India and China Confrontation: Probable Course of Action
At this stage there is bound to be a debate as to what are the options available to both India and China. Further courses of military action will be dependent Continue Reading
Ageing Helicopter Fleet of India
Adverse affects of decades of neglect of defence and negative defence budgets in actual terms under various governments are coming to fore, faced with the Chinese aggression. The Comptroller and Continue Reading
Why India had a Shoddy Infrastructure at LAC and What has Changed Now?
India’s highest altitude all-weather permanent bridge, christened after ‘Lion of Ladakh’ Col Chewang Rinchen, built on Shyok river at 14,650 feet.
Unrestricted Warfare 2.0: Is India Ready?
Article by Shantanu K. Bansal The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been deeply influenced by the means of carrying out ‘non-contact warfare’. The concept of unrestricted form of warfare is based on Continue Reading
Not Confronting Directly: Is China Trying to Exploit Hybrid Warfare Against India?
Money Laundering, Hawala, Cyber attacks, Information Warfare Etc. It is clear that China concentrated insufficient troops forward to make any deep penetrations across the LAC. Resorting to conventional operations in Continue Reading
Why Report on Capt Rajendra Nath’s 1952 Expedition to Aksai Chin is Classified To This Day
Army Chief Gen. Cariappa had sent a recon mission to Aksai Chin. The govt never made findings public. Intelligence reports from a variety of sources on the Chinese encroachment into Continue Reading
Why We Conduct ‘Night Trials’ of Strategic Missiles?
Article by Shantanu K. Bansal What is exceptional about “Night Trials” of strategic missiles? Isn’t it as same as “Day Trials”? What is the difference between the two? Strategic missiles Continue Reading
Why Nuclear Weapons Are Tested Again And Again?
Operational readiness is one of the key requirements in strengthening nuclear deterrence. India’s posture ‘credible minimum deterrence’ is only strengthened when nuclear delivery systems can pose a credible threat to Continue Reading
India’s Quest for MIRV Technology
India is also working on multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MIRVs). MIRVs would allow the missile to evade enemy missile defence system. Many sceptics are of the view that MIRVs Continue Reading
The General Who Knew That 1962 Is Going To Happen
But was ignored by the system..! Lt. Gen. SPP Thorat reported about China’s threat to India border on October 8, 1959. Thorat, then responsible for the Eastern Command, sent a Continue Reading