The Brigadier In His Lair
A blow by blow account on how our correspondent blew the whistle on the Kargil cover-up
The RN Kao book: A peep into early years of R&AW
Friends, resuming posts here after a long time primarily because I have been involved in other critical and time-bound projects. One of them was the biography of RN Kao, (RN Kao: Gentleman Spymaster) who founded the ARC and the R&AW. The book is in print now. For the moment, read…
Mountain Strike Corps Starts Testing New Concept
India’s 17 Mountain Strike Corps is currently engaged in an exercise to validate the concept of a swift offensive in the high Himalayas along the border with China. While an integrated exercise by the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force took place in Ladakh late last month, 17 Corps,…
Government Determined to Corporatise OFB Despite Opposition
The recent deadlock between employees of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), who struck work to protest the proposed corporatisation of its factories, and the Defence Ministry may have led to the unions calling off a month-long strike but fundamental issues about the functioning of the OFB remain. OFB employees have…
CDS to Bring Doctrinal Coherence in the Indian Military
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took everyone—or let me say at least the strategic community—by surprise by announcing the appointment of a Chief of Defence Staff from the ramparts of the Red Fort on 15 August. “Our forces are India’s pride. To further sharpen coordination between the forces, I want to…