In this volume: Coup in Turkey Now in A Coop | Lt Gen JS Bajwa Fifth Generation Aircraft: Battlefield Air Support Mission | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Unmanned Full Scale Fighter Targets for Training and Ucav Technology Development | Sqn Ldr Vijainder K Thakur Women Join the Fighter Stream of the Iaf: Will it Work? | Gp Capt Joseph Noronha First Param Vir Chakra | Sumit Walia Military Aviation and the Indian Air Force | Dr Narender Yadav The Contours of Iddm: A User’s Perspective | Lt Gen VK Saxena Challenges to the Indo-Us Defence Relationship | Abhinav Dutta Aerospace and Defence News | Priya Tyagi About Wars of the Future | Artsrun Hovhannisyan Decision-Making in War: Recalling India’s Military History | Brigadier Amar Cheema China’s Maritime Strategy: Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) | Bharat Lather Is Indianess Reasserting in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir? | RSN Singh Indian and Chinese Covert Efforts | Nicolas Groffman Home Minister in Pakistan: Take Action Against Terrorists and Countries that Support Them | Danvir Singh Decommissioning of Ins Viraat | Danvir Singh Potent Indigenous War Unfolding in Jammu & Kashmir | Brig Narender Kumar China – The New Aerospace Power | Gp Capt AK Sachdev Sino-Pak Collaboration – Military Aviation | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Success Breeds Stunning Success: The Story of India’s Space Endeavour | Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Book Reviews
IN THIS VOLUME: Propping up Proxies: India’s Inimical Neighbourhood – Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) ---------------------------------------------------- INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT Indian Air Force: 2025 – Air Marshal Anil Chopra ---------------------------------------------------- PLAAF: Rising Challenge for the IAF – Gp Capt B Menon Pakistan Air Force Today: Implications for India – Gp Capt B Menon LCA Tejas: The never ending wait! – Air Marshal Anil Chopra The IAF and its need for close Air Support – Sqn Ldr Vijainder K Thakur Need for an Indian Marine Force – Col JK Achuthan Taiwan – Why Shy Full Relations? – Lt Gen Prakash Katoch India - Taiwan Relations: A Comprehensive Security Perspective – Tien-Sze Fang BRICS: A Strategic Self Appraisal – S Rajasimman India’s Military Might: The Real Truth – Lt Gen Amarjeet S Chabbewal Flexible Reach: Balancing the IAF’s Air Transport Fleet – Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Future of Rotary Wing Craft – Gp Capt AK Sachdev Aerospace and Defence News – Priya Tyagi No place to Hide: Latest Developments in Air Defence Missiles – Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Will advances in UAVs Edge out Manned Aircraft? – Gp Capt AK Sachdev What Ails India’s Defence Industrial Complex? – Lt Gen Prakash Katoch MSMES in Defence Production: A Neglected Sector – Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja Russian Domination of the Syrian Battleground – Danvir Singh Petro-Jihadism: The Conspiracy within the Imperishable War in the Arab World – Maj Lal Ananth Splintering Naxalism in India: Maoism or Money? – V Balasubramaniyan
IN THIS VOLUME: • Securing India’s Rightful Place in the Comity of Nations - Lt Gen JS Bajwa • Army Aviation: A Future Perspective - Lt Gen BS Pawar • Air Elements in Special Ops - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Mobile Phones: A Disruptive Military Communications Change - Col NP Singh • A New Kind of Warfare Drones: A Game Changer in Future Conflict - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha • China’s New Constellation in Asia-Pacific: India’s Bind - Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee • The Russian Shift - Danvir Singh • Technology in Warfare: Is India Lagging Behind? - Sumit Walia • Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft for the IAF - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Private Sector in Aerospace and Defence: An Evolving Success Story - Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi • Pushing the Red Line: Analysing India’s Response Post Pulwama - Maj Dibya Satpathy • India: Need for Strategic Culture and Policy Options - Vice Adm MP Muralidharan • Deconstructing the Psycho-Political Profile of a Terrorist - Dr Veena Ravi Kumar
