Rakesh Krishnan Simha, Author at raksha-anirveda.com

Fighting The 2.5-Front War: Innovation is the Key

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - March 21, 2022

The term “two and a half front war” pertains to the Indian armed forces preparing to simultaneously fight conventional wars to the North and West, while also battling any insurgency that might be ongoing...

Czar Phobia: Why Vladimir Putin is the Man the West Loves to Hate

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - March 14, 2022

The West – or more precisely the Anglo-American axis – hates Vladimir Putin’s guts because they can’t stand an independent leader who works for his country’s best interests. They got Salvador Allende of Chile...

War In Europe: How Ukraine Is Paying the Price for Bear-Baiting

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - February 28, 2022

The US and its Western cronies such as Canada, Britain, Turkey and Estonia have trained and armed the Ukrainian military for well over a decade and yet Kiev is unable to put up a...

Project Ukraine: How the West created a new Pakistan in Europe

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - February 21, 2022

The Germans called it Sitzkrieg. Literally phony war, it means a phase of a war in which there is little or no active warfare. It is now happening on the Ukraine border where reportedly...

Target Pakistan: Why India Is Deploying The First S-400 Air Defence System In Adampur

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - January 18, 2022

Russia has started deliveries of the powerful S-400 air defence system to India, and the first battalion will be deployed in Adampur, near the western border. The second battalion will also be Pakistan focused...

Tactical Innovation: How the Humble Drone Became a War Winner

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - January 15, 2022

Place: Ukraine / Time: July 2014 Two large mechanised brigades and an air mobile brigade of the Ukrainian Army assembled near the town Zelenopillya near the Russian border. Together they possessed hundreds of soldiers, tanks,...

Gunboat Diplomacy: Revisiting the USS Enterprise Incident

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - December 15, 2021

During the 1971 War, as the Indian Army launched its blitzkrieg to liberate East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) – where the Pakistan Army had committed the genocide of 3 million citizens and raped at least...

Why The Small Missile Boat Is A Great Equaliser

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - December 4, 2021

Admiral Sergei Gorshkov was arguably the greatest naval strategist of the 20th century. In his book, ‘The Sea Power of the State’, the man who transformed the Russian Navy into a global force, wrote:...

Army Air Defence: Trends And Technologies

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - November 28, 2021

Wars have changed, and this is especially true for the Indian Army. In previous wars, its primary aerial threat was the enemy air force, which was tackled by the Indian Air Force and the...

S-400 Triumf: How This Missile Could Transform the Aerial Battlespace

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - November 19, 2021

The year is 2022. A posse of F-16 jet fighters takes off from the main Pakistan Air Force (PAF) base in Sargodha. Approximately 300 km east, at the Indian Air Force (IAF) base in...

Future-Proofing the Flanker: Why an Upgrade is Critical for the Sukhoi Su-30

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - October 18, 2021

The formidable Sukhoi Su-30 MKI has been in service with the Indian Air Force (IAF) for nearly 20 years and needs a major upgrade to remain relevant to future air warfare. Codenamed Flanker by...

Information as Weapon: Why Communications are the Lynchpin of the Air-Land Battle

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - September 25, 2021

A key objective during war is to neutralise the enemy’s war potential by every possible means and to protect one’s own. How military forces – deployed in the air and on the surface – achieve...

Afghanistan Redux: Why You Should Learn To Stop Worrying and Start Liking the Taliban

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - August 30, 2021

Let me make it clear from the get go that I don’t like the Taliban the way lunatic jehadis in Pakistan – and nearer home – admire them. I kind of tolerate them like...