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IN THIS VOLUME: From the editor : • Is the World Coming Apart at the Seams? – Lt Gen JS Bajwa - Editor Indian Defence Review • Militarisation of Space: Imperatives for India – Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Terrestrial Electronic Warfare: The IAF’S Unexplored Option? – Sqn Ldr Vijainder K Thakur • The Rafale is finally on IAF inventory – Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja • Advances in Military Helicopters – Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Trends in Aerial Weapons: Smart and Lethal – Gp Capt Joseph Noronha • AMCA and LCA MK II: Challenges and Options – Air Marshal Anil Chopra • INDIA’S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY: Structure, Strategies, Policies and the Road Ahead – Prof (Dr) SN Misra •...
IN THIS VOLUME: Propping up Proxies: India’s Inimical Neighbourhood – Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) ---------------------------------------------------- INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT Indian Air Force: 2025 – Air Marshal Anil Chopra ---------------------------------------------------- PLAAF: Rising Challenge for the IAF – Gp Capt B Menon Pakistan Air Force Today: Implications for India – Gp Capt B Menon LCA Tejas: The never ending wait! – Air Marshal Anil Chopra The IAF and its need for close Air Support – Sqn Ldr Vijainder K Thakur Need for an Indian Marine Force – Col JK Achuthan Taiwan – Why Shy Full Relations? – Lt Gen Prakash Katoch India - Taiwan Relations: A Comprehensiv...
There was a change of Government in India in May 2014 which galvanised a rather insipid Foreign Policy. The Prime Minister’s (PM) visit to the neighbouring countries and the Foreign Minister covering those where he was not able to go created a new dynamic in the neighbourly relations. However, Pakistan due to its Army shadowing the Civilian Government presents a unique dilemma in progressing bilateral relations. China surprisingly put across contradictory signals due to the actions of the Peoples Liberation Army on the Line of Actual Control during the visit of the President to India. These present a dilemma to the Indian Government and are covered in the Comment by Lt Gen Jiti Bajwa. Gp C...
IN THIS VOLUME: • Securing India’s Rightful Place in the Comity of Nations - Lt Gen JS Bajwa • Army Aviation: A Future Perspective - Lt Gen BS Pawar • Air Elements in Special Ops - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Mobile Phones: A Disruptive Military Communications Change - Col NP Singh • A New Kind of Warfare Drones: A Game Changer in Future Conflict - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha • China’s New Constellation in Asia-Pacific: India’s Bind - Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee • The Russian Shift - Danvir Singh • Technology in Warfare: Is India Lagging Behind? - Sumit Walia • Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft for the IAF - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Private Sector in Aerospace and Defence: An Evolving Success Story - Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi • Pushing the Red Line: Analysing India’s Response Post Pulwama - Maj Dibya Satpathy • India: Need for Strategic Culture and Policy Options - Vice Adm MP Muralidharan • Deconstructing the Psycho-Political Profile of a Terrorist - Dr Veena Ravi Kumar
In this volume: Coup in Turkey Now in A Coop | Lt Gen JS Bajwa Fifth Generation Aircraft: Battlefield Air Support Mission | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Unmanned Full Scale Fighter Targets for Training and Ucav Technology Development | Sqn Ldr Vijainder K Thakur Women Join the Fighter Stream of the Iaf: Will it Work? | Gp Capt Joseph Noronha First Param Vir Chakra | Sumit Walia Military Aviation and the Indian Air Force | Dr Narender Yadav The Contours of Iddm: A User’s Perspective | Lt Gen VK Saxena Challenges to the Indo-Us Defence Relationship | Abhinav Dutta Aerospace and Defence News | Priya Tyagi About Wars of the Future | Artsrun Hovhannisyan Decision-Making in War: Recalling India’s M...
IN THIS VOLUME: Doklam: India at an Inflection Point in its Quest for Regional/Global Power Status - Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) Directed Energy Weapons: Game Changer Or A Damp Squib? - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Advances in Technology: Battlefield Helicopters - Gp Capt AK Sachdev Space: The Force Multiplier For Air Power - Air Marshal Anil Chopra MiG-35, F-16, Gripen or Better Choice? - Sumit Walia Look Long, Look Deep: China’s Airborne Warning and Control Systems - Gp Capt Ravinder Singh Chhatwal Our Armed Forces: Do We Take Them Seriously? - Sanjiv Khanna China’s ‘Contentious’ Path To War? - Anant Mishra Balancing Politics and Power: Prognosis of China’s Military Build-up - Lt Gen Gaut...
Two issues that dominated the debates of the strategic community in the first quarter of this year were; ‘Make in India’ energetically marketed at the Aero-India Show and the Defence Budget. The Defence Budget is looked at intently to get the general emphasis of the government on security. Brig Gurmeet Kanwal has debated this lucidly. Maintaining a large standing armed force requires more than mere day-to-day support. An ill-equipped large force mired with equipment hollowness is not a guarantee for security but in a future war will be cannon fodder for the adversary. Someone will have to be held accountable to the nation for this debilitating lapse. Or take a conscious decision to reduc...