IN THIS VOLUME:- Editorial The Indian Ocean – Future Challenges —Air Cmde Jasjit Singh Civil Power and the Army — Lt Gen SK Sinha The Rationalisation of Para Military Forces —Lt Gen ML Chibber Internal Security and CI Operations in Urban Areas — Lt Gen PN Kathpalia Nuclear War in South Asia – The Worth Case —Maj Gen Satinder Singh Medical Support of the Ground Forces in NBC Warfare — Col KP Saksena Military Budgetting and National Security — Brig NB Grant The Computer and its Effects on Management from Army to Regimental Level — Col BS Ramdas The Afghan Problem and South Asian Perceptions — IDR Research Team An Indian MBT for the 21st Century — IDR Research Team Window on Pakistan – Turbulence in Sind — Samuel Baid Weapons and Technology — Maj Gurmeet Kanwal Letter to Editor
In this Volume Pakistan's Military Compulsions in the Coming Decade – Lt Gen E A Vas Modernisation of the Chinese Military – Imperatives and Implications – Air Cmde Jasjit Singh Soviet Threat Perceptions and Military Strategy – Brig J S Nagra Senior Military Leaders in India – Lt Gen ML Chibber Class Composition of the Army – Lt Gen SK Sinha Use of Air Power in Short Duration Wars – Lt Cmde Jasjit Singh Maritime Strategy in the Nineties – IDR Research Team The US Land Forces – An Appraisal (1984-88) – IDR Research Team Operational Concepts of the Air Land Battle and Corps Operations 1986 – IDR Research Team Integration of Defence R&D with the Services – The Organisational and Psychological Aspects – Brig N B Grant A well tried-out Management System – The Indian Army – Lt Gen AM Sethna Operational Eagle Claw – The Abortive attempt by US Commandos to rescue US Hostages in Iran – Brig OP Sabherwal Operation El Dorado Canyon – US Air Attack on Libya – Major Vijay Tiwathia Terrorism – IDR Research Team Psychiatric Casualties – A Modern Menace – Major Gurmeet Kanwal Window on Pakistan – Samuel Baid Aviation Notes Naval Notes Letters to the Editors - Do we need Aircraft Carriers? - Army Officers Corps in Crisis
IN THIS VOLUME: IDR Comment • Terrorism: Punjab • Insurgency Movements: Manipur • Tripura • Secessionist Movement: Gorkhaland • Non-Secessionist Movements: • Jharkhand • Uttarkhand • Defence Deals: The Bofors controversy • The HDW submarine deal • Sri Lanka • Pakistan • China • Siachen Interview with General K. Sundarji. Chief of the Army Staff The Air Land Battle doctrine: Implication and application – Air Cmde Jasjit Singh The changing rhythm of war: Evolution of army aviation – Lt Gen E A Vas Airborne forces: In search of a strategic concept – Brig Vivek Sapatnekar Land warfare in the sub-continent: The Indian quest for doctrine – Maj G D Bakshi Strike Corps offensive operation: Imperatives for success – Maj Gurmeet Kanwal The state of armour • An appraisal – IDR Research Team • MBT-90 – Col Ashok Puri • India’s MBT ‘Arjun’ – IDR Research Team • Progress on MBT ‘Arjun’ – IDR Research Team Insurgency in China – IDR Research Team Management of intelligence at the national level – Lt Gen P N Kathpalia Career management of military officers – Lt Gen M L Chibber “The safety, honour and welfare of the men you command...” – IDR Research Team Defence perspectives for India: Socio-economic factors and internal stability – Cmde Raja Menon The subcontinent's nuclear ledgers are getting critical and complicated: An appreciation – Cmde Ranjit Rai Jewish terrorists and Arab exodus: Politico-military lessons for India – IDR Research Team
The Indian Defence Review is a fledging effort towards keeping the public Informed on defence and related issues. As a start we intend to publish the Review biannually, in January and July each year. We have been able to enlist the support of contributors of the highest prestige and qualifications as evident from the list of contents in this, the inaugural issue, we expect to maintain this high quality and further broaden the scope of coverage. We would welcome articles on defence and related subjects from defence planners and scientists for subsequent issues of the Review. Letters to the Editor with regard to the contents of the Review and the views expressed therein will be carried beginning with the July 1986 issue. In