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The Changing Nature of Warfare: Lessons for India
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....

May 24, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , Article , Israel , India , Iran , Air defence , Lessons , Drones , doctrine , Long wars , nuclear doctrine Ukraine war
West Asia and the Case of Measured and Controlled Escalation: A Trend in Future Warfare
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On the night of 13/14 April 2024 Iran launched an unprecedented 170 drones, 30 cruise missiles and 120-130 ballistic missiles against Israel. Iran stated that bombardment was in response to the 01 April 2024 air strike on the Iranian consulate buildi....

April 29, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Iran , Air defence , Nuclear Weapons , Ballistic Missile , Iron Dome , Netanyahu , Drones , cruise missile , Future Warfare
IAF’s Revised Doctrine 2022: An Overview
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Indian Air Force has very recently published the third iteration of its Doctrine, a document which forges the close connect between India’s national security and its air power. Few are probably aware that the IAF has also been elevated to the t....

February 07, 2023 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air defence , Indian Air Force , SAGAR , doctrine , Air space , joint planning , no war no peace , space assets
The Future of Ground Based Air Defence
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Setting the Perspective

Introduction
This work carries the author’s perception of the required ‘future face of the nation’s Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) which will be capable of countering the futuristic threats from our....

August 17, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air defence , Missiles , Drones , GBAD , hypersonic
Russia’s Military Understanding of Air Power: Structural & Doctrinal Aspects
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The fog of war continues to hangover Ukraine even after eighty days, especially with facts difficult to discern amongst the information war running in parallel, biased reportage, and contradictory narratives based on the wide swath of international p....

May 23, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Russia , Air defence , S-400 , Ukraine , Air Power , SAM , VKS , Aleksandr Zelin , MANPADS , SEAD , Sergey Shoigu , VVS
The Russian Airpower Dilemma
Air Vice Marshal (Retd) Rajesh Isser, AVSM,VM (G) Article

General Observations
The ‘fog of information war’ challenges any meaningful analysis at this stage. The western narrative with connivance of the corporate sector has virtually silenced the ‘other’ narrative. It is clear that everyth....

March 16, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Russia , Article , Air defence , Ukraine , Air Power , VKS , Zelensky
AIR DEFENCE IS EVERYWHERE
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....

July 24, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , 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
Drone Swarms -a Growing Lethality…. Where is the World? Where are We?
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The credit of using the unmanned platform for the first time goes to Austria, when in1849 it attacked the Italian city of Venice using unmanned balloons loaded with explosives1. Surely, the Austrian warriors could have never imagined that ....

April 06, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , artificial intelligence , Air defence , Drone swarms , drone capabilities , UAV-X , Kamikaze drone , autonomous warfare , weaponised drones
Making Sense of Missile Shield
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The media picks up the tag line "India puts up a missile shield" every time there is news related, one way or the other, to the plan to acquire a surface-to-air-missile (SAM) system. The so called "missile shield" filled the media space when there wa....

August 31, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air defence , S-400 , Missile Defence
Why S-400 Will Make Sense Despite (Un)Likelihood of US Sanctions
Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Commentary

The open source is abuzz with the news that India and Russia are close to finalising the deal for the purchase of S-400 System despite the threat of US sanctions1. Making it a central issue during the visit of Defence Minister, Mrs ....

May 08, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Air defence , S-400
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