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To Redefine War in Indian Context is Mandatory
June 24, 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

In 1942 Quincy Wright wrote in A Study of War, that to different people war may have different meanings. While Brittanica Encyclopaedia states that war, in the popular sense, is a conflict between political groups involving hostilities of cons....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , India , China , Conflict , PLA , Ladakh , Kargil , NCW , Russia Ukraine war , Clausewitz
Combat Casualty Management is a Low-Cost Force Multiplier: Lessons from Ukraine War
June 20, 2024 Air Vice Marshal A. Agarwal, VSM Article

Executive Summary The idea of war with an advanced adversary, or worse, a two front war is daunting, needing every bit of ingenuity that one can muster. Force multipliers are one such, employed to overcome the difficulties against a numer....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , morale , Russia Ukraine war , Change in battlefield , Combat casualty management , Force multiplier , Medical care
Defence Exports – An Adjunct to India’s Foreign Policy
June 07, 2024 Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

The Term In general, the term ‘defence exports’ imply transfer of lethal weaponry and warlike equipment to another country under various parameters of mutual understanding and terms of exchange. Export of defence hardware is an adjunc....

National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy

Tags : Defence technology , Defence modernisation , Defence Exports , iDEX , Positive Indigenisation List , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Defence diplomacy , Akash air defence system , BrahMos cruise missile , Pinaka Multiple Launch Rocket System , Tejas Light Combat Aircraft
India’s Growing Defence Exports - Charting the Future
June 06, 2024 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

For a country that has long had the unenvious distinction of being the largest global arms importer, the narrative of `growing – arms exports’ is in itself a paradigm shift. It is with pride that the Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister) recen....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , boosting defence exports , India arms exports , Growth of arms exports , Arms exports
Defence Corridor and Entrepreneurship in VUCA Times
June 03, 2024 Prof (Dr) Manoj Joshi Commentary

Overview The big question is in these turbulent times, how can India's Defence Corridor strengthen national security while acting as a center of entrepreneurial innovation? Let us discover! In the dynamic landscape of VUCA (Vola....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Commentary , UP , Made in India , MSMEs , R&D , Defence Industrial Corridors , Tamilnadu , VUCA
Changes in India’s Defence Technology Development Policies Over the Decade
May 29, 2024 Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF

“A renaissance is imperative for us to once again become a knowledge superpower rather than simply providing cheap labour in areas of high technology.” Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Introduction Over the last decade,....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy

Tags : DRDO , Defence technology , DTTI , iDEX , iCET , DISC , Innovators , INDUS-X , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Critical and Emerging Technologies , DIO , Incubators , IMPACT , Investors , Technology Development Fund (TDF)
The Changing Nature of Warfare: Lessons for India
May 24, 2024 Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

The Russia-Ukraine war and the war in Gaza provide several pointers to how the nature of warfare is changing. Indian strategic thinkers need to carefully study these wars and imbibe the lessons. Indian armed forces are in the process of being reorgan....

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

Tags : Article , Israel , India , Iran , Air defence , Lessons , Drones , doctrine , Long wars , nuclear doctrine Ukraine war
Changing Contours of Drone Warfare – Dawn of a New Reality
February 27, 2024 Sunil Yadav Article

Introduction Military drones have become an indispensable tool in modern warfare, and stand poised to shape the contours of all future wars. Use of drones in warfare is not new, they were used in Vietnam, in the Kosovo war, Afghanistan, ....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , Drone swarms , Military drones , Male , FPV drones , Techno Guerrilla warfare , MQ-9 Reaper , Black Hornet , cardboard drones , loitering munitions , cost effectiveness , HALE , anti drone systems
Red Sea Crisis and India’s Options
February 08, 2024 Anurag Bisen, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

Introduction Since mid-November 2023, the maritime security in the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea and the larger Western Indian Ocean has been gravely upended due to the repeated attacks on merchant shipping by the Yemen-based Houthi rebels. T....

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

Tags : Article , Israel , India , Iran , trade , Indian Navy , shipping , Houthis , Red Sea
Contemporary Land-Centric Operational Environment: Need for Dynamism and Adaptability
January 09, 2024 Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

It was half a decade ago, when the ‘strategic community’ commonly opined that conventional wars were passe, and if and when future wars did occur, they would ‘likely to be ambiguous, uncertain, short, swift, lethal, intense, precise, non-linear....

National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Tags : Article , LoC , Military technology , LAC , Drones , Army manpower , Counter terrorism grid
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