The year 2019 saw an upward momentum of China with its risen economy to Number Two in the world, vigorously attempting to force a transition from an ‘unprecedentedly unipolar’ world…
This post tables C Raja Mohan’s bugle warning from Singapore published in Indian Express’s ‘ADDA’ (Bastion) on 26 th Dec page 19 in small print. Raja flies in and out…
Indian Armed Forces especially the Chiefs of Army(COAS), Navy(CNS) andAir Force(CAS), the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff(CIDS) and MODbureaucrats must be biting nails, awaiting a formal announcement ofthe name of…
The metaphor is Geography makes History. India neglected its Khyber pass and the Himalayas, and allowed ingress from the seas by foreigners, which has scripted India’s history. Lessons need to…
This IDF analysis is for interested readers like an Alfred Hitchcock thriller with a verbatim quote from Trident Trishul Blogspot to appreciate the air situation, and is based on Former…
FROM THE BOOK WARRING NUCLEAR NAVIES The Song of the Missile Boats, 1971 by Author. “Now take courage my lads, ’tis to Karachi we steer To add something more to…
INDIA DEFENCE FORUM IDF POSTS EXTRACTS OF 1971 ATTACK ON KARACHI FROM BOOK WARRING NUCLEAR NAVIES ---INDIA PAKISTAN -----IN TWO PARTS TO CLEAR DOUBTING THOMASES Chapter 10 L’audace, L’audace, Toujours…
The story of a path setting ship INS Nilgiri of the Indian Navy needs to told. It is the operational performance of the 3,000 ton modern Leander frigate(F33) that set…
The history, philosophy and pedigree of a Navy matters. India’s Navy began as the Honourable East India Company's Marine on 5th Sept, 1612, and after many designations, a Royal Charter…
Ranjit B Rai Navy week just ended and this is an IDF Report. With poor media coverage, INDIANS who have a low respect for research or history did not recall…
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