IN THIS VOLUME: From the editor : • Is the World Coming Apart at the Seams? – Lt Gen JS Bajwa - Editor Indian Defence Review • Militarisation of Space: Imperatives for India – Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Terrestrial Electronic Warfare: The IAF’S Unexplored Option? – Sqn Ldr Vijainder K Thakur • The Rafale is finally on IAF inventory – Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja • Advances in Military Helicopters – Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Trends in Aerial Weapons: Smart and Lethal – Gp Capt Joseph Noronha • AMCA and LCA MK II: Challenges and Options – Air Marshal Anil Chopra • INDIA’S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY: Structure, Strategies, Policies and the Road Ahead – Prof (Dr) SN Misra • 70 Years of China’s Independence: Its Message to the World – Danvir Singh • Orientations of National Defence–II – Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee • Relevance of Arthashastra in the 21st Century – Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan • Time for a Final Payback! – Sudip Talukdar • Is Pakistan Mainstreaming Lashkar-e-Toiba Again? – Dr V Balasubramaniyan & Dr SV Raghavan • North East Peace Accords – Lt Gen Prakash Katoch • Aerospace and Defence News – Priya Tyagi • Thales: A Proud Partner of the Indian Air Force – Mr Emmanuel de Roquefeuil • Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities: An Assessment – Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja • India must support Iran not clerics regime – RSN Singh • Book Reviews
IN THIS VOLUME: The Prime Minister at Shangri La: Reading between the Lines for a National Security Strategy - Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT : Awakening to National Defence: Hope at Last? - Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee ------------------------------------------- Combat Potential of the IAF for a Two-Front War - Gp Capt AK Sachdev Future of Air Dominance - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Maritime Crime and Terrorism - V Adm Muralidharan Countering Stealth Aircraft Technology: The Race to See through “Invisibility” - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Future Military Helicopters - Design & Development - Lt Gen BS Pawar Future Aerial Weapons - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Towards a more Vigorous Make-in-India in Defence Manufacturing - Prof (Dr) SN Misra & Sanjaya Ku Ghadai India and the New Great Game in Central Asia - Martand Jha Can the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation bring India and Pakistan Closer? - Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva India-Indonesia Ties: Chinese Elephant in the Room - Jabin T Jacob Terror: Lessons from Paris and Beyond - Brig Pradeep Sharma Leadership and Management in the Indian Army - Lt Gen Mohinder Puri Jammu & Kashmir: The Way Forward - Brig Anil Gupta Emperor Lalitaditya: One among India’s Greatest Soldier-Statesmen - Col Tej K Tikoo Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi War as a Multi-Dimensional Whole: A Framework for India in a Repolarizing World - Navneet Bhushan India’s Defence Budget and Military Modernisation - Air Marshal M Matheswaran In Search of a Rifle: Ministry of Defence Goes Globe Trolling - Col Danvir Singh Head Hunters in Kargil-Naga Regiment - Sumit Walia
