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 Pressure from Uncle Sam
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
US-Pakistan strategic partnership will likely continue to outweigh US-India equation because of US national interests in Afghanistan and Central Asia Read More |
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The clique, the media and the military
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
India is about to attain the distinction of sending an Army Chief home without any retirement orders and without responding to his statutory complaint. The biggest loser is the military with an ambivalent government and a gloating Clique. Read More |
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Back to the future
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
As the Supreme Commander of Armed Forces, the President can ask for the Supreme Court verdict on General V.K. Singh’s writ petition, his statutory complaint, documents connected with the fabricated age row and ask for a Supreme Court bench to examine and fix this conspiracy against General V.K. Singh Read More |
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Double jeopardy for Pakistan
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
The undeniable fact is that terror capability in Pakistan is being constantly energised through institutionalised radicalisation
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Butterflies in the dragon belly
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Chinese Foreign Minister had the audacity to tell his Indian counterpart that “mere presence” of populated areas would not affect Chinese claims on Arunachal Pradesh. Read More |
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NCTC or inflated MAC?
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Had the proposal of the Home Minister been accepted in totality, the national focus could have well shifted from investigation/postinvestigation of terrorist acts to prevention of terrorist acts, which is the need of the hour Read More |
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Return of the Machiavellian
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Pakistan’s political economy of exporting terrorism as a foreign policy tool, massive corruption at home and the resultant ever growing reservoir of economically deprived youngsters who will fill ranks of extremists and suicide bombers will continue Read More |
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Taming the military any which way
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
If Parliament symbolises democratic India, a Service Chief is the symbol of the Military. If Government doubted integrity of General V.K. Singh, why was he appointed Chief? Read More |
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Technology any which way
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
With continuing government ambivalence, the DRDO and PSUs want to start from scratch not because they do not realise values of technologyreconfigurationreverse engineering but simply because more money can be made in adopting the former. Read More |
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Firming west of Indian Ocean
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
China has already cemented its foothold in the Indian Ocean by gaining rights to explore polymetallic sulphide ore deposit in a 10,000-square-km international seabed in the Indian Ocean over next 15 years Read More |
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Tickling youth nationalism
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Core of lack of nationalism perhaps lies in our education curriculum that is focused solely on imparting ‘education’. There is little emphasis on morals, ethics and imbibing a sense of nationalism. Read More |
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Biang biang noodles
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Besides, no matter how economically and militarily strong you are, China needs to understand that antagonising the whole world less North Korea and Pakistan (whom China nuclearised) can backfire Read More |
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 Raging Debate on Armed Forces Special Powers Act in J&K
By General (Retd) VP Malik
A lot has been written about the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
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The greater threat
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
If the media can time and again go and do filming in the Maoist heartland, why can the CAPF not infiltrate the Maoists rank and file, operate alongside and provide time intelligence?
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Facilitating Kargil II
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Lack of strategic thought and keeping the military deliberately out of strategic decisions, matters military and even national security has been the bane of independent India. That is why we now face a two-and-a-half front or rather a three-front war. Read More |
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Consorting terror
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
As the US prepares to hand over the lead role in Afghanistan to Pakistan, in exchange for an honourable exit and promise of no terror attacks on US soil, the inexorable mid and long-term consequences of Pakistan’s double game continue to be ignored.
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Critical technology focus needed
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
‘Cyber’ and ‘electromagnetic’, the two new domains of warfare, require specific focus. Added to this is the need to provide wherewithal at the cuttingedge to fight sub conventional.
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Operational priority kaput!
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Infrastructure development across LAC should be of grave concern to India, provided the national hierarchy studies and analyses its vital implications
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BMS challenges the industry
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
The private industry should take note that development of such an important Information Systems project has come into a level playing field without the DRDO hijacking it ab initio for the very first time
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Strategising sans CDS
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Every time we have arisen from hibernation to order a security review was only after a crisis. If we had the strategic culture, a Comprehensive Defence and Security Review should have been institutionalised every five years. Read More |
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Lokpal and defence of India
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
A strong Lokpal will bring every public servant under the Lokpal. Every Government office will have a Charter that will clearly state which officer will do what work and in how much time.
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 Indo-Pak dialogue: Empty rhetoric
By Air Marshal (Retd) BK Pandey
There was no acceptance of responsibility, sign of remorse or commitment from the Pakistani Foreign Minister about her country’s approach to terrorism statesponsored or otherwise, originating from her soil against India Read More |
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The bug of bugging
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Telephone tapping and eavesdropping on conversations in any case are minor compared to the ever expanding networks, computers and Internet users in India that are bugged or have sleeper bots inside Read More |
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Thousand cuts and counting
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
After many years, the US has acknowledged Pakistan’s double game (not that they were not aware of actualities), China is capitalising on it, but we fail to learn Read More |
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Soft on sea piracy?
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Why are we playing this great game of ‘appeasing’ Al-Qaeda? Kowtowing to Somali pirates implies their growing infrastructure will be exploited by both Al-Qaeda and LeT Read More |
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Drifting with insurgencies
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
How many times does the hierarchy need to be reminded that the roots of the problem are politicosocio-economic and military solution is not the answer? Read More |
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Jaguar re-engining conundrum
By Air Marshal (Retd) BK Pandey
Honeywell claimes that the modular construction of the F125IN and its integral dual full authority digital engine control system would provide substantial savings to the operator in lifecycle costs Read More |
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Interview with God
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
An opinion poll conducted by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, UK, established that 98 per cent of people in J&K do not wish to be part of Pakistan and 50 per cent of people in POK do not wish to remain with Pakistan Read More |
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Op Geronimo: A reality check for India
By General (Retd) VP Malik
Intelligence is the key to Special Forces operations. Employment of Special Forces requires accurate intelligence and continuous surveillance of the target. Read More |
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The Humint factor
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Suitable application of HUMINT, duly integrated with modern surveillance technology and processing capacity, will greatly enhance situational awareness, assist in the decision support system and lead to better decision-making Read More |
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Nuclear safety versus energy security
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Since we hold more than 25 per cent of global thorium reserves, India should consider switching completely to thorium-based nuclear reactors as they are far safer than the uranium-based ones. Read More |
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Osama & Beyond
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
The ISI has become a state within a state and international pressure must come to bring it under Parliamentary oversight with appropriate legal structures. Read More |
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Diplomatic impasse on 26/11
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Do you expect Pakistan to blame her own nationals and punish them concurrent to following a policy of proxy war and terrorism? Temporary lulls are mere tactical pauses, some under pressure, and this should not deceive us. Read More |
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Wikileaks and India’s Internal Security
By Air Marshal (Retd) BK Pandey
A cable of 2005 states “India’s over 150 million Muslim population is largely unattracted to extremism. Separatism and religious extremism have little appeal to Indian Muslims, and the overwhelming majority espouse moderate doctrines.” Read More |
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Setback to net-centricity
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
The Army must find a solution to obviate in-service bureaucracy and give precedence to overall capacity building over consolidation of individual turfs Read More |
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National cyber security policy imperative
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
We need a fundamental shift from individual entity to central overview, control and assessment of security measures Read More |
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Special Forces
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
We have no national doctrine or philosophy for employment of Special Forces, no institutionalised integration and no institutionalised synergised intelligence infrastructures
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Cloud Strategy
By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch
Cloud represents a fundamental shift in computing, providing a platform for agile and cost-effective business applications and IT infrastructure. Simply put, it is convergence of virtualisation and utility based billing. Read More |
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