Lt Gen A B Shivane

The author, a PVSM, AVSM, VSM has had an illustrious career spanning nearly four decades. A distinguished Armoured Corps officer, he has served in various prestigious staff and command appointments including Commander Independent Armoured Brigade, ADG PP, GOC Armoured Division and GOC Strike 1. The officer retired as DG Mechanised Forces in December 2017 during which he was the architect to initiate process for reintroduction of Light Tank and Chairman on the study on C5ISR for Indian Army. Subsequently he was Consultant MoD/OFB from 2018 to 2020. He is also a reputed defence analyst, a motivational speaker and prolific writer on matters of military, defence technology and national security. The views expressed are personal and do not necessarily carry the views of Raksha Anirveda

Military Reforms Require Soul Searching

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  The rapid transformation in society, geopolitics and the character of war will require a deeper understanding of the larger construct of warfare. Legacy structures, processes and doctrines are increasingly at odds with emerging realities....

Military Leadership Challenges in the Future Technology Embedded Battlespace

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  “The greatest victories that have been won in war do not depend upon a simple superiority of technology, but rather on a meshing of one side’s advantages with the other’s weakness so as to...

Decoding the Dimensions of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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  A history is a place of reference, not residence. Yet many times history has contextual lessons for the present and future. The tragedy of the Ukrainian conflict is embedded in the historical past. In...

Defence Budget 2022 – Hits and Misses

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  Defence and Development are two sides of the same coin and a trajectory in the growth of a nation. Both these are capital heavy investments with competing demands and thus require a fine balance....

Let 2022 be the Year of Indian Military Transformation

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  The rapid transformation in society, culture, technology and globalisation has altered the geopolitics and geo-economics canvas that has impacted warfare. While the traditional linkages between conflict, victory and politics remain, the mechanisms driving these...

Land Forces Capability Development – A Strategic Outlook

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  India’s Perilous Security Canvas: In the present geopolitical melee, the tools of strategic coercion, border activation, and proxy war are finding new ways to achieve the desired end. Closer home, the collusive trio of a...

The Battle of Zojila – Nov 1, 1948 and How Ladakh was Saved

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SALUTE YOU SIR WE LEAD A Day of Remembrance First November is a historic date in the nation’s post-independence history yet remains buried in the past. Today 73 years ago, one of the greatest battles were fought...

C5ISR – Imperative Need for a Focused Approach

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  C5ISR (Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Combat Systems, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) capability is a weapon to achieve asymmetry in warfare. It enables superior situational awareness to shorten the OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide, Act) loop...

Indian Military Strategy And Deterrence Paradox

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  Global Security Canvas and Future Threats The geopolitical fragility weakened by the pandemic and the fundamental transformation in the global landscape has cast security challenges around the Asian landmass and the oceanic tides of the...

Defence Budget 2021-22: Less Bucks Can’t Bring Big Bangs

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  The Defence Budget FY 2021-22 has been a damper to national defence with the realities of its inadequacies far outweighing the politically stated positives. Indeed it is well understood that to revive the economy,...

Aligning Atmanirbhar Bharat to Calibrated Defence Modernisation Strategy

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    NATIONAL SECURITY CONSTRUCT AND ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT: India’s strategic security canvas, if not perilous, is fragile and susceptible to escalating threats to national security. Both on the western and northern front we face adversaries who...

Abrogation of Article 370 Turns One: A Strategic Review

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The first anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution presents an occasion to introspect its impact and fallouts. It marked possibly the boldest history course correction since Independence, a...

India-China-Pakistan: The Triangle of Strategic Instability

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The Triangle of Volatility The India-China-Pakistan strategic triangle is one of the most volatile and dangerous structure symbolised by disparate ideology yet mutually influencing relationship, deeply rooted and intertwined in historical contradictions. This triangle accounts...
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