IN THIS VOLUME: • As India Consolidates its Comprehensive Power - Lt Gen JS Bajwa INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT : • Securing the Indian Skies - Gp Capt AK Sachdev ------------------------------------------- • Air Defence Of India: Evolving Options - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Surviving Stealth: Responding to Low Observable Combat Jet Threat - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha • Disorientations of National Defence - I - Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee • Responding to War and Warfare in the Sixth Wave of Innovation (2020-2045) - Navneet Bhushan • Aircraft Carriers and the Indian Maritime Calculas - Relevant and Essential - Commodore CP Srivastava • Unveiling the ISI -Terrorist Nexus - Philip B Haney & JM Phelps • Emerging Technologies in Contemporary Ocean Warfare - Abhinav Dutta • The Way Ahead: Making India Self Reliant in Defence - Danvir Singh • Emerging Technologies for Sixth-Generation Combat Aircraft - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Capability Enhancement Programme: A Cost Effective Approach to Modernisation of Land Systems - Lt Gen NB Singh • The Relevance of Geography and History: In the Maritime Domain -Dr Sundaram Rajasimman • The Indian Navy as an Instrument of Foreign Policy - Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan • Article 370 and Pakistan’s Nuclear Bombast - Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa • CDS - will it include comprehensive reform? - Lt Gen Prakash Katoch
IN THIS VOLUME: Propping up Proxies: India’s Inimical Neighbourhood – Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) ---------------------------------------------------- INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT Indian Air Force: 2025 – Air Marshal Anil Chopra ---------------------------------------------------- PLAAF: Rising Challenge for the IAF – Gp Capt B Menon Pakistan Air Force Today: Implications for India – Gp Capt B Menon LCA Tejas: The never ending wait! – Air Marshal Anil Chopra The IAF and its need for close Air Support – Sqn Ldr Vijainder K Thakur Need for an Indian Marine Force – Col JK Achuthan Taiwan – Why Shy Full Relations? – Lt Gen Prakash Katoch India - Taiwan Relations: A Comprehensive Security Perspective – Tien-Sze Fang BRICS: A Strategic Self Appraisal – S Rajasimman India’s Military Might: The Real Truth – Lt Gen Amarjeet S Chabbewal Flexible Reach: Balancing the IAF’s Air Transport Fleet – Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Future of Rotary Wing Craft – Gp Capt AK Sachdev Aerospace and Defence News – Priya Tyagi No place to Hide: Latest Developments in Air Defence Missiles – Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Will advances in UAVs Edge out Manned Aircraft? – Gp Capt AK Sachdev What Ails India’s Defence Industrial Complex? – Lt Gen Prakash Katoch MSMES in Defence Production: A Neglected Sector – Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja Russian Domination of the Syrian Battleground – Danvir Singh Petro-Jihadism: The Conspiracy within the Imperishable War in the Arab World – Maj Lal Ananth Splintering Naxalism in India: Maoism or Money? – V Balasubramaniyan
In this volume: Coup in Turkey Now in A Coop | Lt Gen JS Bajwa Fifth Generation Aircraft: Battlefield Air Support Mission | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Unmanned Full Scale Fighter Targets for Training and Ucav Technology Development | Sqn Ldr Vijainder K Thakur Women Join the Fighter Stream of the Iaf: Will it Work? | Gp Capt Joseph Noronha First Param Vir Chakra | Sumit Walia Military Aviation and the Indian Air Force | Dr Narender Yadav The Contours of Iddm: A User’s Perspective | Lt Gen VK Saxena Challenges to the Indo-Us Defence Relationship | Abhinav Dutta Aerospace and Defence News | Priya Tyagi About Wars of the Future | Artsrun Hovhannisyan Decision-Making in War: Recalling India’s Military History | Brigadier Amar Cheema China’s Maritime Strategy: Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) | Bharat Lather Is Indianess Reasserting in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir? | RSN Singh Indian and Chinese Covert Efforts | Nicolas Groffman Home Minister in Pakistan: Take Action Against Terrorists and Countries that Support Them | Danvir Singh Decommissioning of Ins Viraat | Danvir Singh Potent Indigenous War Unfolding in Jammu & Kashmir | Brig Narender Kumar China – The New Aerospace Power | Gp Capt AK Sachdev Sino-Pak Collaboration – Military Aviation | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Success Breeds Stunning Success: The Story of India’s Space Endeavour | Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Book Reviews
