Rakesh Krishnan Simha, Author at raksha-anirveda.com

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...

India’s Submarine Surge in the Indian Ocean

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - April 16, 2020

With the Indian Navy’s plan for a third aircraft carrier not likely to materialise, the biggest gainer could be the submarine fleet. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat has been quoted...

Sukhois Down Under: Targeting the PLA Navy

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - February 18, 2020

Basing the versatile and long-legged Sukhois armed with the air launched BrahMos in Thanjavur allows the Indian Air Force to strike at Chinese naval assets far out at sea. On January 20, the Indian Air...

Artillery Duel: Army Must Have a Good Mix of MRLS and Howitzers

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - January 14, 2020

Artillery is known as the God of War. It is the destructive power of artillery regiments that wins battles and influences the outcome of wars. Napoleon, the great exponent of land warfare, had declared:...

Case for the Aircraft Carrier: Critical Platform for India’s Security

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - December 4, 2019

The Indian Navy is currently down to a single aircraft carrier, the INS Vikramaditya. This means if the vessel suffers a boiler burst or has to undergo normal maintenance, the Navy may have to...

Flying into the Fifth Generation Future: How India’s Stealth Fighter is Taking Shape

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - October 30, 2019

Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Bhadauria’s statement that the advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA) has been given the go-ahead and that no imports of fifth generation fighter aircraft are planned indicates that India’s stealth fighter...

Going Ballistic: Why Imran Khan’s Nuclear Threats Are a Sign of Pakistani Impotence

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - September 8, 2019

Powerless to do anything after India revoked Article 370 and turned Jammu & Kashmir into a union territory, the Pakistani political-military leadership has been reduced to firing rockets on Twitter, trying to storm the...

Pakistan is Collapsing – Why India Must Turn up the Pressure!

Rakesh Krishnan Simha - August 2, 2019

Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister who has allowed the armed forces a free hand while dealing with Pakistan. For the first time since Independence, India has started responding to Islamabad’s terror...