Indian Defence Review
WEB3 days ago · Indian Defence Review (IDR), quarterly journal, the brainchild of former captain of the Indian Army, was launched on January 1, 1986 as a logical continuum to Lancer established in 1979, the first Indian publishing house dedicated to put forward the military experience and point of view.
India’s Defence Modernisation: Challenges and Prospects
WEBJul 7, 2016 · India today faces the most complex threats and challenges that range from nuclear to sub-conventional spectrum of conflict. Issues such as unresolved territorial disputes with China and Pakistan, insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and in the North Eastern states, the growing menace of left wing extremism, and the rising threat of …
IAF’s Squadron Strength: Crystal Gazing at the Next Two Decades
WEBMay 3, 2023 · The IAF’s current squadron strength of combat aircraft, which should be at the sanctioned figure of 42, is actually 31. When viewed in the context of China’s military poking, transgressions, and gradual build up along India’s borders and Pakistan’s proxy war by terrorism, the diminished strength is not just a cause for concern, but of ...
India's Long Range Missile - Indian Defence Review
WEBSep 2, 2024 · India requires a long range missile to provide robust second strike capability. A missile that can be dispersed far and wide in the Indian mainland, it’s far flung islands or its blue water naval assets dispersed across the world’s oceans.The ability to reach all corners of a potential challenger requires a range of 5,000 to 8,000 km. India is thus …
Hypersonic Weapons: A Global Perspective
WEBSep 2, 2024 · Potential of Hypersonics. The term 'hypersonic' commonly refers to the obtainment of speeds greater than Mach 5. After all, most ballistic missiles fly at speeds well above the hypersonic threshold, and these systems have been around for many decades. The true innovative quality of aerial hypersonic weapons is their ability to maintain ...
Hybrid Warfare: Are Indian Armed Forces Ready to Face New …
WEBNov 4, 2022 · According to The Indian Army Land Warfare Doctrine, 2018, hybrid warfare consists of conventional, sub- conventional, unconventional, and non-conventional means. Conventional means comprise state actors and resources that include chemical, biological, and nuclear dimensions. Most of the activities under this category include open/overt …
Unfinished Reforms in India’s Defense Sector: A Road Map
WEBSep 2, 2024 · Evolution of Reforms in Defense Sector. While India embraced economic reforms in 1991 to come out the dirigisme of Nehru and Indira Gandhi and embrace free market and accept private sector as the new temples of modern India, the defense production sector took a decade more to encourage full private sector participation and …
Rebuilding the Combat Fleet of the IAF to 42 Squadrons
WEBSep 28, 2022 · As far back as 2001, the IAF had apprised the government of the need to acquire additional fighters. The IAF, at that stage, was very happy to have the upgraded version of the Mirage 2000, an option that was finally foreclosed in 2006, when Dassault closed the Mirage 2000 production line after repeatedly checking with India.
India’s Revamp of Its Higher Direction of War
WEBSep 2, 2024 · DRDO describes Tejas as a ‘spectacular aviation triumph’. Yet most Indian pilots would kneel laughing over this. Indian services tend to prefer foreign weapons- European and increasingly American – to those produced by Defense PSUs and ordnance factories that have traditionally dominated India’s Military Index complex.
India’s Military Readiness Challenge - Indian Defence Review
WEBFeb 26, 2023 · Being Ready and Relevant. Given the nature of emerging national security threats and challenges, some of which are not clearly discernible, there is a need to build sufficient theoretical rigour and learning among India’s defence policy makers and practitioners in order to contextualise and address the problem of military readiness, …