Lt Gen Ashok Bhim 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

Forging Self-Reliance: Accelerating Indigenous Capability in India’s Defence Sector

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India stands at a critical juncture in its pursuit of strategic self-reliance. While the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative aims to shift the nation’s defence trajectory, the truth is more ambiguous. Despite policy declarations and assurances,...

Field Marshal Mullah Munir’s Nuclear Bluster in the US: Real Threat or An Echo of His Master’s Voice?

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The dinner in Tampa should have been a ceremonial evening, a polite gathering of diaspora members, dignitaries, and military leaders. Instead, it became a platform for one of the most explicit nuclear threats ever...

Swarm Wars and India’s Drone Imperative: From Sindoor to Strategic Supremacy

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Operation Sindoor marked a decisive leap in India’s warfighting evolution, where unmanned precision strikes, real-time ISR loops, and autonomous drone systems fused to deliver kinetic and psychological impact in record time. The operation not...

Reimagining the Kargil War in 2025

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The Kargil War, an armed conflict, was deceitfully waged by Pakistan at extreme high altitudes ranging from 15,000 to 18,000 feet in the Kargil district in Jammu and Kashmir. The courageous Indian soldiers engaged...

A Quiet Axis, A Loud Message: What China’s Trilateral Diplomacy Signals for India

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In diplomacy, symbolism often walks ahead of substance. To seasoned observers of South Asian diplomacy, the Kunming (a city in China) meeting between China, Pakistan, and Bangladesh was a low decibel, high impact signal....

Fordow and the Firestorm: Why India’s West Asia Moment Has Arrived

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A History That Refuses to Fade: For those watching the events of June 2025 unfold with shock, history offers little comfort. The United States’ latest kinetic venture is not an aberration but part of a...

The US-Pakistan Nexus: A Strategic Signal India Mustn’t Ignore

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Field Marshall Asim Munir, the architect of Pakistan’s terrorism factory, met President Trump over a luncheon meeting and is also expected to meet Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth during...

Op Rising Lion to Op Sindoor 2.0: Six Lessons for India’s Next Round

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The Era of Stand-off Attacks: At 06:30 a.m. on June 13,  2025, the Israel Defence Forces lit the desert sky with the opening salvo of Operation Rising Lion. More than two hundred fighters, many of them stealth F-35I...

The Terror State Leading the War on Terror? A Global Farce with Blood on Its Hands

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When a terror enabler like Pakistan is made vice-chair of the UN’s Counter-Terrorism Committee, it is not just hypocrisy, it is an act of betraying every victim of terror. Global justice has not just...

The Clash of Strategic Cultures in India’s Neighbourhood: Can Peace Ever Prevail?

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Every nation navigates its destiny not merely through weapons and alliances, but through an invisible compass called strategic culture. It is a deep imprint - shaped by history, belief systems, geography, and national traumas...

Defining Victory in Operation Sindoor: From Firepower to Psychological Dominance

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The brutal terror attack in Pahalgam was not just another tragic entry in the long history of violence in Kashmir. India’s response under Operation Sindoor was a loud, calculated signal — a move on...

Digital Blades and Silent Strikes: How Operation Sindoor Redefined India’s Warfighting Paradigm

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In the early hours of May 7, 2025, the nature of conflict in South Asia changed forever. Operation Sindoor, India’s swift and high-precision military response to the gruesome Pahalgam terror attack, gave a clear...

Sindoor Is the New Red Line: India’s Unmistakable Strategic Message

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Operation Sindoor marks a watershed moment in India’s history and the nation's responses to terrorism. It was not a mere continuation of the past trajectory — it was a transformational leap, an inflection point....
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