Topic: AIR FORCE
On coronavirus, Indians can overcome fear the way I did on my MiG-21 in 1986
Fear for a soldier is the onset of doubt that a mission won’t be accomplished. But fear is never the solution, India should know that as it fights coronavirus.
Indian Army, Air Force and Navy must work out a joint media policy for information warfare
To excel in the information warfare, India’s defence forces need to see the media as a force multiplier, and not as a necessary evil.
Army and IAF fought over Apache choppers, costing us Rs 2,500 crore more. Blame their silos
Purchase of 28 Apache helicopters is the prime example of how India could have worked out a better deal had the IAF and Army not acted in silos.
IAF, Navy delaying procurement due to funds crunch. And lesser said the better about Army
Former Defence Minister and current Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman must keep Indian forces in mind while allocating Budget 2020. The last one was a disaster.
As a young captain in 1971 Bangladesh war, I gave Pakistan’s Lt-Gen the letter to surrender
My battalion, 2 PARA, was the first of the many troops to enter ‘Dacca’ after Pakistan’s defeat.
Army, Air Force & Navy studying each other’s laws to bring into effect Joint Services Act
The forces are looking at international practices, including American Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 that reworked command structure of the US military.
Having achieved strategic goal with Balakot, Modi govt should now pivot to diplomacy
As Pakistan promises to release Wg Cdr Abhinandan Varthaman, India must de-escalate because prolonging crisis won’t get us anything new.
On Rafale, go beyond costs and ask why Modi govt scrapped older process to get 126 aircraft
Modi government's extraordinary ineptitude can only be explained by the circumvention of laid down procedures in the Rafale deal.
On Rafale deal, Supreme Court is not really looking at procurement process
Supreme Court wants to look at government discretion rather than technical issues in Rafale deal.
Even before 1971 war started with Pakistan, India had won the battle
A perfect political-military-intelligence synergy allowed India to dictate the pace of operations in 1971 war with Pakistan.
Animals have come home. Covid-19 lockdown gives control back into nature’s hands
With people in India and elsewhere locked down in homes due to the coronavirus, the peaceful reclamation of public spaces by animals is teaching us important lessons.
Modi’s 9-min candle plan Sunday: Needless spectacle or much-needed motivation for Indians?
PM Modi requested Indians to light candles, lamps or mobile torches at 9 pm Sunday for nine minutes in a show of solidarity in the fight against Covid-19.
Defence
In a first, Army deploys medical team at civil coronavirus quarantine camp in Delhi
The Indian Army has so far only been operating out of quarantine camps set up by the armed service for coronavirus patients.
Poke fun at taali, thaali, diya and mombatti all you want. Modi couldn’t care less
Modi knows who he needs to speak to, who he should toss, who he can address in kind. People accuse him of infantilising his voters, but it’s a winning strategy.