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Undissuasive In 1971 India was a poor country with strong Armed Forces. It halved Pakistan, created Bangladesh and cocked a snook at USA. Seventh Fleet threatening to intervene in Pakistan’s favour was taken in stride....

  The Sino Indian standoff is logjammed. All talks and parlays are leading nowhere. Progress is incremental. The long haul will be a test of Indian stamina. Meanwhile experts - national and international as also...

  It is more than a year since the abrogation of Article 370. A lot has been said. Commentaries commemorating the anniversary abound. Some experts painted deterioration. Some painted no change. Some expressed hope in...

Beggars can’t be choosers. However, they do have a choice of place for begging. Yesterday, Pakistan begged at the US, Saudi and Gulf street corners. Today it is the Chinese, Turkish, and Malaysian street...

The Indian Army is making incremental, but confused, progress in upgrading its depreciated artillery profile that has languished gravely since the import of Bofors howitzers in the late 1980s as per Rahul Bedi in...

On May 16 this year, the Government announced the decision to corporatise Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to improve its autonomy, accountability and efficiency. It evoked overwhelming response from the Armed Forces who felt that...

  The current Sino Indian standoff has highlighted the lack of a suitable tank for high altitudes.The tank is required not only for defending our territory but also for carrying out any offensive into China....

Civilizations, Empires and Superpowers. We have seen many civilizations-Greek, Persian, Chinese, Indus Valley, Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Roman, Islamic, Mayan, Inca and more. Similarly, many great empires have risen and fallen- the Ottoman, Persian, Spanish, Hapsburgs,...

India has reinforced the LAC with 35000 troops. It is considering banning more Chinese apps. Chinese entities are being excluded from – telecom, railways, non-essentials, infrastructure and more. Our stance against the Chinese is hardening....

An article titled ’Military Mediocrity – Who Will Bell The Cat’ by Mr Mohan Guruswamy is doing the social media rounds.(published in the citizen.in). It paints the Indian Armed Forces leadership in poor light....

In an article on 5G I outlined how China is waging Multi Domain Warfare (MDW) with Huawei as one of its Trojan Horses. It evoked great response. It also evoked great concerns from some...

These days 5G and Huawei is in the news. Most people ask - why it is such a big affair? In most conversations about ‘5G’ it seems that it is wiser to say ‘Haan...

Current Scenario Earlier, I had written that the Chinese will start talking peace once the odds are against them. The standoffs had only two outcomes. They end at a table and China withdraws to resume as an unmanned...