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Raksha Mantri

Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Reports emanating from the Joint Commanders Conference (JCC) held at Lucknow on 04-05 September 2024 suggest that a blueprint for the proposed Integrated Theatre Commands (ITC) has been formulated by the services and presented to the Raksha Mantri (R....

September 10, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , PLA , Raksha Mantri , Integrated Theatre Commands , Joint Commanders Conference , Joint Logistics Nodes , Theatrisation

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 March 2023

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Indian Air Force (IAF) is participating in Exercise Shinyuu Maitri with the Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF).
Chief of Naval Staff, Royal Navy on a two-day official visit and Chief of Navy, Royal Australian N....

March 22, 2023 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , Australia , France , Navy , Indigenous , Raksha Mantri , exercise , HTT-40 , import , Exercise Shinyuu Maitri , JWGACTC , FRINJEX-2023 , Ships , Dornier , La Perouse , Bharat Terrorism LWE J&K Extremism Afghanistan Maoist IslamicExtremism Khalistan IslamicState Yemen ISWAP BokoHaram al-Shabaab Australia

The Shifting Strategic Connotations of Line(s) of Control

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

The Line of Control (LOC), the Line of Actual Control (LAC) hereinafter the LINES, and the Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL) in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, are denoted by huge dissimilarities, as chalk and cheese. The 772....

September 08, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , CPEC , PLA , Gilgit-Baltistan , CBMs , Chushul , Eastern Ladakh. , Raksha Mantri