Indian Defence Review Jul-Sep 2017 (32.3)

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Lancer Publishers LLC, Sep 25, 2017 - Political Science - 218 pages

 IN THIS VOLUME:

Doklam: India at an Inflection Point in its Quest for Regional/Global Power Status - Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor)

 

Directed Energy Weapons: Game Changer Or A Damp Squib? - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha

 

Advances in Technology: Battlefield Helicopters - Gp Capt AK Sachdev

 

Space: The Force Multiplier For Air Power - Air Marshal Anil Chopra

 

MiG-35, F-16, Gripen or Better Choice? - Sumit Walia

 

Look Long, Look Deep: China’s Airborne Warning and Control Systems - Gp Capt Ravinder Singh Chhatwal

 

Our Armed Forces: Do We Take Them Seriously? - Sanjiv Khanna

 

China’s ‘Contentious’ Path To War? - Anant Mishra

 

Balancing Politics and Power: Prognosis of China’s Military Build-up - Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee

 

Embrace the Future of Kashmir - Lt Gen Subrata Saha

 

Resurgence of Ulfa (I) in Assam: Implications for Internal Security - Indrajit Sharma & Dr N Mohandas Singh

 

Naval Combat Systems: Evolution and Future Perspectives - Cmde Arun Kumar

 

Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi

 

Deepening India-Israel Ties: Changing Landscape of the Indian Defence Sector - Ketan Salhotra

 

Indo-Israel Relations: Make with India - Tamir Eshel

 

Strategic Partnership with Private Players: An Overview - Danvir Singh

 

Pax Britannica Whittled Down to an Island Kingdom: (Intrigues that Built an Empire: Intrigued by Wheels of History) - Lt Gen PG Kamath

 

North Korea - A Delinquent State? - Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja

 

The Offset Policy - A Decade in Retrospect - Dr SN Misra

 

Pakistan for Balochistan, not Balochis - RSN Singh

 

Army’s Battlefield Support System: Fielding Initially Planned by 2017 could take Another Decade - Lt Gen Prakash Katoch

 

China has done India a Favor - Dr Amarjit Singh

 

Shekatkar Committee Report: Genuine ‘Reforms’ or Cosmetic ‘Re-grouping’? - Gp Capt TP Srivastava

 

Who made North Korea a nuclear power? Dr A.Q. Khan? - Sumit Walia

 

Selected pages

Contents

India at an Inflection Point in its Quest
Battlefield Helicopters Gp Capt
The Force Multiplier For Air Power Air Marshal Anil
MiG35 F16 Gripen ir Better Choice? Sumit Walia
Do We Take Them Seriously? Sanjiv
Prognosis of Chinas Military
Embrace the Future of Kashmir Lt Gen Subrata Saha
Evolution and Future Perspectives
Copyright

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About the author (2017)

Group Capt Joseph Noronha, former MiG-21 pilot.

Gp Capt AK Sachdev is a former IDSA Senior Research Fellow.

Air Marshal Anil Chopra commanded a Mirage Squadron, two operational air bases and the IAF’s Flight Test Centre ASTE.

Sumit Walia is an IT Specialist. He is also a military history buff who continues to explore & research various facets of the Indian Military history in his spare time.

Gp Capt Ravinder Singh Chhatwal

Sanjiv Khanna, an Engineer and MBA from University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) is an Indian citizen working in the Energy Sector, and is currently based in Switzerland. An avid observer of Indian politics and geopolitics of South Asia in general and China and Pakistan in particular.

Anant Mishra is a former Youth Representative to United Nations. He is an expert on geopolitical issues in Asia with special focus on SAARC and ASEAN. Mishra is currently serving as Visiting Faculty at Gujarat Technological University.

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, former Chief of Staff, Central Command & former Commandant OTA Chennai.

Lt Gen Subrata Saha, Former Corps Commander Kashmir 2014-15 and Deputy Chief of Army Staff 2015-17.

Indrajit Sharma is a Ph.D. Research Scholar and a Senior Research Fellow (UGC) at the Centre for Security Studies, School of International Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar.

Dr N Mohandas Singh is the Coordinator and Assistant Professor at the Centre for Security Studies, School of International Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India.

Arun Kumar is receiving the AVSM from the then President of India Dr Abdul Kalam in March 2003.

Priya Tyagi, Associate Editor Indian Defence Review.

Ketan Salhotra, Principal at Aurum Equity Partners LLP.

Tamir Eshel, A defense analyst and writer specialized in defense technology and Israeli affairs, Tamir Eshel is the editor and publisher of Defense-Update, published in Israel since 1978 95

Danvir Singh, Associate Editor Indian Defence Review. Author of Kashmir's Death Trap: Tales of Perfidy and Valour.

Lt Gen PG Kamath, a veteran of Indian army; was the former Commandant of Army War College, Mhow. Currently, he writes on Ethics,Leadership Strategy and Current International and National issues.

Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja, former Air Officer Commanding in Chief of Training Command.

Dr SN Misra, former Director DRDO and Joint Secretary - Aerospace, MOD.

RSN Singh is a former military intelligence officer who later served in the Research and Analysis Wing, or R&AW and author of books Asian Strategic and Military Perspective and The Military Factor in Pakistan. His latest book is The Unmaking of Nepal.

Lt Gen Prakash Katoch is a former Director General Information Systems, Indian Army.

Dr Amarjit Singh, is an independent security analyst.

Gp Capt TP Srivastava

Bibliographic information

TitleIndian Defence Review Jul-Sep 2017 (32.3)
AuthorsTamir Eshel, Ketan Salhotra, Air Marshal Anil Chopra, Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja, Gp Capt AK Sachdev, Lt Gen Prakash Katoch, Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Cmde Arun Kumar, Danvir Singh
EditorLt Gen JS Bajwa
PublisherLancer Publishers LLC, 2017
ISBN1940988322, 9781940988320
Length218 pages
Subjects › 

Political Science / Geopolitics
Political Science / Terrorism
  
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