Indian Defence Review, Volume 24 (4)


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In This Volume: The Big Picture Maoists And The Armed Forces On The Spot Report The Rajapaksa Model: Of Defeating Terror, Securing Peace and National Reconciliation Defense and Aerospace Digest Rheinmetall Thales KMW Arihant: The Annihilator India-Us Relations: Future Trajectory India's Foreign Policy: A Muddle For Sixty Two Years Kargil Controversy: Sorry State Of Higher Defense Management Defense Procurements: Learning From Past Mistakes Defense Psus: The Great Betrayal Defense Purchases: Time India Asserts Itself Incursions, Now And Then Prospects For Democratization In Myanmar: Impact On India Myanmar Going Nuclear China's String of Pearls Vs India's Iron Curtain Bows, Arrows And Nuclear Weapons "Is War Around The Corner?" Return Of Jiang China's Role As Pakistan's Nuclear And Missile Patron Resurrecting Afghanistan Recollections Of The 1971 War The Fragile Af-Pak Policy Some Reflections On Our Defense Policy India's Nuclear Doctrine Line Of Actual Control Or Contention? Pakistan: Dialogue Process Will End Only In Frustration Executive Summary By B Raman Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistani Colony India Should Suspend Work Visas For Chinese October 1: Day Of Mourning Obama Veering Towards Neutrality On Arunachal Pradesh? A Professional Departs




Indian Defence Review Vol 29.4 (Oct-Dec 2014)


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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 Capt Joseph Noronha looks at the future of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles followed by Gp Capt B Menon presenting the need for developing weapon systems for the Air Force in the near future. Air Marshal PV Naik views National security in a holistic perspective. The visit of the PM to Japan has been succulently analysed in the strategic dimension by Dr S Roy Chaudhary. The Chinese President’s visit in the first year of his term coinciding with that of the Indian PM was looked at with much anticipation, the nuances of the visit has been persuasively covered by Claude Arpi. Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee interprets the Pakistan nuclear rhetoric in a realistic geopolitical setting. Consequent to Boeing of USA successfully test flying a retired F 16 fighter aircraft in an unmanned mode Sqn Ldr Vijendra Thakur studied the possibility of Chinese Air Force utilising similar modification to their hordes of retired Migs. The outcome is a surreal scenario. Maj Gen AK Chadha has ventured in to Cyberspace and looks at the military possibilities in this ‘No Man’s Land’ most comprehensively. Our Special Correspondent has looked at two connected issues Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) and India’s Defence Industrial complex. Rear Adm AP Revi analyses the consequences of a depleting submarine fleet of the Indian Navy. Priya Tyagi covers the latest defence news and Col Danvir Singh reports of his visit to France presenting the FREMM multi-mission Frigate by DCNS.




Indian Defence Review Vol 22.4


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Indian Defence Review (IDR) is India's best-known defense journal. Over the year the journal has attained the "most quoted" status by defense and security analysts worldwide. The journal offers an incisive analysis of defense and politico-security affairs focused on Asia. In This Volume: DEMOCRACY AND SECURITY - Bharat Verma (Ed) INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT US POODLE OR CHINESE POODLE? - B Raman INDIAN INTELLIGENCE: The Fiddling Has to Stop... - B Raman IAF: Flying into the Future - Air Commodore Jasjit Singh DEFENCE and TECHNOLOGY MONITOR AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS - IDR Research Team BLUE PRINT FOR INDIAN AEROSAPCE INDUSTRY - Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major ENERGIZING AEROSPACE INDUSTRY: New Opportunities for Partnerships - Chris Chadwick INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS - Richard Kirkland TURBOMECA: HIGH PROFILE PRESENCE IN INDIA BEL GIVES RS.84.96 CR DIVIDEND TO GOVT EUROFIGHTER TYPHOON IN THE RACE MALABAR: Navy Tests Her Mettle - Captain Vinay Garg VARUNA 2007 THE NEW 'MAKE' PROCEDURE: A Retrograde Step - Maj Gen Mrinal Suman WARSHIP BUILDING: Cost and Time Overruns - Vice Admiral Rajeshwer Nath CHINA: Friend or Foe? - Claude Arpi MILITARY SERVICE PAY - Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi IMAGE OF THE ARMED FORCES - Group Capt AG Bewoor TIBET: The Real Issue - Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal PUNJAB'S PAKISTAN - RSN Singh SRI LANKAN TAMILS: Anatomy of Indian Involvement - Anand K Verma NBC DISASTERS: Prevention and Management - Lt Gen Shankar Prasad PAKISTAN: A Convoluted Script - Wilson John DEFENCE UNIVERSITY FOR INDIA: An Appraisal of the Proposition - Maj Gen Mrinal Suman B Raman: BID TO ASSASSINATE BENAZIR LTTE'S ANURADHAPURA RAID JIHADI ANARCHY IN SWAT SABOTAGE IN NWFP




