Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)

Col Pradeep Jaidka served with the Military Intelligence for 28 years. A Science graduate from Delhi he was trained abroad in Remote Sensing technologies. His service career encompasses functioning and analyzing the insurgency in eastern and northern regions; Instructional tenures; Imagery Analysis at the NRSA and Army HQ; and in counter intelligence - before opting for premature retirement in 1998. Post retirement he worked in the corporate environment in Loss Prevention, Risk Management and Digital Image Processing domains.

Contributions

Cyber Propaganda and Disinformation Operations in the Hamas Israel War

January 25, 2024 Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)

Harnessing prevailing technologies give boost to war waging efforts. The present digital environment, has introduced a new dimension in modern warfare – that of cyber operations. This has multiple effects, an opponent now seeks to dominate or contr...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Israel, Hamas, Cyber propaganda, information operations

Perceptions and Prospects: Israel-Hamas Conflict

January 01, 2024 Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)

“History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” - Mark Twain Biblical descriptions record the divergent fates of Issac, the patriarch of Israelis and Ishmael, the prophet of Islam, both sons of Abraham. The confluence of places...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Israel, Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Economic costs, IDF, Perceptions

Cyclical Errors in Intelligence Assessment: A Comparative Analysis

November 29, 2023 Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)

A study of history would reveal that nations and their leaders become victims of surprise as they either chose to remain ignorant of events or unwilling to accept new (or good) inputs in a timely manner. Some significant historical examples are liste...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, Israel, Hamas, HUMINT, Intelligence assessment, Mossad, SIGINT, 1973 Yom Kippur war

Hidden Contours of Israel Hamas Conflict

November 09, 2023 Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)

Hamas executed a well-planned multifaceted military operation, breaching the Gaza fence after neutralizing Israel’s sensors, automatic machine gun towers and communications nodes to execute civilians; take hostages and desecrate bodies of the dead....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Israel, Social Media, Gaza, Hamas, Perception Warfare, Siege, tunnels, Urban Warfare

Does Intelligence Always Fail-Invariably?

October 27, 2023 Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.)

Since their inception, humans have been interested in knowing about the adversary. Examples abound in history. The blind king’s desire to know events in Kurukshetra; Moses tasking his 12 spies before sending them to Canaan; Trojan Horse; the first ...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Intelligence failure