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Reflections on the Defence Budget 2018-19

The general features of the Defence Budget for 2018-19 are not different from those of the past. With a total outlay of Rs 4,04,365 cr, including Rs 1,08,853 cr towards pension liabilities, the defence outlay is 16.6 percent of the budgeted central g....

April 02, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , national security , Defence budget , military modernisation , defence financing , Strategic Studies , Defence

Vimarsha: ‘Changing Security Environment: The Role of Indian Army’, talk by General Bipin Rawat, Chief of the Army Staff

At a public event, organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) on 13 Mar 2018 under the Vimarsha lecture series, General Bipin Rawat, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), spoke about India’s changing security e....

March 19, 2018 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian Army , CDS , Bipin Rawat , People's Liberation Army , Special Forces’

Defence Corridors Notwithstanding, the Real Challenge is "Make in India"

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

The Finance Minister, in his budget speech 2018 announced that two Defence Industrial Production Corridors (DIPC) will be developed in the country. Following this, the Govt., in early this month, announced that the first of this corridor will come up....

March 15, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Defence Industrial Production Corridors , Make in India

वर्ष के अंत में डीआरडीओ का मिसाइल परीक्षण- एक उल्लेखनीय उपलब्धि

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

गत वर्ष 28 दिसंबर को रक्षा अनुसंधान एवं विकास संगठन (डीआरडीओ) ने सुपरसॉनिक इंटरसेप्टर मिसाइल (जि�....

February 23, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

‘Sharpening the Arsenal: India’s Evolving Nuclear Deterrence Policy’, Gurmeet Kanwal, Harper Collins Publishers Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, 2017, pp 268, INR 599

Maj Gen (Retd.) P K Chakravorty

The book deals comprehensively with India’s nuclear arsenal and finally suggests as to what must be done to sharpen it in the current environment. The book has 13 Chapters and six interesting Appendices. The first Chapter deals with the reluctan....

February 09, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , TNWs , Defence technology , Book Reviews , Nuclear Power , Nuclear Deterrence Policy

Commentary: India’s Missile Arsenal - An Overview

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

On January 18, 2018, the personnel of the Indian armed forces test-fired the 5,000-km-plus Agni-5 Interim Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM). The test, conducted from Kalam Island in the Bay of Bengal, achieved all the mission parameters that had been st....

January 31, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Indian missiles , Agni , ICBM

संयुक्त अभ्यासों के लाभ: अधिक अमूर्त और कुछ मूर्त

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

भारतीय सेना कई मित्र देशों की सेनाओं के साथ सैन्य अभ्यासों में हिस्सा लेती आई है. इनमें से कई वै�....

January 22, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence

Commentary: Year End Missile Launch by DRDO - An Important Milestone

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

On 28 Dec 17, DRDO launched a supersonic interceptor missile (referred to as Advanced Air Defence or AAD Missile) which achieved a direct hit on its intended target at a low altitude of 15 km. The launch not only validated the realisation of the cap....

January 03, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Advanced Air Defence , supersonic interceptor missile

राफेल डील निंदनीय नही, प्रशंसनीय है

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF

संसदीय लोकतंत्र में विपक्ष का महत्वपूर्ण कार्य मौजूदा सरकार की आलोचना करना होता है. मगर ये आलो�....

January 02, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Rafael Deal , राफेल लड़ाकू विमान , फायदेमंद डील

Commentary: Rafael Deal - To Be Lauded Not Pilloried

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Commentary

In a Parliamentary Democracy the Opposition's role is clearly to criticise the Government. Such criticism must, however, be directed at the Government's failures not its successes. Should the Opposition engage in criticism for the sake of criticism, ....

December 18, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Commentary , Rafael Deal , defence procurement , technology transfer