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Catching early

Chinese incursion and Uttarakhand tragedy: Role for satellites For centuries, the mighty and magnificent Himalayas have remained an integral and inseparable part of the national consciousness of India. India’s spiritual literature describes Himalayas as the veritable symbol of divinity, nobility and immortality. As the snow clad abode of Gods, Himalayas continues to be held in reverence by a large segment of the Indian population. In addition to serving as the sentinel and guardian of the… Read More »Catching early

Forward echelon

Role of military horses and mules in mountain warfare China always has awkward surprises in store for India and offers non-conventional ideas translated into greater enemy difficulties. Despite massive modernization, the Chinese PLA uses a range of animals to speed up there mobility in difficult terrains. In fact, over the past two years and more the Chinese have been importing mules smuggled out of India through Nepal. Clearly, the intention is to traverse mountainous territory… Read More »Forward echelon

Locking range

Air-to-air missiles and changing air warfare scenario Air-to-air missiles are part of modern battlefield which could help the pilots to lock on early and decimate enemy aerial control of the skies. It gives the opportunity to go for full dominance of skies in view of lethality, accuracy and speed as one fire can ground an expensive enemy asset much before the war begins. Thus, air warfare is seeing lot of change where engagements with the… Read More »Locking range

Encroaching mission

Chinese incursion at LAC worrying Indian military Indians can be forgiven for wondering what were Indian border guards doing while the Chinese intruders were dismantling and destroying the camera that were set up by the Indians to keep an eye on Chinese intrusions in the Depsang valley segment of the Daulat Beg Oldi area of Jammu and Kashmir. It has long been a sector of contention and it was expected that the Indians would be… Read More »Encroaching mission

Modern battlefield

After the pilotless aircrafts, combat drones and the satellite monitored net centric warfare, the laser technology will dramatically change the way the soldiers of two rival nations fight. The laser has been one of the most fascinating discoveries of 20th Century, which is now being put to use in military domain. The leading armed forces of the world are on the verge of entering laser age, which will determine the superiority of a nation in… Read More »Modern battlefield

Armored battle

The US Army is planning to induct Armed Robotic Vehicle-Assault (Light) (ARV-A-L), currently in development, for operation by 2014, which will support the dismounted infantry’s efforts to locate and destroy enemy platforms and positions. This robotic platform will support both anti-tank and anti-personnel weapons systems that to be remotely operated by network linked soldiers. This sort of future planning emphasize that during the last few years Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) systems have evolved into highly… Read More »Armored battle

Unmanned vehicles

With the success of the Daksh battery-powered remotely controlled robot used for locating, handling and destroying hazardous objects safely, the Defence Research and Development Organisation has ventured into converting an existing mechanized warfare vehicle into an unmanned platform for several different functions. They range from the now familiar nuclear, biological, chemical (NBC) reconnaissance rover designated Muntra-N, a mine counter-measures platform known as Muntra-M, a Muntra-S for surveillance and a Muntra-B which, unlike its clones will… Read More »Unmanned vehicles

Integrated combat

The disappearance of the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 in the Indian Ocean ought to worry India more than it appears to. After all, the plane flew over or close to Indian air space over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands after which it could only have gone down into the sea since it is assumed that it has not landed anywhere. It has been incommunicado except for the automatic ‘pings’ exchanged with some satellites after the… Read More »Integrated combat

Floating threats

There are no designated mine laying surface ships in the Indian Navy’s inventory but it has submarines that can lay naval mines with greater stealth and hence greater surprise element for the intended enemy. What it does have is a diminishing fleet of “mine counter-measure” (MCM) vessels which is a different way of describing minesweeping-as distinct from minelaying – capabilities. Innovation in this particular field of warfare is more the norm rather than the exception.… Read More »Floating threats

Augmenting strength

With the Defence Acquisition Council of the Defence Ministry sanctioning additional Rs 1125crores on Feb 24, 2014, the IAF will soon kickstart the work for the phase-2 of the Modernization of Air Field Infrastructure. After mutely observing the rapid upgradation of the military infrastructure in terms of roads and airstrips in the Tibetan side for movements of Chinese troops, the Indian security establishment took a belated but grand step to upgrade its own existing military… Read More »Augmenting strength