India's Nuclear Proliferation Policy


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This book examines India’s nuclear program, and it shows how secrecy inhibits learning in states and corrodes the capacity of decision-makers to generate optimal policy choices. Focusing on clandestine Indian nuclear proliferation during 1980–2010, the book argues that efficient decision-making is dependent on strongly established knowledge actors, high information turnover and the capacity of leaders to effectively monitor their agents. When secrecy concerns prevent states from institutionalizing these processes, leaders tend to rely more on heuristics and less on rational thought processes in choices involving matters of great political uncertainty and technical complexity. Conversely, decision-making improves as secrecy declines and policy choices become subject to higher levels of scrutiny and contestation. The arguments in this book draw on compelling evidence gathered from interviews conducted by the author, with interviewees including individuals who were involved in nuclear planning in India from 1980 to 2010, such as former cabinet and defence secretaries, the principal secretary to the prime minister, national security advisors, secretaries to the department of atomic energy, military chiefs of staff and their principal staff officers, and commanders of India’s strategic (nuclear) forces. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, Asian politics, strategic studies and International Relations.




Indian Defence Review Vol 29.2


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The new issue of Indian Defence Review discusses the pros and cons of private aerospace manufacturing industry and why it should be encourage to flourish. Group Captain Joseph Noronha very strongly contends that the private aerospace industry must flourish in India to develop the sector. Artillery modernization in doldrums and IDR proposes a major overhaul in the procurement process to hasten reequipping of Regimens of Artillery immediately with 155mm guns. Group Captain Sachdev looks critically into whether the Indian Air Force equipped for a two-front war in case China-Pakistan join hands to attack India at the same time. The IAF has already informed the government that they are not prepared to handle the two-front war and hence, finalization of MMRCA deal is extremely vital. There is an interesting debate of shaping, equipping and employing Special Forces by Saikat Dutta and Force Projection by Brig Deepak Sinha. Also our senior military experts propose tired board defence against China. With the classified Handerson Brooke report leaked out, Gen Bajwa, former Chief of Staff Eastern Command draws interesting lessons from it. On the other hand, Bharat Verma takes apart and attempt to create a ‘fake military coup’ as also details the incompetence of the defence minister, which has lowered the military preparedness in the last 10 years against increasing and multiplying security threats on India’s border.




Indian Defence Review Vol 31.1 (Jan-Mar 2016)


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IN THIS VOLUME: Military Modernisation in the Absence of a National Security Doctrine - Lt Gen JS Bajwa Rafale Deal - Untying the Knots - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Modernisation of Army Air Defence - Maj Gen AK Mehra Visualised Indian Artillery Considering Threats from China and Pakistan - Maj Gen PK Chakravorty Aviation: The Future is Unmanned - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Revamping the IAF’s Trainer Fleet - Gp Capt B Menon The Eagle, The Dragon, The Elephant and The Bear - Col Anil Athale Restructuring the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) - Col NP Singh Bull in the China Shop: The Indian Army vs The PLA - Brig Deepak Sinha China’s Reclamation of Islands in the South China Sea: Implications for India - Maj Gen PK Chakravorty Militarization of South China Sea: Offence-Defense Paradigm - S Rajasimman India’s Nuclear Submarine Programme - Rear Adm AP Revi India’s Air Defence: Is it Capable? - Maj Gen AK Mehra Make in India in Defence Production: Challenges & Opportunities - DC Srivastava KAMOV: The Make in India Defence Deal - Dr SN Misra What S-400 will bring to the Indian Ground-Based: Air Defence Capability? - Lt Gen VK Saxena Make in India: Problems and Prospects for the Aerospace Industry - Gp Capt AK Sachdev Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi Nurturing Military Institutions: For the Good of the Nation - Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Ending the World’s Worst Atrocities: Darfur - Anant Mishra Myanmar Elections and Impact on the Region - Danvir Singh Spectre of ISIS’ Cyber Jihad Pandemic - Maj Gen AK Chadha