IN THIS VOLUME: • Securing India’s Rightful Place in the Comity of Nations - Lt Gen JS Bajwa • Army Aviation: A Future Perspective - Lt Gen BS Pawar • Air Elements in Special Ops - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Mobile Phones: A Disruptive Military Communications Change - Col NP Singh • A New Kind of Warfare Drones: A Game Changer in Future Conflict - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha • China’s New Constellation in Asia-Pacific: India’s Bind - Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee • The Russian Shift - Danvir Singh • Technology in Warfare: Is India Lagging Behind? - Sumit Walia • Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft for the IAF - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Private Sector in Aerospace and Defence: An Evolving Success Story - Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi • Pushing the Red Line: Analysing India’s Response Post Pulwama - Maj Dibya Satpathy • India: Need for Strategic Culture and Policy Options - Vice Adm MP Muralidharan • Deconstructing the Psycho-Political Profile of a Terrorist - Dr Veena Ravi Kumar
IN THIS VOLUME: • As India Consolidates its Comprehensive Power - Lt Gen JS Bajwa INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT : • Securing the Indian Skies - Gp Capt AK Sachdev ------------------------------------------- • Air Defence Of India: Evolving Options - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Surviving Stealth: Responding to Low Observable Combat Jet Threat - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha • Disorientations of National Defence - I - Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee • Responding to War and Warfare in the Sixth Wave of Innovation (2020-2045) - Navneet Bhushan • Aircraft Carriers and the Indian Maritime Calculas - Relevant and Essential - Commodore CP Srivastava • Unveiling the ISI -Terrorist Nexus - Philip B Haney & JM Phelps • Emerging Technologies in Contemporary Ocean Warfare - Abhinav Dutta • The Way Ahead: Making India Self Reliant in Defence - Danvir Singh • Emerging Technologies for Sixth-Generation Combat Aircraft - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Capability Enhancement Programme: A Cost Effective Approach to Modernisation of Land Systems - Lt Gen NB Singh • The Relevance of Geography and History: In the Maritime Domain -Dr Sundaram Rajasimman • The Indian Navy as an Instrument of Foreign Policy - Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan • Article 370 and Pakistan’s Nuclear Bombast - Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa • CDS - will it include comprehensive reform? - Lt Gen Prakash Katoch
IN THIS VOLUME: Doklam: India at an Inflection Point in its Quest for Regional/Global Power Status - Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) Directed Energy Weapons: Game Changer Or A Damp Squib? - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Advances in Technology: Battlefield Helicopters - Gp Capt AK Sachdev Space: The Force Multiplier For Air Power - Air Marshal Anil Chopra MiG-35, F-16, Gripen or Better Choice? - Sumit Walia Look Long, Look Deep: China’s Airborne Warning and Control Systems - Gp Capt Ravinder Singh Chhatwal Our Armed Forces: Do We Take Them Seriously? - Sanjiv Khanna China’s ‘Contentious’ Path To War? - Anant Mishra Balancing Politics and Power: Prognosis of China’s Military Build-up - Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Embrace the Future of Kashmir - Lt Gen Subrata Saha Resurgence of Ulfa (I) in Assam: Implications for Internal Security - Indrajit Sharma & Dr N Mohandas Singh Naval Combat Systems: Evolution and Future Perspectives - Cmde Arun Kumar Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi Deepening India-Israel Ties: Changing Landscape of the Indian Defence Sector - Ketan Salhotra Indo-Israel Relations: Make with India - Tamir Eshel Strategic Partnership with Private Players: An Overview - Danvir Singh Pax Britannica Whittled Down to an Island Kingdom: (Intrigues that Built an Empire: Intrigued by Wheels of History) - Lt Gen PG Kamath North Korea - A Delinquent State? - Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja The Offset Policy - A Decade in Retrospect - Dr SN Misra Pakistan for Balochistan, not Balochis - RSN Singh Army’s Battlefield Support System: Fielding Initially Planned by 2017 could take Another Decade - Lt Gen Prakash Katoch China has done India a Favor - Dr Amarjit Singh Shekatkar Committee Report: Genuine ‘Reforms’ or Cosmetic ‘Re-grouping’? - Gp Capt TP Srivastava Who made North Korea a nuclear power? Dr A.Q. Khan? - Sumit Walia