this Volume India’s Nuclear Options in the 1990s and its Effect on India’s Armed Forces — Lt Gen EA Vas Higher Defence Organisation in India — Lt Gen SK Sinha Introduction of National Service in India for Defence and Development — Lt Gen Dr ML Chibber Towards Deterrence: Conventional Air Power in the 1990s — Air Cmde Jasjit Singh The Rapid Deployment Force for India: A new concept in First Strike Strategy — Lt Gen Mathew Thomas A Doctrine for Mechanised Warfare in the Indian Subcontinent — Lancer The Poor Bloody Infantry — Footslogger The Airborne Assault Operations at Tangail—Indo-Pak Conflict 1971 — Lt Gen Mathew Thomas The War in Afghanistan: A view on current Soviet Weapons and Equipment — Observer Decision making process in the Defence Services — Air Cmde RJM Upot An Officer and a Gentleman: Changing Pattern of Military Leadership Values — Brig NB Grant Artillery as a Combat Support Arm in the Battlefield milieu of the 1990s — Maj Gurmeet Kanwal Insurgency and Counter Insurgency: The Anatomy of an Insurgent Movement and Countermeasures — Pegasus Intelligence—Problems and Possible Solutions — Lt Gen PN Kathpalia Rationalisation of Security Forces in India —Jaswant Singh
IN THIS VOLUME IDR COMMENT PUNJAB • PAKISTAN • SUPERSESSIONS Interview with Admiral R.H. Tahiliani The Battlefield Environment in AD 2000 – IDR Research Team Infantry in the Battlefield of AD 2000 – Brigadier O.P. Kaushik, VSM Lessons from Sri Lanka: A Sub-continental Experiment in Power Projection – IDR Research Team The Siachen Impasse – Captain S.S. Ahlawat The India-China Syndrome: The Second Round – IDR Research Team Studies in Low-intensity Conflict: The Tibetan Rebellion – IDR Research Team Cutting the Army Down to Size: A Large Standing Army vs A Small, Mobile, Hard-hitting Force – Brigadier S.B.L. Kapoor Operational Art: An Important Component of Military Art – Brigadier Jasbir Singh Nagra Frank Carlucci's Visit to India and India's Options – Lt Gen H. Kaul, PVSM, AVSM Joint Air attackteams: Integration of AAH and FGA Missions as a Combat Force Multiplier – Major Gurmeet Kanwal The Cyclic Nature of Artillery Tactics: Some Relevant Lessons from Military History – Major P.K. Gautam Manpower Planning and Career Management – Air Marshal Vir Narain, PVSM Cadre Reviews: A Psychosis of Rank – Brigadier N.B. Grant, AVSM The Threat from Within: A Perspective of Insurgency in India – Brigadier Vivek Sapatnekar Peasant Agitation and Internal Security – Lieutenant Colonel Shyam Singh Training for War: Myth and Substance – IDR Research Team The Indian Soldier: Cornerstone of our Democracy – Colonel C.L. Proudfoot Weapons and Equipment State: Are we Getting our Money's worth? – IDR Research Team Armour Update – IDR Research Team Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle for AD 2010 – Colonel NA Ansari IDR Mail • General Sundarji: Media Myth or Military Hero? The Kiss of Death and the Sundarli Inheritance
The Indian Defence Review is a fledging effort towards keeping the public Informed on defence and related issues. As a start we intend to publish the Review biannually, in January and July each year. We have been able to enlist the support of contributors of the highest prestige and qualifications as evident from the list of contents in this, the inaugural issue, we expect to maintain this high quality and further broaden the scope of coverage. We would welcome articles on defence and related subjects from defence planners and scientists for subsequent issues of the Review. Letters to the Editor with regard to the contents of the Review and the views expressed therein will be carried beginning with the July 1986 issue. In this Volume India’s Nuclear Options in the 1990s and its Effect on India’s Armed Forces — Lt Gen EA Vas Higher Defence Organisation in India — Lt Gen SK Sinha Introduction of National Service in India for Defence and Development — Lt Gen Dr ML Chibber Towards Deterrence: Conventional Air Power in the 1990s — Air Cmde Jasjit Singh The Rapid Deployment Force for India: A new concept in First Strike Strategy — Lt Gen Mathew Thomas A Doctrine for Mechanised Warfare in the Indian Subcontinent — Lancer The Poor Bloody