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Does India Need a Strategy of Strategies?
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

As the India and China have finally reached a deal on patrolling their disputed frontier to end a four-year long military stand-off to pave way for resetting the political and business ties between the Asian giants, there is understandably a sudden s

October 30, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, Article, India, China, IOR, Bhagavad Gita, Kautilya, Grand strategy, Raj Dharma, Tejastejasvinamaham
Building Air Bridges of Friendship
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has hosted the largest-ever International Air Exercise that mainland Asia has seen in over six decades. Participants in the Exercise ‘Tarang Shakti’ (Wave Power)-2024 included ten countries as active participants with

August 29, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, Indian Air Force, Tarang Shakti, Air power in regional security, Collective approach to creating deterrence, China air power intimidation, India key role consolidating regional air security
Convergence of the Indo-Pacific with the Indian Ocean—Is a Maritime Centric Approach Enough? An Indian Perspective
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

This article examines China’s strategic ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region through the lens of its “Zhōngguó” or “Middle Kingdom” dream of regaining its perceived historical dominance. It traces the deep roots of this aspiration in Chin

June 07, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy, Indo-Pacific, Article, US, China, CCP, Indian Ocean, Indo Pacific, Maritime Centric
Hellfire from the Heavens – A Perspective on Contemporary Aerial Strikes
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Punitive response with the employment of air power is nothing new, and goes back to the British ‘watch and ward’ missions that the Indian Air Force undertook with the Royal Air Force in 1937, towards policing the recalcitrant tribes of Waziristan

June 04, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Israel, Missiles, Iron Dome, Ukraine, Gaza, GPS, Air Power, Hamas, Drones, VKS, rockets, Electronic warfare, Katyusha rockets
A Waning Conventional Deterrence- A National Security Portent
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The last decade has been awash with incidents of Chinese belligerence on India’s borders, in the North and North East. The long period of supposed peace and tranquility has actually worked to the strategic advantage of China as it enabled a widespr

September 22, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, PLAAF, IAF, LAC, Tibet, PLAN, deterrence, multi domain
IAF’s Revised Doctrine 2022: An Overview
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

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
Russia’s Military Understanding of Air Power: Structural & Doctrinal Aspects
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

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
रूस-यूक्रेन युद्ध: हवाई शक्ति का विश्लेषण
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

वोज़्दुश्नो-कोस्मिचेस्की सिली (वीकेएस) यानी रूसी एअरोस्पेस फोर्स की अब तक की विवश भूमिका ने उन �

March 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, Hindi, Article, नाटो, यूक्रेन, रूसी वायुसेना, मिसाइलें, आईएसआर, हेलिकॉप्टर्स, एसएएम
Russo-Ukraine War: Air Power Analysis
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The inexplicably constrained role of the Vozdushno-kosmicheskiye sily (VKS) or the Russian Aerospace Force till now has left all followers of the conflict confused. Given the disparity in the inventorysize and quality of assets, between the small Pov

March 09, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, Russia, Article, Russia, Air Force, Missiles, NATO, Ukraine, ISR, helicopters, SAM
The Absence of Air Power in India’s Security Narratives
Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

India’s security narrative of the region has been largely driven by the coercive diplomacy which China has chosen to pursue as a part of its national security strategy. Border stand offs in Arunachal in the near recent past and Ladakh currently, un

June 16, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Article, India, China, South China Sea, Air Force, Indian Ocean, PLAAF, Ladakh, Border stand off
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