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Armed Forces in Aid to Civilian Authorities in COVID-19 environment

COVID-19 has tested healthcare and associated infrastructure of nations like nothing else before. There are precedents e.g. the Spanish Flu, but none on the scale of COVID-19. Under such a catastrophic environment, the role of the Armed Forces in ass....

April 14, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Army , Indian Navy , CDS , COVID-19 , Quarantine , IAF , Force preservation , Assistance Civil authorities , logistics

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

Defence Exports: Analysing the Armenian Success

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

On 01 Mar 2020, the media was abuzz with the breaking news of India having won a 40 million USD contract to supply four Swathi Weapon Locating Radars (WLR) to Armenia beating strong competitors like Russia and Poland¹. A contract of th....

March 18, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , DRDO , BrahMos , Swathi WLR , Defence Exports , DPSU , Akash missile , radars

A Decade of Discourse on Defence Matters

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

This book is a compilation of 30 pioneering papers on issues connected with India's national defence. These papers are a part of the vast repository of VIF publications over the past decade of its functioning as a strategic think tank with the purpos....

March 12, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian military , national defence , Book Published , Defence Matters , India's strategic

India’s Military Bilateral & Multilateral Exercises in 2019 - A Compendium

The Indian armed forces form an important component in projecting the Government of India’s foreign policy on the world stage. India has always projected and cultivated a well-rounded relationship with its neighbours as well as with countries beyon....

February 24, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Compendium , India’s Military Exercises

Creating an Effective CDS for India’s National Defence

VIF Study Group Report Article

Background

Nearly two decades after submission of the Kargil Review Committee (KRC) report in 1999, the Group of Ministers (GOM) Report in 2001 and recommendations of the Naresh Chandra Task Force in 2012, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS)....

February 13, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , CDS , Govt CDS initiative , Guidelines on CDS function , MoD reforms

भारत के चीफ ऑफ डिफेंस स्टाफ: कुछ अनसुलझे मुद्दे

Gautam Sen Article

भारत सरकार ने देश की रक्षा सेवाओं से जुड़े सभी मामलों पर रक्षा मंत्री के इकलौते सलाहकार तथा सैन्�....

February 04, 2020 Defence , Governance and Political Studies , Article , DMARevenue budgetCapital budgetDODPrincipal AdvisorAcquisition PlansCDS

Air Defence Command – Some Salient Aspects

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

The newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) in his very first meeting after taking over on 01 Jan 2020, has directed Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (IDS) to prepare a proposal by 30 Jun 2020 for the creation of Air Defence Command (ADC) b....

January 17, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Air Threat , CDS , Air Defence Command , Vulnerable Areas , Vulnerable Points , TBA , Integrated Air Command & Control System , Air Defence Battle

India`s Chief of Defence Staff: Some Issues to be Resolved

Gautam Sen Commentary

Government of India has created the institution of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) as a single point adviser to Raksha Mantri (RM) on all matters concerning the Defence Services of the country and as Secretary of a newly created Department of Military A....

January 16, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , CDS , DMA , Revenue budget , Capital budget , DOD , Principal Advisor , Acquisition Plans

IBGs – Need To Survive To Fight Another Day

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Premise

It was reported in Nov 2019, that after having tested the Integrated Battle Group (IBG) concept (explained later) both in the Western, as well as, the Eastern theatre, the Indian Army will be operationalising the IBGs in the field....

January 14, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Missiles , UAVs , IBG , OP PARAKARAM , Cold Start Doctrine , PGMs , PLAAF , PAF