Infantry — Footslogger The Airborne Assault Operations at Tangail—Indo-Pak Conflict 1971 — Lt Gen Mathew Thomas The War in Afghanistan: A view on current Soviet Weapons and Equipment — Observer Decision making process in the Defence Services — Air Cmde RJM Upot An Officer and a Gentleman: Changing Pattern of Military Leadership Values — Brig NB Grant Artillery as a Combat Support Arm in the Battlefield milieu of the 1990s — Maj Gurmeet Kanwal Insurgency and Counter Insurgency: The Anatomy of an Insurgent Movement and Countermeasures — Pegasus Intelligence—Problems and Possible Solutions — Lt Gen PN Kathpalia Rationalisation of Security Forces in India —Jaswant Singh
In this Volume Pakistan's Military Compulsions in the Coming Decade – Lt Gen E A Vas Modernisation of the Chinese Military – Imperatives and Implications – Air Cmde Jasjit Singh Soviet Threat Perceptions and Military Strategy – Brig J S Nagra Senior Military Leaders in India – Lt Gen ML Chibber Class Composition of the Army – Lt Gen SK Sinha Use of Air Power in Short Duration Wars – Lt Cmde Jasjit Singh Maritime Strategy in the Nineties – IDR Research Team The US Land Forces – An Appraisal (1984-88) – IDR Research Team Operational Concepts of the Air Land Battle and Corps Operations 1986 – IDR Research Team Integration of Defence R&D with the Services – The Organisational and Psychological Aspects – Brig N B Grant A well tried-out Management System – The Indian Army – Lt Gen AM Sethna Operational Eagle Claw – The Abortive attempt by US Commandos to rescue US Hostages in Iran – Brig OP Sabherwal Operation El Dorado Canyon – US Air Attack on Libya – Major Vijay Tiwathia Terrorism – IDR Research Team Psychiatric Casualties – A Modern Menace – Major Gurmeet Kanwal Window on Pakistan – Samuel Baid Aviation Notes Naval Notes Letters to the Editors - Do we need Aircraft Carriers? - Army Officers Corps in Crisis
IN THIS VOLUME:- Editorial The Indian Ocean – Future Challenges —Air Cmde Jasjit Singh Civil Power and the Army — Lt Gen SK Sinha The Rationalisation of Para Military Forces —Lt Gen ML Chibber Internal Security and CI Operations in Urban Areas — Lt Gen PN Kathpalia Nuclear War in South Asia – The Worth Case —Maj Gen Satinder Singh Medical Support of the Ground Forces in NBC Warfare — Col KP Saksena Military Budgetting and National Security — Brig NB Grant The Computer and its Effects on Management from Army to Regimental Level — Col BS Ramdas The Afghan Problem and South Asian Perceptions — IDR Research Team An Indian MBT for the 21st Century — IDR Research Team Window on Pakistan – Turbulence in Sind — Samuel Baid Weapons and Technology — Maj Gurmeet Kanwal Letter to Editor
IN THIS VOLUME: IDR Comment • Terrorism: Punjab • Insurgency Movements: Manipur • Tripura • Secessionist Movement: Gorkhaland • Non-Secessionist Movements: • Jharkhand • Uttarkhand • Defence Deals: The Bofors controversy • The HDW submarine deal • Sri Lanka • Pakistan • China • Siachen Interview with General K. Sundarji. Chief of the Army Staff The Air Land Battle doctrine: Implication and application – Air Cmde Jasjit Singh The changing rhythm of war: Evolution of army aviation – Lt Gen E A Vas Airborne forces: In search of a strategic concept – Brig Vivek Sapatnekar Land warfare in the sub-continent: The Indian quest for doctrine – Maj G D Bakshi Strike Corps offensive operation: Imperatives for success – Maj Gurmeet Kanwal The state of armour • An appraisal – IDR Research Team • MBT-90 – Col Ashok Puri • India’s MBT ‘Arjun’ – IDR Research Team • Progress on MBT ‘Arjun’ – IDR Research Team Insurgency in China – IDR Research Team Management of intelligence at the national level – Lt Gen P N Kathpalia Career management of military officers – Lt Gen M L Chibber “The safety, honour and welfare of the men you command...” – IDR Research Team Defence perspectives for India: Socio-economic factors and internal stability – Cmde Raja Menon The subcontinent's nuclear ledgers are getting critical and complicated: An appreciation – Cmde Ranjit Rai Jewish terrorists and Arab exodus: Politico-military lessons for India – IDR Research Team
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