–The writer is a former Indian Navy Submarine Officer. He is an underwater weapons and missile specialist and a deep sea diver. An alumni of DSCSC Mirpur, Dhaka, he has been Directing Staff of the prestigious DSSC, Wellington, Tamil Nadu and instructor at the Submarine Training Centre, INS Satavahana, Visakhapatnam. He regularly writes on military strategy, warfare and technologies. He is an active member of the Strategic Think Tank USI, STRIVE and the Chakra dialogues foundation. The views expressed in the paper are personal. He can be reached at sumit12in@gmail.com