Indian Defence Review Oct-Dec Vol. 28.4


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-------------------------------------- From the Editor -------------------------------------- MILITARY: The Grid of Violence – Bharat Verma -------------------------------------- Indian Defence Review Comment -------------------------------------- EASTERN LADAKH: Can India Afford the Luxury of Inaction? – Lt Gen JS Bajwa No Human Occupant: The Growing Challenges of UAS Pilot Training – David Oliver Evolution of Ground-Based Air Defence Weapons – Air Marshal Narayan Menon Equipping Cutting Edge Infantry – Lt Gen Prakash Katoch Rise of the PLAAF: Implications for India – Gp Capt AK Sachdev Challenges Facing Civil Aviation in India – Robert S Metzger Aerospace and Defence News – Priya Tyagi Games Nations Play: Chinese Assertiveness & America’s Re-balancing – Brig Amar Cheema The Ray of Death: Directed-Energy Weapons – Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Infrastructure in the IAF: A Force Multiplier – Air Marshal Raghu Rajan Empowerment of a Power House: The Infantry Battalion – Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Network Centric Warfare – Lt Gen Prakash Katoch Chinese Innovations – Claude Arpi




Indian Defence Review Vol 31.2 (Apr-Jun 2016)


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IN THIS VOLUME: ‘Sagara Manthan’: Make in India Transition | Lt Gen JS Bajwa “Our vision in next 10 years is to become top defence industry in the world...” | Interview by Danvir Singh Indian Airborne Troops Script History | Danvir Singh Submarine Ahoy – Whither to Bound? | Rear Adm AP Revi Aerospace and Defence News | Priya Tyagi Higher Defence Organisation for India: Towards an Integrated Approach | Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan Indian Army: Adopting ‘Deep Operations’ Doctrine | Col JK Achuthan The Government’s Burden of Military Security | Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Global Terrorism: An Analysis of Fault Lines and Risks | Maj Gen SB Asthana Tackling Global Terror | Anil Kumar Tandale Islamic State: The New Brand of Terrorism in India | V Balasubramaniyan India & China Territorial Dispute: The Growing Challenge | Brig Gurmeet Kanwal China-India-Myanmar: The Forgotten Frontier | Air Cmde PC Chopra Myanmar and India: A New Future | Maj Gen Nitin P Gadkari Airfield Security: Lessons for the IAF | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Acoustic Capacity Building in the Indian Ocean Region | Cdr (Dr) Arnab Das & Vice Adm DSP Varma Transportation Infrastructure in the North East | Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja Our Forgotten Wars: Victimisation and Survival in Bodoland | Dr Samrat Sinha Women Officers in the Indian Army: A Reality Check | Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal Socio Economic Transformation: Through Ex-Servicemen | Lt Gen SK Gadeock & Col Nishant Sharma DPP 2016: A Missed Opportunity | Dr SN Misra Defence Budget 2016: Hits and Misses for the IAF | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Privatisation of the Indian Aerospace Industry: Problems and Prospects | Gp Capt AK Sachdev The Patrol Leader | Sumit Walia




Indian Defence Review Vol 30.4 (Oct-Dec 2015)


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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 Comprehensive Security Perspective – Tien-Sze Fang BRICS: A Strategic Self Appraisal – S Rajasimman India’s Military Might: The Real Truth – Lt Gen Amarjeet S Chabbewal Flexible Reach: Balancing the IAF’s Air Transport Fleet – Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Future of Rotary Wing Craft – Gp Capt AK Sachdev Aerospace and Defence News – Priya Tyagi No place to Hide: Latest Developments in Air Defence Missiles – Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Will advances in UAVs Edge out Manned Aircraft? – Gp Capt AK Sachdev What Ails India’s Defence Industrial Complex? – Lt Gen Prakash Katoch MSMES in Defence Production: A Neglected Sector – Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja Russian Domination of the Syrian Battleground – Danvir Singh Petro-Jihadism: The Conspiracy within the Imperishable War in the Arab World – Maj Lal Ananth Splintering Naxalism in India: Maoism or Money? – V Balasubramaniyan




Indian Defence Review Vol 31.3 (Jul-Sep 2016)


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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 Military History | Brigadier Amar Cheema China’s Maritime Strategy: Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) | Bharat Lather Is Indianess Reasserting in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir? | RSN Singh Indian and Chinese Covert Efforts | Nicolas Groffman Home Minister in Pakistan: Take Action Against Terrorists and Countries that Support Them | Danvir Singh Decommissioning of Ins Viraat | Danvir Singh Potent Indigenous War Unfolding in Jammu & Kashmir | Brig Narender Kumar China – The New Aerospace Power | Gp Capt AK Sachdev Sino-Pak Collaboration – Military Aviation | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Success Breeds Stunning Success: The Story of India’s Space Endeavour | Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Book Reviews