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Commentary: Some Niche Areas in Unmanned Operations and Technologies and Equipment in Support
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Commentary

Propelled by their enabling combat virtues like all-weather all-terrain operability, comprehensive mission spectrum, long ranges, tremendous endurance, precision strike capability and weapon loads that will give a run for their money to the combat p....

February 27, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , Unmanned aerial systems , artificial intelligence , SWARM attack
हंटर किलर से मौतें अपरिहार्य क्यों – तकनीकी पड़ताल
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

दुनिया के विभिन्न हिस्सों (पाकिस्तान, अफगानिस्तान, यमन, सीरिया, इराक और कई अन्य देश) में जिहादी आ�....

February 13, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , आतंकवादि के खिलाफ ड्रोन हमले , ड्रोन अभियानों में अवांछित मौत , Hunter Killer Casualties
Commentary: First Ever Swarm Attack has Happened
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Commentary

'We knew this day was coming' – Anon Open sources are reporting that the Russian air base at Khmeimim and Tartus naval facility in West Syria have been struck on 05 Jan 18 by a SWARM of home-made drones. This is the first time that such a....

January 19, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , Commentary , Unmanned aerial systems , swarm tactics , artificial intelligence
Why Hunter Killer Casualties are Inevitable? - A Technical Analysis
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Drone strikes, as a part of targeted killing campaigns against jihadist militants in various parts of the world (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Syria and more), have always suffered with one common negative end product, i.e., unintended c....

January 17, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , Drone strikes , unintended casualties , technical limitations
The Fascinating Journey of The Evolution of the Unmanned
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Ever since the arrival of the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) on the scene, the battlefield has never been the same. In that, on one hand the attackers are exploiting many of the combat capabilities of UAS, the defenders are busy in harnessing new tech....

January 05, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , Unmanned aerial systems , Historic evolution of UAV
Achieving 63 GW Nuclear Capacity by 2032: Can it be done?
Dr Kapil Patil

A year before the announcement of the historic civil nuclear cooperation initiative between India and US in 2005, an important study by India’s Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) entitled, “Strategy for Growth of Electricity in India” envisaged ....

January 03, 2018 Technological and Scientific Studies , nuclear power programme , target capacity addition
Services Qualitative Requirement (SQR): Need To Realise the Potential of New Provisions
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Making the Services Qualitative Requirement (SQR) for a weapon system or an equipment not only marks the beginning of a defence procurement case, but also is a foundation on which rests the entire edifice of the subsequent procedure. Whether the effo....

November 22, 2017 Technological and Scientific Studies , defence procurement , L-I syndrome , enhanced parameters
Internet of Things and Implications in a Developing Economy
Col KPM Das (Retd)

Introduction Internet, today, has become an essential element in people’s lives and, in an extended way, in the affairs of communities and in the conduct of everyday affairs. There is a pervading view that Internet access is the....

October 03, 2017 Technological and Scientific Studies , Make in India , Internet of Things , applications , economic transformation , Skill India
Beyond the Rhetoric - The Bottom line Challenges for Ground Based Air Defence
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM

Gun Systems No country the word over ever throws away its old calibres (implying gun systems). Russia is still going strong with its 57 mm, 85 mm air defence guns (besides the newer vintage of 23 mm and 30 mm). Sweden, Italy, and....

August 30, 2017 Technological and Scientific Studies , Air defence , Weapon up-grade , Development
Workshop on Internet Governance

Dr Gulshan Rai, (National Cyber Security Coordination Centre, or NCSC), Mr Sanjay Verma, Ministry of External Affairs, Mr. Samiran Gupta, India Head of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN), among others, participated in a d....

May 29, 2017 Technological and Scientific Studies , Seminars , Internet Governance
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