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  • Babus all the Way – woes of India’s security
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    That the defence of India has remained in a defunct state is no secret, with hundreds of articles and reams of reports by studies, committees and what have you.

  • PM’s UAE Visit
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    As far back as October 2011, HSBC had predicted that India would leap over China as UAE’s top trading partner by 2025 with bilateral trade touching US$ 103.6 billion.

  • New Tri-Service Commands – how effective will they be?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    As per media reports, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on August 19 has directed HQ IDS to "work out and fine-tune" the "basic structures" for the Cyber, Aerospace and Special Operations Commands.

  • NSA Talks – that went Kaput
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The Hindi idiom ‘Gadhe ko Dho Dho Kar Ghora Nahin Banaya Ja Sakta’ (a donkey can’t be turned into a horse through repeated washes) fits very aptly to the Pakistani military sponsoring terror.

  • Hacker-quadcopter – new threats emerging
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    As if the threat of terrorist attacks using drones was not enough...

  • Maldives – Chinese Octopus eyes nest
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    China may have been referred to as Dragon in the past but in yin and yang terminology the dragon is yang that complements yinfenghuang (Chinese phoenix).

  • Radicals realigning in Af-Pak
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    It is interesting to watch the realignment of radical organizations in the Af-Pak region, not that this has not been happening elsewhere. Pakistan’s military of course is adept in such orchestrations with the ISI...

  • Defence and Semiconductors
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Unlike the Chalta Hai attitude of its predecessors, it is credit to the present government that concerns have been expressed about security risks...

  • New DPP – what should be its contours?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The country, most prominently the private defence manufacturers await the new DPP with baited breath. The 10-member committee appointed by MoD was to submit its report on July 31.

  • HUMINT, TECHINT – and national security
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Why India has had dearth of intelligence at all levels was best described by former Joint Director IB, MK Dhar in his book ‘Open Secrets – India’s intelligence unveiled’ published in 2005 wherein he wrote that irrespective...

  • Victory at Haji Pir – 50 years gone
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Though many heroic battles were fought during the 1947-1948 Indo-Pak War by Indian troops hastily inducted into J&K...

  • Naga Accord – and northeast peace
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The recent peace pact undoubtedly is a welcome initiative by the Modi Government but at present this peace pact is only a framework agreement that lays the ground for further negotiations.

  • Gurdaspur Terror Attack – go beyond sterile sabre rattling
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The ease with which Pakistani terrorists struck in Dinanagar in Gurdaspur 10 kms deep inside India is just one more of the hundreds of terror strikes...

  • Army AD – Revalidating Validity?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The DAC recently cleared pending projects worth Rs 30,000 crores including warship combat management systems, artillery bi-modular...

  • HeliNa – helicopter version arrives
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    At first glance, the name HeliNa appears synonymous with Helena - the devious Greek queen mother in the ongoing TV serial...

  • Skill Development and Armed Forces
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    NR Narayan Murthy recently said, “Is there one invention from India that has become a household name in the globe? No such contribution in the last 60 years.”

  • Permanent Chairman COSC – a myth of toothless wonder
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The media has quoted MoD sources stating on July 21 that the proposal to create the new post of a Permanent Chairman of the COSC was at "an advanced stage of planning"...

  • Lockheed Martin to Acquire Sikorsky
    By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

    The acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft will enable Lockheed Martin to access new markets abroad and add value to its portfolio through enhanced sales in the military segment of its business.

  • Indo-US Bi-lateral Defence and Strategic Partnership
    By Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay (Retd.)

    On June 04, 2015 India and the US signed a new strategically important 10-year defence framework pact which envisaged joint development...

  • PM’s CAR visit – plugging the foreign policy deficit
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    In a recent interview to Rediff.com former NSA Shiv Shankar Menon has accused the Modi government of a western tilt, keeping China and Pakistan guessing and lack of strategic vision.

  • Quality issues with HAL products
    By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

    The crash of a Hawk AJT of the IAF in June this year due to engine failure, has once again shifted focus to quality issue at HAL.

  • Modi-Nawaz Meet – old wine in new bottle
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Trust the media to go berserk anytime PM Modi is likely to meet. So it was expected that when they did meet in Ufa, Russia on the sidelines...

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