Rakesh Krishnan Simha, Author at raksha-anirveda.com

Survival Of The Strongest: India Needs A New Military Mindset

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - August 14, 2021

One of the earliest recorded attacks on India was by queen Semiramis, who ruled the Assyrian Empire during the years 811-806 BCE – or nearly 500 years before the invasion of Alexander of Macedon....

Dragon Trap: How India Can Shape an Alliance Against China

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - July 16, 2021

Can the expansionist communist regime in China be brought down in our lifetime? Can anyone stop the salami slicing policies of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)? Is there hope for the 1.4 billion Chinese...

MILITARY HISTORY Greek Tragedy: Alexander’s Failed Invasion of India

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - May 31, 2021

In 326 BCE, a formidable European army invaded India. Led by Alexander of Macedon it comprised battle hardened Macedonian soldiers, Greek cavalry, Balkan fighters and Persians allies. Estimates of the number of fighting men...

MiG-21 Crash: Why the Bison Belongs In the Boneyard – Not In the Air?

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - May 23, 2021

On May 22, a MiG-21 Bison jet flown by Squadron Leader Abhinav Choudhary was on a routine training sortie and was returning to Suratgarh when it crashed in a field near Moga, Punjab. In...

Gunboat Diplomacy: Biden-Kamala Behind the US Navy Intrusion off Lakshadweep

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - April 18, 2021

On April 7, the US Navy guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones entered India's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) without requesting India’s prior consent and conducted manoeuvres approximately 130 nautical miles (240 km) west...

Future Firepower: IAF Fleet Should Reflect India’s New Punitive Strikes Policy

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - April 17, 2021

The Indian Air Force has a total strength of 1,276 aircraft, including 434 combat/air superiority jets and 102 ground attack planes. Although the IAF remains the fourth largest air force in the world, its...

Reforms that will Help India Speed up Indigenisation of Defence Manufacturing and Boost Atmanirbhar Bharat

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - April 16, 2021

Government's 'Make in India' initiative, as far as the aerospace and defence sectors are concerned, has certainly gathered momentum over the last year. The opening up of the defence sector to privatisation through the...

Terminator Troops: How Autonomous Robots Can Help India Win Wars and Defeat Terrorists

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - April 12, 2021

T he body count of counter insurgency operations in India makes disturbing reading. In April 2010, 76 CRPF policemen were killed in an ambush by Maoist terrorists in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. In February 2019, 40 Indian...

BRAHMOS: New Versions Are Faster, Stealthier, Deadlier

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - March 22, 2021

BRAHMOS has been described as the “Brahmastra for the Indian armed forces”. The supersonic cruise missile is not quite in the same league as the mighty weapon of Lord Brahma, but it is certainly...

Mission BrahMos: How India Got the World’s Most Powerful Cruise Missile

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - March 9, 2021

The history of arms development in India is littered with the debris of numerous stalled projects. The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) project was 30 years late; the jet combat trainer has been shot down...

Revisiting Balakot: How the IAF Exposed Pakistan’s Window of Vulnerability

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - February 27, 2021

The daring raid by the Indian Air Force on February 26, 2019 in Balakot, deep inside Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, didn’t just destroy the training camps of the Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist group. More significantly, the strike...

Why the Indian Air Force Should Not Rush into Stealth

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - February 21, 2021

If there’s one area in which China has acquired a significant lead over India it is in the development of stealth fighters. While India’s Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) venture with Russia crash landed...

Air-To-Air Missiles: India’s Window of Vulnerability

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - February 8, 2021

On the afternoon of December 12, 1971, at the peak of the India-Pakistan War, two Lockheed F-104 Starfighters of the Pakistan Air Force crossed the Gujarat border on their way to attack the forward...