IN THIS VOLUME: India’s Extended Neighbourhood in Turmoil: Afghanistan - A Vacuum or a Vortex? - Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT Directed-Energy Weapons: Mirage or Reality?: Light at the end of the Tunnel - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha ----------------------------------------------- The Sead Challenge: Trends in Threats to Surface-Based Air Defences - Col Mandeep Singh China’s Growing Defence Exports in Asia: Challenge for “Make in India” - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Who were the Mysterious ‘Tibetan 419 Troops’ in 1962? - Claude Arpi India’s National Security Options in a Penta-Polar World - Scenario 2030 - Navneet Bhushan The Concept of Theatre Command in the Indian Context - Gp Capt AK Sachdev Proxy War: should India Actively Enter into this Realm to Achieve its National Interests? - Col Mridul Kamal Gaind In Pursuit of the FRCV Pipedream - Lt Gen (Dr) NB Singh Hindustan Aeronautics Limited: The Need for Privatisation - Gp Capt AK Sachdev Forum Army 2021: Some Salient Points and Takeaways - Lt Gen (Dr) VK Saxena India’s Wait and Watch in Afghanistan: The Strategic Space - Danvir Singh Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi The Great Afghan Betrayal: A Palace Coup? - VK Shashikumar INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW ARCHIEVE Studies in Low-Intensity Conflict: The Tibetan Rebellion - IDR Research Team
There was a change of Government in India in May 2014 which galvanised a rather insipid Foreign Policy. The Prime Minister’s (PM) visit to the neighbouring countries and the Foreign Minister covering those where he was not able to go created a new dynamic in the neighbourly relations. However, Pakistan due to its Army shadowing the Civilian Government presents a unique dilemma in progressing bilateral relations. China surprisingly put across contradictory signals due to the actions of the Peoples Liberation Army on the Line of Actual Control during the visit of the President to India. These present a dilemma to the Indian Government and are covered in the Comment by Lt Gen Jiti Bajwa. Gp Capt Joseph Noronha looks at the future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles followed by Gp Capt B Menon presenting the need for developing weapon systems for the Air Force in the near future. Air Marshal PV Naik views National security in a holistic perspective. The visit of the PM to Japan has been succulently analysed in the strategic dimension by Dr S Roy Chaudhary. The Chinese President’s visit in the first year of his term coinciding with that of the Indian PM was looked at with much anticipation, the nuances of the visit has been persuasively covered by Claude Arpi. Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee interprets the Pakistan nuclear rhetoric in a realistic geopolitical setting. Consequent to Boeing of USA successfully test flying a retired F 16 fighter aircraft in an unmanned mode Sqn Ldr Vijendra Thakur studied the possibility of Chinese Air Force utilising similar modification to their hordes of retired Migs. The outcome is a surreal scenario. Maj Gen AK Chadha has ventured in to Cyberspace and looks at the military possibilities in this ‘No Man’s Land’ most comprehensively. Our Special Correspondent has looked at two connected issues Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) and India’s Defence Industrial complex. Rear Adm AP Revi analyses the consequences of a depleting submarine fleet of the Indian Navy. Priya Tyagi covers the latest defence news and Col Danvir Singh reports of his visit to France presenting the FREMM multi-mission Frigate by DCNS.
