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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...

War Waging Ways

Lt Gen P R Shankar - January 9, 2020

The targeted killing of Maj Gen Soleimani through a drone attack has set the social media abuzz. However, this comment by one veteran was reflective of our situation. “See the use of modern intelligence...

CDS Pushes for Inter-Services Jointness at First Meeting

Admin - January 2, 2020

New Delhi. Soon after assuming on January one, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat held the first meeting with Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQIDS) branch heads where he made a strong push for...

India, Myanmar Sign MoU on Defence Cooperation

Admin - July 29, 2019

New Delhi. India and Myanmar have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on defence co-operation. The signing of the MoU was witnessed by Minister of State (MoS) for Defence Shripad Yesso Naik and Senior General...