Chief of Defence Services (CDS) Archives

Integration of Technology into Military Operations is Becoming Critical, Combat Between Machines and Humans Likely in Future Warfare: CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

RA Editorial Desk - November 14, 2024

New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan has emphasised the need for the Indian military to prepare for a future where combat may increasingly occur between machines and humans. He highlighted...

CDS Gen Anil Chauhan on Visit to France to Further Reinforce Robust India-France Defence Ties

Admin - April 22, 2024

New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan has proceeded on an official visit to France to further reinforce the robust defence ties between the two nations, which have gained considerable momentum...

Avionics Expo 2023 Unfolds Key Insights into the Evolving Landscape of Military Technology

Admin - December 8, 2023

New Delhi: Showcasing Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd’s (HAL) rich legacy in the design, development, and production of diverse avionics, the Avionics Expo 2023 unfolded on December 7 at the Dr Ambedkar International Centre in New...

Orchestrating the Theatre of War

Lt Gen Prakash Katoch - July 15, 2023

According to a Press Information Bureau (PIB) release on June 18, a ‘Chintan Shivir,’ organised by the Ministry of Defence (ministry), deliberated upon various issues such as national security, cyber security, information security policy,...

Proposed Theatre Commands Structure to Finally Take Off with Army, Navy, IAF On Board

Admin - June 29, 2023

New Delhi: The Army, Navy and Indian Air Force (IAF) are “99 per cent” on board after months of dithering, multiple plans and objections, and in agreement with the broad contours of the theatre...

Defence Diplomacy Must Find Its Rightful Place in India’s Global Trajectory

Lt Gen A B Shivane - April 19, 2023

The 21st Century poses multiple, complex, and dynamic global security challenges that nation-states face today. The world is seeing a transition to a multi-alignment world order shaped by intensified competition for resources and markets...

Indian Navy Planning Partial Leasing of Private Shipyard

Admin - March 14, 2020

New Delhi: Facing shortage of funds to create a strategic naval base on the Eastern Coast, the Indian Navy is reportedly planning to partially lease a private shipyard to berth its new aircraft carrier. The...

An Approach to the Af-Pak Region

Admin - March 10, 2020

The Af-Pak region has come into focus with the US-Taliban Deal. It is the start to the impending reduction and eventual exit of US forces from the region. This deal has taken place in...

CDS Says India Looking for Separate Theatre Command for J and K

Admin - February 17, 2020

New Delhi: In a move aimed at strengthening defence along the Indo-Pak border, the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat on February 17 said India was looking at setting up a separate theatre...

Armed Forces at 58 and Aspirational Young India at 70

Lt Gen P R Shankar - February 15, 2020

The feedback I got on the article ‘1/3rd Fauji Retirement at 58' was illuminating and educative. It brought forth some fundamental issues which are relevant and must be considered before a case is taken...

Modernising Armed Forces on Contracting Budgets

Lt Gen P R Shankar - February 3, 2020

Smell the Anasthesia As per Economic Times, the outlay for defence in the budget has been hiked by 5.8 per cent over the last year’s budget outlay. It is an increase of 1.9 per cent...

Military Lessons from a Stalemate

Lt Gen P R Shankar - January 10, 2020

The US-Iran Spat in Brief On December 31, 2019, supporters of Iran backed militia attacked the US embassy in Baghdad. It was in retaliation to an US airstrike on a camp of an Iran backed...

CDS to Have 37 Secretaries, to Head Department of Military Affairs

Admin - January 10, 2020

New Delhi: In what may appear to be heading towards becoming another government ministry run by bureaucrats, the newly-created Department of Military Affairs headed by Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat will...