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Readying Up the Fourth Dimension, Quietly: A Status Report

October 12, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Last year in April and June respectively, it was reported in the media that the Government has taken two important decisions related to space domain. If this is true, the same will have far reaching strategic importance for the nation. This articl....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Defence Space Agency , Defence Space Research Organisation , DSA , DSRO , Defence Satellites

Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020: Effective Implementation is the Key

September 16, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Following closely on the heels of Draft Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020, which was open for comments till 10 Aug 2020, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has formulated another document called Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020, ....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Defence Exports , DPEPP 2020 , Defence Procurements , DAP 2020

Countering the Dragon: A Perspective on Strategic Space Capabilities

August 27, 2020 Pushpinder Bath Commentary

Background The successive standoffs between India and China on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) have highlighted the requirement of enhancing our strategic space capabilities. Space assets are primary facilitators of a country’s strategic....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Commentary , China , C4ISR , ASAT , Defence Space Agency , IRNSS , Kargil Review Committee , Strategic Space , NCW

India’s Air Defence: What Needs to be Integrated?

August 24, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The issue of creation of Air Defence Command is very much relevant in the current context with many subject matter experts (or otherwise) giving their special comments on what needs to be done and what must be avoided. While the author’s detaile....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Army , Air Force , Air Defence Command , ADCRs , GB ADWs , IACCS , Integrated AD Systems , SAMs

Indonesian Defence Minister’s visit to India

August 22, 2020 Amruta Karambelkar Article

The defence minister of Indonesia, General Prabowo Subianto was on a three day-visit to India from 26-28 July. The meeting was aimed at strengthening bilateral defence relationship. Two years ago, both countries elevated their relationship to a compr....

National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence

Tags : Article , India , Indo-Pacific , Defence , Indian Ocean , Indonesia , Maritime , Natuna , Navy

Indian Navy Takes Lead to Build Indigenisation-Innovation Architecture

August 20, 2020 Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Earlier this month, the Indian Navy put out plans for the twinning of Indigenisation-Innovation, and announced setting up of the Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO).1 This initiative is in pursuance of the draft Defence....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Commentary , Atmanirbhar Bharat; Indian Navy; Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO); Directorate of Indigenisation;Draft Defence Acquisition Policy 2020 (DAP 20);Uttar Pradesh Expressway Industrial Development Authority (UPEIDA);Maker Village , Kochi; Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM);Raksha Shakti University (RSU);Maritime Innovation Forum (MIF); Security and Scientific Technical Research Agency(SASTRA);Defence Testing Infrastructure Scheme (DTIS);Defence Industrial Corridors (DICs

सीमा पर चीन का ख़तरनाक रुख : चीन से हो गई चूक

August 05, 2020 Air Marshal SS Soman (Retd.) Article

पिछले दो महीनों से पूर्वी लद्दाख़ में भारतीय और चीनी सैनिक ख़तरनाक ढंग से आमने-सामने हुए हैं और ....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Hindi , Article , ताइवान , चीन , तिब्बत , एलएसी , लद्दाख , गलवान घाटी , शिजियांग , एअर पॉवर , विस्तारवादी

वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर भारत-चीन टकराव का विश्लेषण

July 29, 2020 Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

हाल ही में एक प्रतिष्ठित लेखक ने एक प्रमुख भारतीय अखबार में एक लेख में भारत-चीन सीमा विवाद के बा�....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Hindi , Article , विभिन्न धारणाएं , गालवान घाटी , एलएसी , लद्दाख , नकुल , सिक्किम

AIR DEFENCE IS EVERYWHERE

July 24, 2020 Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction The term Air Defence (AD), is simplistically understood by most as defence of a nation’s territory from an enemy’s air attacks. For a professional air power practitioner however, AD today means much more. It encompasses a....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Air defence , surveillance , AD Command , Air Space Management , Counter Air Operations , Counter Surface Force operations , Battlefield Air Support , Air Interdiction , Control & Reporting , Integrated Area Defence

Border Brinkmanship: A Miscalculation by China

July 09, 2020 Air Marshal SS Soman (Retd.) Article

India and China have been engaged in a tense military faceoff that has witnessed numerous violent incidents over the last two months in Eastern Ladakh. The standoff has resulted from an aggressive border brinkmanship triggered by China, to assert its....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , China , Taiwan , LAC , Ladakh , Tibet , Galwan valley , Xinjiang , Air Power , Expansionist