Articles

Deterrence Exists, though Slender is the Thread!

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

This is an era of confused geopolitics. There were on horizon a transformation of West Asia, with Abrahams Accord, I2U2, Saudi-Iran thaw, IMEC; and then suddenly the fiercest of wars between Israel-Hamas with its other fallouts. The geopolitics of We....

November 28, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Terrorism , sanctions , Warfare , CBMs , deterrence , no war no peace , Conventional war

Modern Wars through a Doctrinal Prism

Gp Capt Sartaj Sehgal Article

There have been numerous attempts to study the ongoing Russo Ukraine war and draw lessons through the prisms of doctrines, strategy and tactics for our armed forces. Rightly so, as doctrines are ever evolving and need to be in sync with the changing ....

April 13, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Warfare , IAF , Counter Air Operations , Modern , doctrine , 2023 , service specific , conjoint , counter surface

Swarm Drones: Attacker’s Delight, Defender’s Nightmare

Ever since the emergence of the unmanned phenomenon, the warfare has never been the same. Starting from their very humble beginnings of giving the war-fighter the marginally incremental capability to ‘look around the corner and over the hill’ the....

May 28, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Warfare , Swarm Drones , UAS , Growing Lethality , SWARM Task Sheet , SWARM

Warring Minds & Cognitive Ammo

Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Rajesh Isser, AVSM,VM (G)

Warfare’s most visible element is blurring of lines between wars and peace, competitors and adversaries, future friends and foes, and such like. It is an age of perception shaping and dominating the ‘truth’. The Chinese have embraced this for c....

January 27, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Information Warfare , Warring Minds , Cognitive Ammo , Warfare