RICH & STABLE UAE HAS STEALTHILY BECOME A WESTERN IOR MARITIME POWER GOADED BY FRANCE & SAUDI ARABIA—WEST ASIA HAS BECOME UNSTABLE—IT IS INDIA’S OIL LIFE LINE — WAR THERE WILL HIT INDIA & IS TRUMP CAUSING IT ? IS CHINA A PLAYER THAT INDIA NEEDS ? Part One.
Ranjit B Rai The object of this post is to analyse a major strategic sea change that has stealthily taken place in the last five years in the Western Indian Ocean Region (IOR) where United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a modern military flying potent planes and sailing warships (many trained by India and Pakistan), with […]
1988 SHAKTI TESTS PROPELLED INDIA TO NUCLEAR POWER STATUS —HOW NUCLEARISATION PROGRESSED IS A LESS OFFICIALLY RESEARCHED STORY –PROJECTS LIKE ATV & MISSILES & SONARS ETC GOT A BOOST & IDF TABLES SNIPPETS THAT DO NOT FIND A PLACE IN INDIA’S NUCLEAR NARRATIVE
Ranjit B Rai This post follows the earlier Shakti post on www.indiadefenceforum.com and it explains how the five 1988 nuclear Shakti tests contributed to India being accepted as a nuclear bomb nation and a Nuclear Power, and what good followed for India. IDF already mentioned 5 Ex PM’s contributions. Never underestimate India coming from behind […]
IDSA –PUGWASH 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDIA’S 5 NUCLEAR SHAKTI TESTS WAS CHAIRED BY ON SITE OFFICIAL WITH 3 DISCUSSANTS —- BUDDHA SMILING -1974 & FUSION BOMBS’ CONTROVERSY & TESTING UNDER CTBT & DEMATTED CORES CAME UP— BUT ATV & NFU DID NOT —PART ONE
Ranjit B Rai This is a 1400 worded IDF Part One Analysis of India’s Nuclear Bombs with a personal snippet and trailer of Movie Parmanu as two nuclear tests 24 years apart changed India’s destiny. Why not earlier after 1974 is analysed in Part Two. Five PMs deserve BZs. Shakti did not happen in a […]
GAGAN SHAKTI DEPICTED INDIA’S AIR SEA BATTLE FORTE FOR ENHANCED MARITIME POWER— NAVY’S AVIATION HAS EXPANDED BUT HOLES NEED PLUGGING -PRESIDENT XI JINPING INNAUGRATED SEA TRIALS OF CARRIER SHANDONG AS J-31s MAY REPLACE THE HEAVY J -15s——FROM SU-35 EXPERIENCE !
Ranjit B Rai This post must begin with a IDF salute to the Indian Air Force led by ACM BS Dhanoa for Exercise Gagan Shakti’s wide planning and good execution as it showed professionals the power of Air Power and Air Land co-operation with Duck Drops and Evacuations and also Air- Sea Battle Capability in […]
IDF SALUTES WOMEN IN WHITE FOR “SAILING A ‘KISHTI’ AGAINST TOOFANS ROUND THE WORLD”-& FELICITATES NAVY & ARCHITECT ADM AWATI AT A TIME NAVY’S EXPANSION IS SLOWED WITH A STARVATION BUDGET 2018-19 —— DESERVES MORE ‘SEA LEGS’ FOR MARITIME POWER —IDF OFFERS SOLUTIONS
Ranjit B Rai This IDF post must start with a Salute and a Bravo Zulu(BZ) by this old time 1974 Yachting Bronze Medalist, to the six women officers— Lt Cdrs Pratibha Jamwal, and P Swathi, and Lts Vijaya Devi, B Aishwarya and Payal Gupta led by skipper Lt Cdr Vartika Joshi. Its challenging to propel […]
CHINA MUST BE ANALYSING INDIA’S TILT TO USA & THE QUAD AS INDIAN OFICERS JOIN US COMMANDS ? DPC’s TASK IS TO EQUIP & RE-STRUCTURE MILITARY & PLAN STRATEGY FOR PAKISTAN-CPEC & UAE FOR MDA & WIN BHUTAN & SAFEGUARD INDIA IRAN BIZ AS TRUMP HAS WALKED AWAY
Ranjit B Rai This Part Two post attempts to analyse the crucial Defence Planning Committee’s task (DPC), as past attempts by committees have been futile. India cannot become a major Power on borrowed technology sans IPRs or imported hardware. Over the years Defence Ministers and Secretaries and even Service Chiefs have not been able to […]
RECENT NMF-CNA MEET CONFIRMS INDIA IS IN USA’s MARITIME CAMP-THAT LEAVES NSA LED DPC TO ENSURE EQUIPMENT & INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION AS MODI- XI JINPING BROKERED BORDER PEACE-SO DPC CAN ATTEND TO PAKISTAN-CPEC & DEFINE INDO PACIFIC POSTURES & NAVY’S NUCLEAR DOCTRINE & BHUTAN ON CHUMBI VALLEY FOR SECURITY
Ranjit B Rai There was good news in the media IDF hails. There is a saying, “One Must Cut One’s Coat According To One’s Cloth”. This is what the first meeting of DPC appears to have attempted under NSA AK Doval as the head of the wide ranging Multi Tasked DPC to write National Strategy […]
PM MODI & PRESIDENT XI JINPING SIPPED STRATEGIC TE (CHAI)- A BOAT RIDE & WALK –MODI PLAYED REACTIVE CHESS FOR BORDERS & XI PLAYED WEIQI(go) TO GET WORLD POWER & DREW INDIA INTO AFGHANISTAN —-NO MENTION OF CHINA’S MSR IN IOR OR PAKISTAN OR CPEC OR NSG OR MD AZAR IN WUHAN ??
Ranjit B Rai Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not taken a day’s leave in over four years but loves to travel, his working holidays in planes. He came to power when India was ripe with growth, and private software companies, auto and chemical and medical industries roaring to be world class. Oil was down to […]
REMAINS NO 1 IMPORTER DEPITE ‘MAKE IN INDIA’BUT DEFEXPO-18 & THE SIDM-FRENCH GIGAS MEET & CII -SIDM-B2Bs PROMISE MUCH AS BJP RUSHES A DPC FOR SECURITY UNDER THE DEFACTO CDS –INDIA’s NSA
Ranjit B Rai On 15th August, 2014 PM Modi electrified the nation in his long maiden speech from Red Fort and heralded a “ Make in India for Defence, and Exports”, and set the cat among the Pakistani pigeons (and Chinese) by demanding Indian Kashmir back and supported Baluchistan’s Independence …Gwadar in CPEC. A new […]
BREAKING NEWS FOR INDIA’S SECURITY –THE FIRST SIGNS OF AIR SEA BATTLE STRATEGY FOR INDIA DISCUSSED IN SINGAPORE IN THE 1990s HAS BARED ITS TEETH NOW — IAF SU -30MKI’s FLEW TO MALACCA STRAITS WITH DUMMY BRAHMOS IN GAGAN SHAKTI WITH IL-78s REFUELING & NAVAL SUPPORT IN IOR – BZs !
Ranjit B Rai The back ground to this IDF ANALYSIS is the 73 day Dolkam stand off which triggered war worries in India’s ‘free for all’ partisan media. It did wonders for India’s defence to deter China. It gave Army confidence. Army Chief Gen Rawat warned about two front war and Army has since exercised […]
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