Air Marshal GS Bedi (Retd)

Former Director General (Inspection & Safety) and Air Advisor at the High Commission of India, London.

Contributions

Drone Threat is Real: India Needs a Comprehensive Counter Drone Strategy

June 09, 2023 Air Marshal GS Bedi (Retd)

The Drone Threat Unmanned vehicles, referred to as drones in this paper for ease, are unquestionably useful, but the problem is that this is true even for bad guys. The million-dollar question in the billion-dollar unmanned industry is ho...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, India, DRDO, NATO, Ukraine, 5G, Drones, Counter Drone Strategy

How Far Will China Walk on the No-Limit Partnership Road with Russia?

March 29, 2023 Air Marshal GS Bedi (Retd)

It was business as usual for Russia when it struck Ukraine with missiles and UAVs just after President Vladmir Putin bid farewell to President Xi Jinping after their highly publicized three days meeting in Moscow....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Russia, Commentary

Could the Reaper Have Been Saved – An Analysis

March 16, 2023 Air Marshal GS Bedi (Retd)

The Incident According to "Defense One," two Russian SU-27 aircraft intercepted a U.S. MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle over the Black Sea on March 14, 2023. Apparently, the interceptors dumped fuel on it and then struck its propellers...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Commentary, US, Russia, UAV, Reaper, SU 27

Analysing the Balloon Drift: Another Perspective

March 03, 2023 Air Marshal GS Bedi (Retd)

Introduction The US Department of Defense released a photo of the alleged Chinese spy Balloon on February 22. The photo was taken by a U-2 aircraft as it sailed over the balloon on February 3, according to the caption. A U.S. Air F...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Spy-Balloon, HABs, Steered-Balloon, Montana, South Carolina, AIM 9-X, F-22 Raptor