Lt. Gen. Rakesh Sharma PVSM,UYSM,AVSM,VSM (Retd.)
Turning Points, Objective Determinants
Indian Armed Forces are organisations that despite having large bureaucracies, hierarchical structures and specialisations, are like living organisms and are not machines. Different stages...
LOC-isation of LAC: Pragmatic Appreciation
In a candid statement on the floor of the Indian Parliament on 15 and 17 Sep 2020, the Defence Minister Rajnath Singh stated that...
Ideating Structural Rebalancing
In a recent article catchily headed, The Army in Indian Military Strategy: Rethink Doctrine or Risk Irrelevance, the author states that “…Indian Army’s prevailing...
Independent Domain of China’s Cyberspace Operations
The transformation of the Chinese Military from September 2015 greatly emphasised on new Strategic Support Force (SSF), bringing about significant changes in warfighting and organizational...
Super High Altitude Areas in Eastern Ladakh: Designing Ground Operations
The Chinese have exhibited a coercive and intimidating approach in 2020, in South and East China Seas, the Taiwan Straits, Nepal (Mt Everest), Bhutan...
Eastern Ladakh: The Torrent of Strategic History, the Wrath of Strategic Geography and the...
O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence we can hold the enemy’s...
Eastern Ladakh: The Torrent of Strategic History, the Wrath of Strategic Geography and the...
Trade caravans and explorers historically knew no political boundaries, except the mountain ranges. The ancient routes, with knowledge having been passed from generations to...
Army Officers Career Management: Take the Bull by the Horns!
Officers Management in the Army is demanding recognition as a controversial issue that has reached cul de sac. This clarion call comes with five...
Pakistan’s Intransigence: Point of Inflection
The information of the martyrdom of the Commanding Officer, Major and two other ranks of 21 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), and an Inspector of JKP,...
Multi-Domain Warfare, Cross-Domain Deterrence
The concept of wars is growing ever more complicated, including all-pervasive information warfare, to applying multi-functional and multi-domain military capabilities below the threshold of...