Rakesh Krishnan Simha, Author at raksha-anirveda.com

War of the Titans: Despite the Naysayers, It’s Advantage India Versus China

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - January 6, 2021

When the world’s largest democracy is pitted against the world’s largest autocracy, the clash will always be unpredictable. This is because each side has vastly divergent strategic thinking and different ways of dealing with...

Hypersonic Weapons: Why India Must Close the Technology Gap

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - September 17, 2020

On September 7, India successfully flight tested a hypersonic technology demonstrator vehicle (HSTDV), becoming the fourth country after the US, Russia and China to do so. According to the Defence Research and Development Organisation...

Pincer Movement: How the Quad Can Build a Great Wall against China

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - August 30, 2020

Years from now when communist China implodes like the former Soviet Union, analysts will look at the Galwan Valley clash as the tipping point that set in motion the chain of events that triggered...

How the Private Sector Can Enhance India’s Firepower

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - August 15, 2020

In 2009, long before Make in India became a popular buzzword in the defence industry, Mahindra Aerospace acquired a 75.1 per cent stake in Australian light aircraft manufacturer GippsAero, becoming the first – and...

French Fire: How the Rafale Could Ensure the IAF’s Air Dominance

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - July 29, 2020

T he first five Rafale fighter jets from France landed at the frontline Ambala airbase on July 29 after flying a circuitous 7,000 km journey from Paris, with a brief stopover in Dubai. By...

Kargil 1999: Pakistan’s Military Blunder, India’s Intelligence Failure, Strategic Gains

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - July 25, 2020

"With air support from the IAF, troops led by gallant young officers, the Indian Army recaptured the spurs, ridges and peaks, one by one. While following the news of recapture, my mind boggled: how...

Small Arms Development: Can Private Players Hit the Target?

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - July 17, 2020

The Indian Army is in the midst of a massive modernisation drive that will re-equip over a million troops with advanced personal arms. In parallel, the country’s paramilitary forces, comprising nearly a million soldiers,...

7.62 Versus 5.56: Selecting the Right Calibre

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - July 17, 2020

Perhaps the only good thing about the demise of the INSAS is that its comparatively smaller 5.56 mm calibre round is a liability in modern warfare. The Indian Army had long subscribed to the...

Multiple Misfires: India’s Elusive Quest For a Quality Rifle

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - July 17, 2020

The process to replace the glitch prone INSAS began more than a decade ago but has suffered multiple misfires. The primary reason was that those in charge of procurement kept changing the requirements. Had...

Defeating the Dragon: China is Dangerous but India is More Than a Match

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - May 31, 2020

Hundreds of skirmishes happen each year at the disputed and un-demarcated 3,488 km India-China border. In May 2020 once again the frontier heated up after Indian and Chinese troops got into a fistfight at...

Foxbat Fury: When Indian MiG-25s Flew Over Pakistan with Impunity

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - May 17, 2020

On May 13, an inaccurate blip on the flight tracking website Flightradar24 showed an Indian electronic intelligence (ELINT) gathering aircraft penetrating 100 km deep inside Pakistan and staying within enemy airspace for 10-15 minutes....

What Modern India Can Learn From The Mauryan Army

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - May 9, 2020

Megasthenes, the Greek ambassador to the court of emperor Chandragupta Maurya wrote in his book Indica that the Mauryan Army consisted of an astonishing 600,000 infantry, 30,000 cavalry, 9,000 elephants and an unnamed number...

Back to Chanakya: Why India Needs to Adopt the Mauryan Model of Government

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - April 29, 2020

In 326 BCE (Before the Common Era/ Current Era), Alexander of Macedon invaded India, and in alliance with three Indian kings In Punjab, established an Indo-Greek empire in the country's northwest. It was history's...