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-A Soldier from the Line of Actual Control*
On 29 August 2020, as we had got ready to move, there was a feeling of expectancy. It had little to do with the devious adversary, the breath-taking heights, the extreme of weather or the....

September 17, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , Artillery , PLA , Aircraft , LAC , Armour , Defence brick , Engineers , Gurung hill , Rezang La , Spanggur Tso
Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy 2020: Effective Implementation is the Key
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, ....

September 16, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Defence Exports , DPEPP 2020 , Defence Procurements , DAP 2020
Pulwama Charge Sheet: Lessons for Future
Abhinav Pandya Article

On Aug 25, 2020, NIA (National Investigation Agency) filed the charge sheet in the Pulwama fidayeen attack in Jammu court, after 16 months of rigorous and intensive investigation (The Print, Aug. 25, 2020). NIA's charge sheet, a bulky document....

September 09, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , NIA , Jihad , Pulwama , Jaish-e-Muhammad , Masood Azhar , Balakot
The Shifting Strategic Connotations of Line(s) of Control
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Line of Control (LOC), the Line of Actual Control (LAC) hereinafter the LINES, and the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, are denoted by huge dissimilarities, as chalk and cheese. The 772....

September 08, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , CPEC , PLA , Gilgit-Baltistan , CBMs , Chushul , Eastern Ladakh. , Raksha Mantri
अनुच्छेद 370 निरस्तीकरण के भारत के निर्णय का मूल्यांकन और कश्मीर की आगे की यात्रा
Abhinav Pandya Article

केंद्र की नरेन्द्र मोदी सरकार ने 5 अगस्त, 2019 को भारतीय संविधान में वर्णित अनुच्छेद 370 को अमान्य कर ....

September 02, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , पाकिस्तान। कश्मीर। कट्टरता। शासन। आइएसआइएस। तुर्की। आइएसआइ। अनुच्छेद 370। एक्यूआइएस। यूनाटेड जेहाद कांउसिल।
जम्मू-कश्मीर – जंग कम, अमन ज्यादा: 5 अगस्त 2019 के फैसलों के बाद के साल पर नजर
Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

भारत ने पूर्ववर्ती जम्मू-कश्मीर राज्य को संविधान से मिला विशेष दर्जा खत्म करने के 5 अगस्त 2019 के अ�....

August 31, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , पाकिस्तान , COVID-19 , कश्मीर हाइब्रिड युद्ध , अलगाववाद , सूचना वारफेयर , अनुच्छेद 370 और 35 ए शिमला समझौता , ओवर ग्राउंड वर्कर्स , नेटवर्क ISPR
Changing Character of Hybrid Warfare: The Threat to India
Col Shubhankar Basu, SM, VSM

India’s security dilemmas are complex, with two hostile powers on its frontiers and a large number of internal fault lines which are vulnerable and have been exploited by the adversaries in the past. The Indian Army Doctrine of 2018 defines ‘the ....

August 29, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , hybrid war , Indian military , Hybrid Warfare , Book Published , India’s security
Countering the Dragon: A Perspective on Strategic Space Capabilities
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....

August 27, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , China , C4ISR , ASAT , Defence Space Agency , IRNSS , Kargil Review Committee , Strategic Space , NCW
India’s Air Defence: What Needs to be Integrated?
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....

August 24, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Army , Air Force , Air Defence Command , ADCRs , GB ADWs , IACCS , Integrated AD Systems , SAMs
Indonesian Defence Minister’s visit to India
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....

August 22, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , India , Indo-Pacific , Defence , Indian Ocean , Indonesia , Maritime , Natuna , Navy
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