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

The brief news item about the successful test-fire of the indigenously developed Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORAD) by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Interim Test Range at Chandipur on 27 Sep 2022[1] c

October 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Technological and Scientific Studies, Article, DRDO, MANPADS, VSHORADS

The Future of Ground Based Air Defence

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

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 potential adversa

August 17, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Air defence, Missiles, Drones, GBAD, hypersonic

The Power of the ‘God of War’: Assessing the Russian advantage in Artillery in the Russo-Ukrainian War

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

The God of War Way back in 1944, when the ferocity of World War II was at its peak, Joseph Stalin made a statement; ‘Artillery is the God of War’. His remarks probably related to the fact that most of the combat deaths in the two World Wars and

July 27, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Defence, Article, Russia, Artillery, Ukraine, Donbas

Indigenisation: A New Awakening- Where are We Headed?

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

Setting the Perspective The Recent Past It was not very long ago when the word ‘indigenisation’ of defence equipment used to draw passive and uninspiring thoughts in the mind. Handled by a solitary branch under the Corps of EME in the Army, and

June 03, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Make in India, Atmanirbhar Bharat, Indigenisation of defence equipment, indigenisation policy, iDEX

Ukraine: How is the Air and Air Defence War Unfolding ?

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

A Sequel This work is the sequel to the author’s earlier work titled, “Why the Ukrainian skies are still contested” available at www.vifindia.org[1]. Building on the thread of the earlier analysis, this work brings forward the assessment to th

April 21, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Russo-Ukrainian war, Air war in Ukraine, Russia’s air war

Why the Ukrainian Skies are still Contested- An Assessment

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

The posers that demand an answer:- This work attempts an answer to the following posers in the context of the on-going air war between Russia and Ukraine:- How the forces measured up on both sides? How come till date, a mighty Air Force of a cou

March 24, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, Defence, Article, Russo-Ukraine war, Russian air power, Ukraine air war, air battle in Ukrainian skies, Russian air campaign

Drone swarms - a grave threat. Where are we?

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

Mass swarms of dozens or hundreds of drones guided by AI are increasingly being touted as the new lethal threats in the modern battlefield. The world got a taste of this emerging military technology in May 2021 during the 11-day conflict between Isr

March 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, artificial intelligence, AI, Drone swarms, Podcast, Drones Collaborative Behaviour in Denied Environment (CODE), FLOCK 93, Tactical High Power Operational Responder (THOR)

Cruise Missiles : where are we ? Where are our Potential Adversaries? What way ahead?

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

The Trigger Event The morning chill on the 21stof Jan 22 got broken with a ‘warm’ news from the DRDO announcing the successful test firing of the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile from its test range in Odisha. While many will see this as �

February 23, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, BrahMos, Babur, cruise missiles, Nirbhay, Chinese cruise missile threat, Pakistan cruise missile threat

Making a Sense of Chinese Hypersonic Threat- The Big Picture

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

Hypersonic Weapons – ‘the New Age Arsenal’ Hypersonic weapons are ‘big news’ these days. One of the virtues that has propelled these so called ‘new age weapons’ to high eminence is the claim that these are ‘unstoppable’ by any k

January 28, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Chinese threat, hypersonic missiles, Chinese hypersonic threat, Chinese missile threat