IN THIS VOLUME: From the editor : • Is the World Coming Apart at the Seams? – Lt Gen JS Bajwa - Editor Indian Defence Review • Militarisation of Space: Imperatives for India – Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Terrestrial Electronic Warfare: The IAF’S Unexplored Option? – Sqn Ldr Vijainder K Thakur • The Rafale is finally on IAF inventory – Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja • Advances in Military Helicopters – Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Trends in Aerial Weapons: Smart and Lethal – Gp Capt Joseph Noronha • AMCA and LCA MK II: Challenges and Options – Air Marshal Anil Chopra • INDIA’S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY: Structure, Strategies, Policies and the Road Ahead – Prof (Dr) SN Misra • 70 Years of China’s Independence: Its Message to the World – Danvir Singh • Orientations of National Defence–II – Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee • Relevance of Arthashastra in the 21st Century – Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan • Time for a Final Payback! – Sudip Talukdar • Is Pakistan Mainstreaming Lashkar-e-Toiba Again? – Dr V Balasubramaniyan & Dr SV Raghavan • North East Peace Accords – Lt Gen Prakash Katoch • Aerospace and Defence News – Priya Tyagi • Thales: A Proud Partner of the Indian Air Force – Mr Emmanuel de Roquefeuil • Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities: An Assessment – Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja • India must support Iran not clerics regime – RSN Singh • Book Reviews
IN THIS VOLUME: Indo-Pak War 1965: Are Commemorations Due? – Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) ---------------------------------------------------- INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT Indian Army’s Multi-Calibre Individual Weapon System – Danvir Singh ---------------------------------------------------- Getting More from Less: Force Multipliers for the IAF – Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Quietly Effective, Vigilant Airborne ISR – John Kiehle Look Beyond FDI: Laying the Right Foundation for Defence Manufacturing – Dr JP Dash Making “Make in India” Succeed – Lt Gen Anjan Mukherjee Restructuring Defence Procurement Procedure – Ashish Puntambekar Airborne and Special Forces: Reassessing Role, Tasks and Organisations – Brig Deepak Sinha The IAF and its Need for Close Air Support – Sqn Ldr Vijainder K Thakur India: An Aerospace Power? – Gp Capt TP Srivastava Computer Network Operations and Electronic Warfare Complementary or Competitive? – Lt Gen Davinder Kumar Spectre of China’s Artificial Islands – Prof Swaran Singh & Dr Lilian Yamamoto China’s Game of Territorial Claims – Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Aerospace and Defence News – Priya Tyagi The Dragon’s Adventures in the Indian Ocean – Vice Admiral Anup Singh Influence of Aerial Combat on the Development of Armoured Fighting Vehicles – Artsrun Hovhannisyan Fifty Years Since Haji Pir – Special Correspondent The Middle East: An Assessment – Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja Climate Change in the Himalayas: A Ticking Time-Bomb? – Col CP Muthanna Restructuring Defence Reforms for National Security – Brig Gurmeet Kanwal Wanted A Full Spectrum Military Doctrine – Brig Amar Cheema Reviewing India’s Foreign Policy: From Regional Power to Potential Super Power – Anant Mishra The PLA Digest – Claude Arpi Book Review
IN THIS VOLUME: The Prime Minister at Shangri La: Reading between the Lines for a National Security Strategy - Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT : Awakening to National Defence: Hope at Last? - Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee ------------------------------------------- Combat Potential of the IAF for a Two-Front War - Gp Capt AK Sachdev Future of Air Dominance - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Maritime Crime and Terrorism - V Adm Muralidharan Countering Stealth Aircraft Technology: The Race to See through “Invisibility” - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Future Military Helicopters - Design & Development - Lt Gen BS Pawar Future Aerial Weapons - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Towards a more Vigorous Make-in-India in Defence Manufacturing - Prof (Dr) SN Misra & Sanjaya Ku Ghadai India and the New Great Game in Central Asia - Martand Jha Can the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation bring India and Pakistan