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Drone Swarms -a Growing Lethality…. Where is the World? Where are We?

April 06, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The credit of using the unmanned platform for the first time goes to Austria, when in1849 it attacked the Italian city of Venice using unmanned balloons loaded with explosives1. Surely, the Austrian warriors could have never imagined that ....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , artificial intelligence , Air defence , Drone swarms , drone capabilities , UAV-X , Kamikaze drone , autonomous warfare , weaponised drones

Defence Exports: Analysing the Armenian Success

March 18, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

On 01 Mar 2020, the media was abuzz with the breaking news of India having won a 40 million USD contract to supply four Swathi Weapon Locating Radars (WLR) to Armenia beating strong competitors like Russia and Poland1. A contract of th....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , DRDO , BrahMos , Swathi WLR , Defence Exports , DPSU , Akash missile , radars

Creating an Effective CDS for India’s National Defence

February 13, 2020 VIF Study Group Report Article

Background Nearly two decades after submission of the Kargil Review Committee (KRC) report in 1999, the Group of Ministers (GOM) Report in 2001 and recommendations of the Naresh Chandra Task Force in 2012, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , CDS , Govt CDS initiative , Guidelines on CDS function , MoD reforms

भारत के चीफ ऑफ डिफेंस स्टाफ: कुछ अनसुलझे मुद्दे

February 04, 2020 Gautam Sen Article

भारत सरकार ने देश की रक्षा सेवाओं से जुड़े सभी मामलों पर रक्षा मंत्री के इकलौते सलाहकार तथा सैन्�....

Defence , Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article , DMARevenue budgetCapital budgetDODPrincipal AdvisorAcquisition PlansCDS

Air Defence Command – Some Salient Aspects

January 17, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in his very first meeting after taking over on 01 Jan 2020, has directed Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) to prepare a proposal by 30 Jun 2020 for the creation of Air Defence Command (ADC) b....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Air Threat , CDS , Air Defence Command , Vulnerable Areas , Vulnerable Points , TBA , Integrated Air Command & Control System , Air Defence Battle

India`s Chief of Defence Staff: Some Issues to be Resolved

January 16, 2020 Gautam Sen Commentary

Government of India has created the institution of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as a single point adviser to Raksha Mantri (RM) on all matters concerning the Defence Services of the country and as Secretary of a newly created Department of Military A....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Commentary , CDS , DMA , Revenue budget , Capital budget , DOD , Principal Advisor , Acquisition Plans

IBGs – Need To Survive To Fight Another Day

January 14, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Premise It was reported in Nov 2019, that after having tested the Integrated Battle Group (IBG) concept (explained later) both in the Western, as well as, the Eastern theatre, the Indian Army will be operationalising the IBGs in the field....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Missiles , UAVs , IBG , OP PARAKARAM , Cold Start Doctrine , PGMs , PLAAF , PAF

भारतीय सशस्त्र सेना के चीफ ऑफ डिफेंस स्टाफ पर फैसले का क्रियान्वयन

November 15, 2019 VIF Study Group Report Article

स्टडी ग्रुप का गठन भारतीय सशस्त्र सेना का चीफ ऑफ डिफेंस स्टाफ (सीडीएस) नियुक्त करने का बहुत�....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Hindi , Article , डिफेंस सुधार , सेना में एकल नियंत्रण’ , सीडीएस की भूमिका

Amid Economic Woes, Pak Government Reports Revamping - A Review

October 30, 2019 Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Despite all odds… Despite all the economic woes and downturns, despite spiralling debt trap, and sky-rocketing costs of imports in the face of sharp currency de-valuation, not to mention the IMF imposed economic re-structuring and the ....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Pakistan’s military modernisation , Pakistan’s high expenditure on defence

Can the Integrated Battle Groups Reinforce India’s Conventional Deterrence?

October 21, 2019 Dr Kapil Patil Article

In a significant decision last month, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has officially cleared the proposal for launching the first Integrated Battle Group (IBG) under the Indian Army’s 9 Corps, which will be deployed along India’s Western Border.....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Indian Army’s new organisation , the integrated battle group concept , Army doctrine