The writer is a retired Air Vice Marshal and a military historian.
May 24,2025 06:49:05 AM
The reputation acquired by the Turkish and Chinese drones and UCAVs during the Armenia-Azerbaijan and Russia-Ukraine wars has been punctured
Sat, May 24, 2025April 29,2023 18:25:21 PM
India must retain focus even as multiple strands of dialogue, diplomacy and coercion emerge from Beijing
Sat, Apr 29, 2023September 30,2022 04:04:19 AM
Arjun Subramaniam writes: General Chauhan must not hesitate to speak truth to power: He must take tough decisions and hold national interest above all else
Fri, Sep 30, 2022March 03,2022 04:00:39 AM
Arjun Subramaniam writes: The fine print of Thucydides’s narrative rests on the trinity of fear, honour and interest -- a framework that fits most of the ongoing contemporary conflicts.
Thu, Mar 03, 2022October 21,2021 03:20:28 AM
Arjun Subramaniam writes: A recent film, Udham Singh, highlights how the role of violent acts of defiance was diminished by overplaying the impact of the non-violent movement. This only served British interests
Fri, Oct 22, 2021November 23,2020 03:10:17 AM
Whatever transpires on the ground during the coming weeks, the aerospace segment of deterrence, intelligence gathering, surveillance and reconnaissance must act as the strategic establishment’s eyes and first responder in any future responses along the LAC, particularly in Ladakh.
Mon, Nov 23, 2020September 13,2020 06:10:16 AM
The Chinese conundrum and how India met it in 1967
Sat, Sep 12, 2020July 03,2020 00:16:06 AM
While the window for a limited conflict remains wide open, it is important that both countries plunge back into the battle against COVID-19, more so India, which has less wiggle room than China to tackle multiple crises.
Fri, Jul 03, 2020May 08,2020 01:15:05 AM
Training in the Indian military is top-notch and needs a little tweaking to help officers and men understand the rules of engagement in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous world. It is diversified education at all levels of leadership that is a weak area.
Fri, May 08, 2020February 27,2019 00:01:44 AM
The internal situation in Pakistan and its precarious economic condition may preclude the possibility of any escalated conventional response.
Wed, Feb 27, 2019June 15,2017 00:00:29 AM
The Indian Army is in the midst of a proxy, state-sponsored war in Jammu and Kashmir. Academics who criticise statements by the army chief and unconventional operations by the force are way off target
Thu, Jun 15, 2017December 21,2016 00:04:20 AM
Contradictions in Chinese statecraft on his watch make him hard to fathom.
Wed, Dec 21, 2016September 10,2015 00:05:02 AM
We need to remember Harbaksh Singh if we want to commemorate the 1965 war.
Thu, Sep 10, 2015October 20,2012 02:25:16 AM
The IAF was capable in 1962,even if not fully exploited
Sat, Oct 20, 2012January 16,2012 02:53:54 AM
Mao may have created a nation called the Peoples Republic of China,but he left it as a flawed nation without the tools to realise its ambitions of achieving great power status
Mon, Jan 16, 2012