Closer? - Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva India-Indonesia Ties: Chinese Elephant in the Room - Jabin T Jacob Terror: Lessons from Paris and Beyond - Brig Pradeep Sharma Leadership and Management in the Indian Army - Lt Gen Mohinder Puri Jammu & Kashmir: The Way Forward - Brig Anil Gupta Emperor Lalitaditya: One among India’s Greatest Soldier-Statesmen - Col Tej K Tikoo Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi War as a Multi-Dimensional Whole: A Framework for India in a Repolarizing World - Navneet Bhushan India’s Defence Budget and Military Modernisation - Air Marshal M Matheswaran In Search of a Rifle: Ministry of Defence Goes Globe Trolling - Col Danvir Singh Head Hunters in Kargil-Naga Regiment - Sumit Walia
Due to the lockdown applied by the Government to contain the spread of COVID-19, the second quarter issue of Indian Defence Review [Apr-Jun 2020, (Vol 35.2)] was not published. It is amalgamated with issue of Indian Defence Review [Jul-Sep 2020, (Vol 35.3)] IN THIS VOLUME: • Did a Global Pandemic Generate a Global Pandemonium? — Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa • Effectiveness of India’s Strategic Culture — Gp Capt PK Mulay • The IAF in a Two-Front War — Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Maritime Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy — Vice Adm MP Muralidharan • Airspace Control: Challenges and Way Ahead — Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Evolving Trends in Aerial Combat — Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Indian Model of Theatre Commands: The Road Ahead! — Maj Gen SB Asthana • Is the Indian Soldier Overloaded?: Right Sizing the Armed Forces — Navneet Bhushan • Pakistan’s Mystery Submarine — Lt Gen Prakash Katoch • An Indian in Space: Isro’s Human Spaceflight Programme — Gp Capt Joseph Noronha • Indian Defence Private Sector: Some Initial Successes yet Miles to Go — Lt Gen VK Saxena • The Coronavirus Pandemic and The New Global World — Lt Gen Jasbir Lidder • The Myth of China — Dr Rajasimman Sundaram • Line of Actual Control: Fast Forward to Summer of 2021 — Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa • Touted as a peace deal, the Taliban celebrates U.S. withdrawal as a victory — Terry Bishop • Afghanistan: An Arena of Indo-Pak Conflict — Col RN Ghosh Dastidar • What will happen if India recognizes Tibet? — Dr Amarjit Singh • The Critical Factors that Contribute to a Country’s Military Strength — Jay Bhattacharjee • Aerospace and Defence News — Priya Tyagi • Indian Quest for Air Supremacy: The Rafale — Danvir Singh • Shifting Claim Lines of Nepal: Kalapani to Lampiyadhura a Historical Perspective — Brig BS Chauhan • Free Tibet — Lt Gen Prakash Katoch • The Last Gallop — Lt Gen SR Ghosh • Book Reviews
IN THIS VOLUME: Profiling Future Wars - Indian Context - Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) The Indian Air Force In A Two-Front WAR - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Air Power For Special Operations: The Need For ‘Jointness’? - Gp Capt AK Sachdev LCA Tejas: Time to Go Indigenous? - Gp Capt Ravinder Singh Chhatwal Unmanned Fighters And Beyond - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Kim Jong-Un Springs A Surprise - Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja Drone Swarm Attacks - What India Must Prepare For - Lt Gen Prakash Katoch Hackers On The Rampage: Are We Ready? - Gp Capt TP Srivastava Attack By Infiltration And Annihilation Of 32 Baluch - Lt Gen JBS Yadava War With Pakistan Is Inevitable - Dr Amarjit Singh Challenges of Setting up Defence Corridor for Make in India - Dr JP Dash & Devinder Kumar Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi Self Reliance In Defence Production: A Mirage - Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja North East: Asia’s Conundrum - Lt Gen PG Kamath Military Diplomacy: A Vital Tool For Furthering National Interests - Lt Gen Kamal Davar Dragon’s Flight: China’s Advances In Aerospace Technology - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Indo-Israel Defence Cooperation: The Road Ahead - Prof (Dr) SN Misra Indo-French Relations: Will The Partnership Take A Step Further? - Claude Arpi Indo-French Naval Diplomacy - Danvir Singh Sri Lanka On The Verge Of Another Ethnic Strife - Rakesh Kr Sinha Crisis In The Maldives: India’s Options - Cmde Arun Kumar Power Brokers of Kashmir Crush Nationalist Voice - Brig Anil Gupta
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