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  • Defence Exports — looking ahead
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    According to Ministry of Defence's (MoD) annual report, the defence public sector untertakings (DPSUs), Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and...

  • DRDO — In news for wrong reasons again
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is again in the news because of wrong reasons.

  • BrahMos to Vietnam: Why is China bellyaching?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's recent visit to Singapore, including attending the Shangri-La Dialogues further enhanced the revised Defence Cooperation Agreement 2015 and India-Singapore Joint Declaration...

  • Dilemma of Defence Spending
    By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

    A report of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence stated that the enhancement in the Defence Budget for the year 2016-17 over the previous year, was meagre and insufficient.

  • Are Our Politicians Losing Interest in India's Defence?
    By General V.P. Malik (Retd)

    The Standing Committee on Defence, headed by BJP member Major General BC Khanduri, has recently conveyed to the Parliament that the 'growth in the budgetary allocation for defence is not sufficient and woefully inadequate for modernisation.'

  • FDI in Defence — remains elusive
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    In a written reply given to the Parliament in response to a question about FDI in defence, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said, "The actual flow of foreign...

  • Hi-tech Border Fence — Good, but not enough by itself
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    As reported in the media, government has approved the establishment of a 'Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System' (CIBMS) for 24x7x365...

  • Draft Map Policy — What about defence and security?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The MHA has released the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill 2016, which open to public for comments till June 03.

  • Shangri-La Dialogue — Sending Defence Minister is good
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    As per media reports, Defence Minister Mohan Parrikar will address the Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) scheduled in Singapore in first week June.

  • Indo-Nepal Relations — Something going amiss
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Before his recent six-day visit to India, Nepal's Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli at one stage had blamed India saying his dream to develop the Himalayan nation as "vibrant" had been shattered by the "embargo imposed by India".

  • Defence Spending — Faux pas in MoD
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    AK Anthony during his decade long tenure as defence minister maintained that budget allocations were more than adequate and more money could always be made available.

  • Army conducts Exercise Shatrujeet to validate strike capability
    By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)

    Exercise Shatrujeet is an operational oriented exercise which is focused on validating integrated theatre battle concepts incorporating new age technologies...

  • DPP 2016 — the long and short of it
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    DPP 2016 was released by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on 28 March 2016 coinciding with the inauguration of DefExpo 2016 in Goa — showing how much Indian Defence has haphazardly progressed.

  • Mini Air Vehicles — will army get them soon?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    In August last year the Army had issued a request for information (RFI) for 600 mini aerial vehicles (MAVs).

  • Nuclear Security Summit — and the ground realities
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    While President Obama talked of "one of the greatest threats to global security — terrorists getting their hands on a weapon of mass destruction" at the two-day Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) held in Washington recently...

  • Protecting Masood Azhar — China bares fangs
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    By blocking the move by the United Nations to act against Masood Azhar, JeM chief, for his terrorist activities and masterminding the terrorist attack on the IAF base at Patahnkot on January 2, China has unambiguously declared that it sides with Pakistan in latter's anti-India terrorist activities.

  • Modi's Saudi Arabia Visit — countering terrorism and more
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    What perhaps went unnoticed was that as a prelude to Prime Minister Modi's visit to Saudi Arabia, the US treasury department announced it had joined hands with Saudi Arabia for joint action to disrupt the fundraising and support networks...

  • Indo-US Defence Ties
    By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

    India and the US share strategic objectives and one area in which in there is positive convergence between the two nations is the rising threat from China.

  • Indo-US Military Ties Deepening — but so are US-Pakistan
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Writing in the Washington Post on March 3, Dan Lamothe in an article titled 'The US And India Are Deepening Military Ties - And China Is Watching' has referred to Admiral Harry B Harris Jr, US Pacific Command urging India to pursue...

  • Defence Budget 2016-2017
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Defence Minister Mohan Parrikar chaired a Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) meeting on February 22, holding that arms acquisition proposals worth Rs 1.5 lakh crore were cleared by the NDA government...

  • Visit of PM Oli — restoring goodwill
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Make in India is in the air including in the defence sector, with big ticket projects on the anvil. Senior defence officials of foreign countries are making a beeline for India, with US Defence Secretary too slated to visit India this April. This because India that has remained the largest arms importer in the period 2011-2015...

  • Big Ticket Make in India - in defence
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Make in India is in the air including in the defence sector, with big ticket projects on the anvil. Senior defence officials of foreign countries are making a beeline for India, with US Defence Secretary too slated to visit India this April.

  • Special Operations Command — needed urgently
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Amidst numerous recommendation of the Naresh Chandra Committee, one was establishment of a Special Operations Command. India has been combating proxy wars for over past three decades.

  • Pathankot, Pampore — and Indo-Pak talks
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Just as Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar accused Pakistan of "pretending to sleep" and not being serious about the probe into the Pathankot airbase terror attack, came the terrorist attack in Pampore where this time four heavily armed terrorists holed up in a multi-storey government building that led to an encounter lasting almost 48 hours.

  • Passenger Drone — new platform for terror?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Intelligence reports of Pakistani terrorists using drones for terrorist attacks against India have been on for past two years. It may be recalled that in January 2015, a drone crashed on the White House grounds, raising questions...

  • Spectrum Woes — ignoring military requirements
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Developing India requires loads of money and spectrum sure is lot of money. As per media Rs 469,000 crore (US $70 billion) worth upcoming spectrum sale around March 2016 is likely to hit Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India...

  • C4I2SR — is this getting adequate attention?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The increasing importance C4I2SR is unquestionable. Battlefield requirements have changed with long range precision weapons, increased lethality and high mobility. Space and cyberspace have added new dimensions.

  • Technology Vision 2035 — what about defence?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) under the Ministry of Science & Technology has come out with 'Technology Vision 2035,' identifying the challenges ahead and how they can be dealt...

  • Pakistan — no change in terror proliferation
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    With reference to Pakistani involvement in the terrorist strike on Pathankot IAF base on January 1, Home Minister Rajnath Singh had stated that there is no reason to doubt Pakistani cooperation in the probe.

  • Terrorist Attack at Pathankot
    By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

    For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the latest terrorist attack at Pathankot has emerged as a major challenge to his initiative to revive dialogue with Pakistan.

  • Modi's Lahore Surprise — future portends?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The surprise sprung by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his hitherto unannounced visit to Lahore was received with shock an awe at home — first reports coming in that Modi will be hosted by Nawaz Sharif...

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