Military

• India's Missile Power 8/24/2008 8:36:21 AM
  In Military, By: Payal Jain
  India has an active ABM development effort using indigenously developed and integrated radars and locally designed missiles. In November 2006, India successfully conducted the PADE (Prithvi Air Defence Exercise).
  
  
• Cross Border Positions 8/14/2008 7:33:15 PM
  In Military, By: Payal Jain
  Another $ 450 million dollars added to the initial $ 750 million in aid to Afghanistan, India needs to ask a few billion dollar questions. Taliban was ousted from power in 2002. New government tinder Hamid Karzai was put in place in 2003.
  
  
• To Hide Or Not To Hide 8/9/2008 8:53:15 AM
  In Military, By: Payal Jain
  Often we hear news of the security forces officials committing suicide. The Army has proved to be as vulnerable on this count as the Central Para-military forces.
  
  
• Line Of Control(LOC) 7/22/2008 10:01:06 AM
  In Military, By: Payal Jain
  The challenge at the Line of Control (LoC) is far from over. The tussle has begun with evidently one of the largest infiltration of militants into this side of the LoC in recent years. The exact number of intruders is not known.
  
  
• Ballistic Missiles 7/22/2008 8:58:25 AM
  In Military, By: Payal Jain
  The successful test of Agni III on May 7, 2008 from the Wheeler island, off the Orissa Coast propelled India into a select group of countries such as Russia, the US, France and China with the intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) capability.
  
  
• Indian Defence-Weak On Submarines 5/17/2008 5:16:01 PM
  In Military, By: Payal Jain
  India is clearly worried by revelations that China is building up a large fleet of nuclear submarines alarmingly close to the Indian Ocean Rim as it is a cause for security concerns.
  
  
• Expenditure On Indian Navy 3/22/2008 8:38:48 AM
  In Military, By: Payal Jain
  India’s defence is based on triad which is land, air and sea. The weakest link is the sea power. Our defence expenditure is less than 2.5 per cent of the GDP, one of the lowest for any major country and well below that of some of our neighbors.
  
  
• India-China Military Strategies 1/16/2008 10:30:55 AM
  In Military, By: Payal Jain
  Chinese general and military strategist Sun Tzu believes that, ‘all warfare is based on deception’, and China actively pursues this strategy. It has resulted in growing uneasiness about the hardening Chinese stance.