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Artillery, Infantry and Adyar

Dr Uddipan Mukherjee, PhD - August 24, 2021

Air Vice Marshal (Retd.) Arjun Subramaniam in his Full Spectrum (India’s Wars : 1972-2020) points out the ‘significant attrition on the Indians’ caused by the 105mm guns and howitzers used by the infiltrators during...

Leadership in the Indian Armed Forces: The Need for Merit

Lt Gen P R Shankar - August 21, 2021

The collapse of the ANA, the hasty withdrawal of USA and the rapid gains of Taliban in Afghanistan have major lessons for military and political leadership. ANA lost it completely due to poor motivation...

Post Covid Addictive Laziness

Maj Gen C P Singh - August 8, 2021

Addictive Laziness In the year 2020, COVID ripped across the world resulting in death, illness, burnout, isolation, and economic turmoil. As if, one onslaught was not enough, it came back with a volley of new...

Sino Indian Logjam and Tang Ping – The Geopolitical Dimension

Admin - August 6, 2021

The Road Ahead for Taliban

Lt Gen P R Shankar - August 6, 2021

Everyone expects Taliban, supported by Pakistan, which is backed by China to sweep into power in Afghanistan. That is the dark visage floating up. As the US forces are leaving the country, the current...

The Dark and Deep Woods of National Defence

Lt Gen P R Shankar - August 3, 2021

Former prime PM Manmohan Singh recently said ‘The road ahead is even more daunting than during the 1991 economic crisis and the nation would need to recalibrate its priorities to ensure a dignified life...

Sino Indian Logjam and Tang Ping

Lt Gen P R Shankar - August 1, 2021

Part 1 – The Military Dimension Reports have alluded to PLA transgressing the LAC and occupation of locations / heights in violation of accepted terms of the recent military agreements. One report also claimed that...

China in the Bull(y) Shop

Lt Gen P R Shankar - August 1, 2021

The 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party should have been a great celebration of ‘joie de vivre’ for the Chinese people. There were two shades to it. The media blitz kept promoting the...

Afghanistan: The Evolving Kaleidoscope For Pakistan and The Window for India

Lt Gen P R Shankar - July 17, 2021

As the US forces are exiting Afghanistan ahead of their timetable, the Taliban offensive has gained tempo in the northeast and south of the country. It is inexorably bringing the country closer to the...

Reorienting Indian Army for Theatrisation

Lt Gen P R Shankar - July 13, 2021

Multi Domain Operations (MDO) are changing battle spaces and the way wars are fought. The shift towards non-contact warfare is a palpable trend. In this milieu, India’s theatrisation drive has hit a speed bump...

Strategic Rail Link Between Lhasa And Nyingchi: A Wake Up Call for India

Col Alok Mathur SM - June 30, 2021

South China Morning Post reported on June 26, 2021 that the rail link between Lhasa and Nyingchi in China occupied Tibet (COT) was inaugurated on last Friday and is now operational. The first electric...

Aiming Without Arming

Lt Gen P R Shankar - June 28, 2021

India was a poor country in the decade prior to 1971. Two debilitating wars with China (1962) and Pakistan (1965), truant monsoons, high inflation, food shortages and imports dominated headlines. Five-year plans were suspended...

Sino Indian Logjam: The Strategic Gains and Implications of Galwan

Lt Gen P R Shankar - June 19, 2021

Galwan is a turning point in our history. It was India’s ‘Casabianca’ moment when our boys stood on the burning deck to turn tables. It was that moment in time when India and the...

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