more...] about Tejas: The radiance towards self reliance
Take away from the Augusta Westland thriller
Brig. (Retd) Sandeep Bhalla The nation has recently witnessed a hot debate and political activity on the Augusta Westland helicopter deal. While the UPA is desperately trying to ward off the heat the NDA is not missing any opportunity to highlight any real or imaginary omission/commission by their adversaries. This was good entertainment while it lasted and as expected there … [Read more...] about Take away from the Augusta Westland thriller
Ministry resorts to misleading leaks to embarrass services
Defenceinfo Bureau Report The Defence Ministry, after taking some proactive steps to render the service media establishments defunct, is now resorting to some deft media management to embarrass the services and their chiefs. On October, 29, 2012, the website of Times of India carried a comment titled, “Army procurement must be subject to stringent oversight.” The story related … [Read more...] about Ministry resorts to misleading leaks to embarrass services
Army-military overcome trust deficit: Defence acquisition worth Rs 20,000 crore cleared
Defenceinfo Bureau Report General Bikram Singh had, immediately on assuming the appointment of Army Chief, promised to reduce the prevailing tensions between the army and the ministry of defence and expressed confidence that he would be able to iron out all differences. It seems that he has made considerable progress on this front as is evident from the pace at which weapon … [Read more...] about Army-military overcome trust deficit: Defence acquisition worth Rs 20,000 crore cleared