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Indian Navy Takes Lead to Build Indigenisation-Innovation Architecture
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....

August 20, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , 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
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 ....

August 05, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , ताइवान , चीन , तिब्बत , एलएसी , लद्दाख , गलवान घाटी , शिजियांग , एअर पॉवर , विस्तारवादी
Management of India's Military Prowess: Issues and Aspects
Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

Conceptualising the foundations of national defence and organising a conformingly robust military structure is a humungous task of extremely complexities. Even nations who possess pristine strategic vision and deep rooted military culture find it pra....

August 01, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , Book Published , Management of India's Military
वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर भारत-चीन टकराव का विश्लेषण
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�....

July 29, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , विभिन्न धारणाएं , गालवान घाटी , एलएसी , लद्दाख , नकुल , सिक्किम
AIR DEFENCE IS EVERYWHERE
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....

July 24, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , 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
Exploring Indian Airpower Doctrine & Debacles in The Himalayas
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Rajesh Isser, AVSM,VM (G)

This is an article exploring some of our wars in the Indian Himalayas to derive correct lessons for future conflict management. In light of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and future theatre commands, restructuring and reorientation for the future i....

July 12, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , China , Chinese stratagem , Indian Airpower , IAF , Himalayas , Leh , Kargil , Sino-Indian War , Air Operations
Border Brinkmanship: A Miscalculation by China
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....

July 09, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , China , Taiwan , LAC , Ladakh , Tibet , Galwan valley , Xinjiang , Air Power , Expansionist
FDI in Defence: Some Thoughts
Lt. Gen P R Shankar (Retd.) Article

When our Finance Minister announced the raising of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the defence sector under the automatic route from 49% to 74%1 it was reported as a ‘big push’ for Make in India. It was simultaneously reported....

June 20, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Make in India , FDI , Defence sector , technologies , ROI
वास्तविक नियंत्रण रेखा पर भारत-चीन टकराव का विश्लेषण
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�....

June 16, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , विभिन्न धारणाएं , गालवान घाटी , एलएसी , लद्दाख , नकुल , सिक्किम
Synthesizing Indigenisation: Civil- Defence Aviation Partnership towards Self Reliance
Gp Capt Asheesh Shrivastava Article

  1. On 16 May 2020, the Ministry of Finance announced the fourth tranche of Centre's ₹20 lakh crore fiscal stimulus1 for India. Unlike previous declarations which had addressed the needs of agriculture sector, urban poor, MSME, etc t....

    June 11, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Indigenization , Civil Military Partnership aviation , MRO , Financial package , ac tyre tubes , ac batteries , aerolubes.
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