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AIR DEFENCE IS EVERYWHERE
July 24, 2020 Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction The term Air Defence (AD), is simplistically understood by most as defence of a nation’s territory from an enemy’s air attacks. For a professional air power practitioner however, AD today means much more. It encompasses a....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Air defence , surveillance , AD Command , Air Space Management , Counter Air Operations , Counter Surface Force operations , Battlefield Air Support , Air Interdiction , Control & Reporting , Integrated Area Defence
चीन की धमकी को भारत के करारे जवाब पर सवाल करना राष्ट्र विरोधी
July 17, 2020 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

इस बार का भारत-चीन टकराव 1962 की लड़ाई के बाद से सबसे गंभीर टकराव है। यह विवाद सैकड़ों किलोमीटर लंबी ....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article
भारत में तबलीगी जमात: फैलाव और असर
July 14, 2020 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

तबलीगी जमात का संक्षिप्त परिचय भारत में कोविड-19 महामारी फैलने के साथ ही तबलीगी जमात भी देसी �....

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Hindi , Article , कोविद 19 , स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन , भारतीय धर्मनिरपेक्षता , मार्काज़ , तब्लीगी जमात
Eastern Ladakh: Studying the ‘Warning Shots’
July 13, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The whys and wherefores of the Chinese aggression in Eastern Ladakh, cumulated with the larger peripheral belligerence in South China and East China Seas and the Taiwan Straits in 2020, have been debated ad infinitum. The events of Galwan Valley, Hot....

National Security and Strategic Studies

Tags : Article , PLA , Strategic Support Force , Ladakh , Tibet , Galwan valley , ISR , Strategic Rocket Force , Xinjian , PLA Western Theatre Command
Border Brinkmanship: A Miscalculation by China
July 09, 2020 Air Marshal SS Soman (Retd.) Article

India and China have been engaged in a tense military faceoff that has witnessed numerous violent incidents over the last two months in Eastern Ladakh. The standoff has resulted from an aggressive border brinkmanship triggered by China, to assert its....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , China , Taiwan , LAC , Ladakh , Tibet , Galwan valley , Xinjiang , Air Power , Expansionist
Questioning India's Robust Response to the Chinese Threat is Anti National
July 06, 2020 Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

The current Sino Indian faceoff is the most serious since the 1962 conflict. Strung across hundreds of kilometres and encompassing many contentious areas it has been marked by scuffles between the two sides resulting in scores of casualties and heavy....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Article , Ladakh , Self Reliance , Sino Indian faceoff , PM's address , National resolve , National unity , Opposition
Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Leh: What Next?
July 04, 2020 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Prime Minister Modi’s surprise visit to a military base near Leh close to the India-China border on 3rd July was a turning point in the nine weeks old Indian military India China military face of which remains unresolved despite several rounds of m....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies

Tags : Article , India , China , QUAD , Intelligence , Galwan , Military faceoff , Strategic competition , Morale armed forces , Resist expansionism , Defence capabilities , Leh , PM ModiRussia
PAEAN TO COLONEL BABU AND HIS MEN | A POEM
July 03, 2020 Amb Kanwal Sibal Commentary

At those heights where the earth touches the sky The wind blows like a flurry of sharp spears That pierce the flesh without drawing blood When breathing becomes an ordeal And each step an act of determination to feel alive Our soldiers....

National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China

Tags : Commentary , China , PLA , Uighurs , Col Suresh Babu , Tibetans , Stone Age warriors , Forbidden City , Galwan River , Hegemonic ambitions
Managing the LAC: Rules are Handrails, and Not Handcuffs!
June 27, 2020 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Dragon is awake, and is vigourously seeking to establish Pax Sinica! Of the two milestones of the 100th anniversaries of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 2021 and 2....

National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Border and Coastal Security , China

Tags : Article , PLA , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan , CBMs , Agreement for Maintenance peace & Stability , Pangong Tso , Border Maintenance Posture , ROE
FDI in Defence: Some Thoughts
June 20, 2020 Lt. Gen P R Shankar (Retd.) Article

When our Finance Minister announced the raising of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in the defence sector under the automatic route from 49% to 74%1 it was reported as a ‘big push’ for Make in India. It was simultaneously reported....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Make in India , FDI , Defence sector , technologies , ROI
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