Col Alok Mathur SM

-The writer is an Indian Army veteran and a defence analyst. He has keen interest in Geo-strategic affairs and writes regularly on internal and external affairs issues related to India and neighbours. The views expressed are personal and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda

Operation Meghdoot – The Saga of Valour and Sacrifice

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  Siachen - the highest battlefield in the world, is located in the eastern Karakoram ranges of the Himalayas in the Union Territory of Ladakh. Siachen often called the Third Pole -- is also known as...

Heroes of Kargil War 1999

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  On 26 July 1999, 23 years ago, the guns fell silent after 83  days of intense fighting in the Ladakh and Karakoram ranges in the Himalayas. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee admired the valour...

Amarnath Yatra: A Memorable Visit to the Holy Cave

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  The Amarnath Temple is one of the most sacred Hindu shrines located at an altitude of 3,888 m in the Pir Panjal Ranges of the mighty Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir. It is mentioned...

Group Seven 48th Summit at Rhineland Target Russia

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  Schloss Elmau, a grand four-storey national monument built in 1916 by Johannes Muller and architect Carl Sattler at Krun town, Bavaria Alps in southern Germany, is the venue of the 48th G7 Summit from...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: The Land of Frontier Gandhi

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  Frontier Gandhi Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan was born in Utmanzai, a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), located in the north-western mountainous region of Pakistan. This province shares a border with Afghanistan in the west...

Balochistan: The Lost Frontier of Pakistan

Col Alok Mathur SM -
Balochistan is one of the four constituents of Pakistan, our immediate western neighbour. Punjab, Sindh, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are the other three. Balochistan, located in the southwestern region, is the largest in terms of...

AFSPA: Life Jacket for the Armed Forces

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  The circumstances went beyond control in Naga Hills Tract, then part of Assam, in 1948, as the Naga National Council  (NNC) under Dr Angami Zapu Phizo announced the formation of the Nagalim federal government...

Fondly Called Flying Tiger, LCH is India’s New Attack Helicopter

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  India’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) declared on March 30 that the prime minister-led Cabinet Committee on Security had cleared the first-ever contract for the production of 15 indigenously designed and manufactured Light Combat Helicopters...

Indian Navy’s Condors are Airborne

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  In the morning hours of March 29, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar announced the commissioning of the second Naval squadron (INAS 316) equipped with P8I, long-range maritime reconnaissance multi-role aircraft, in...

Operation Ganga, a Ray of Hope for Indians Stuck in the Ukraine Warzone

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  The first C-17 Globemaster lll of the Indian Air Force was cleared off by the Hindan Air Traffic Control for its relief mission to Bucharest, Romania, the southwestern neighbour of Ukraine carrying essential medicines,...

OPERATION BANDAR: Three Years of Avenging Pulwama

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  Three years ago, on February 26, 2019 at 0130 hour, Air Traffic Control (ATC) of an Indian Air Force (IAF) Airbase, somewhere in Central India cleared Twelve Dassault Mirages 2000 H (Vajras) of Battle...

Russia Ukraine Stand Off

Col Alok Mathur SM -
United States President Joe Biden said on Jan 28, 2022 that he will deploy American troops in Eastern Europe soon along with other NATO allies in the ongoing face off with Russia on Ukraine....

BRAHMOS: The Success Story of Indian Cruise Missile

Col Alok Mathur SM -
  On January 11, 2022, supersonic BRAHMOS NV was test fired from Indian Navy Ship, INS Vishakhapatnam - a stealth guided missile destroyer somewhere in Bay of Bengal and precisely hit the designated target almost...
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