Experts Speak
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Oxygen for the Indian Air Force
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)The statement by the Minister of Defence that the deal for 36 Rafale...
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MMRCA Contract – Hopes Resurrected!
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)It was during the joint statement in Paris on April 10, 2015...
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Indo-French Cooperation
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)
The nation is optimistic that the diplomatic initiatives by Prime Minister Modi will open new vistas of opportunity for international cooperation...
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First Scorpene Undocked
By Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay (Retd.)In October 2005, the contract for 'Project-75' was awarded to French defence giant DCNS to build six Franco- Spanish Scorpene-class diesel attack submarines at Mazagon Docks Ltd. (MDL), Mumbai.
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Border Management
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)India is surrounded by countries with increasing instability. The nature and type of our borders makes facilitates this instability to transcend trans-border, a recent example being the Burdwan blasts...
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Supply Chain Security
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)In simple terms ‘supply chain security’ implies mechanism and effort to enhance security of the supply chain, the transport and logistics system for movement of cargo combining traditional practices...
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All air and no substance
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Next month the government will completing one year in office. That defence was the most neglected sector over the past decade is an established fact...
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New Cadre of Spies – but sub conventional deterrence?
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)More than an year and a half back there was plenty commotion in higher circle with the move to bring the national civil intelligence agencies under parliamentary oversight interestingly initiated...
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Chinese defence budget – increasing asymmetry
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Much that we may avoid the issue, the PLA is far ahead throughout the spectrum of conflict: nuclear, conventional, subconventional and cyberspace.
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Pakistan's Tactical Nuclear Weapons
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)The fact is that while Pakistan has continued to tread on the path of terrorism, the TNWs are adding a more dangerous dimension to it under the protective cover of the US administration and Saudi Arabia
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Upgrade of Mirage 2000 : A Shot in the Arm
By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)Upgrade of the Mirage 2000 fleet will provide the much needed relief to the IAF and a shot in the arm for its combat fleet.
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Unfortunate Crash of a Braveheart
By Rear Admiral Sushil Ramsay (Retd.)The Dornier, Do-228, belonging to the Indian Navy Air Squadron 310...
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Army's BMS project takes another step
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Indian Army’s Battlefield Management System project has taken another step with the government down-selecting two Indian industry consortia, namely, Tata Power and L&T and Bharat Electronics Limited and Rolta...
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Nuclear Power
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Our Kakrapar nuclear reactor is the first in the world using thorium and we are lucky in holding more than 25 per cent of global thorium reserves
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The PDP-BJP Coalition in J&K
By General V.P. Malik (Retd)J&K with its diverse topography, culture, religion, linguistic and ethnic identities has represented a truly pluralistic landscape of India. Alas! That is not true anymore.
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Defence Budget 2015-2016
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)The Fiinance Minister has announced a defence budget of Rs 2,46,727 crores for FY 2015-16. This announcement has come in the backdrop of a few other defence related news items
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The New DPP
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar acknowledged on sidelines of Aero India 2015 that Make in Defence for the defence sector required streamlining. India’s Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) has been reviewed...
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Sino-Indian Relations – new horizons
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)It is but typical of China to shroud her intent in a cloak of ambiguity.
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President Sirisena’s visit and beyond
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)Close on the heels of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Mangala Samarveera’s ‘pilgrimage’ to New Delhi came the state visit...
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Visit of President Obama – and beyond
By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)It can safely be said that the recent visit by President Barack Obama to India has taken the Indo-US strategic partnership to a level never achieved earlier.
