South Asia and Beyond

Category : Defence & Security

IAF’s Veiled Vipers & Sky Lords Special Ops

Team StratNews October 7, 2023

NEW DELHI: On the Indian Air Force’s 91st anniversary, we present an interview with two air warriors, Group Captain Ankit Raj Singh, Commanding Officer, No. 77 Squadron(Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules) and Wing Commander Bharat Bhandari, Flight Commander, No. 81 Squadron (Boeing C-17 Globemaster III). Amitabh P. Revi speaks to the IAF officers on Operation Kaveri and its subset Op Wadi in Sudan during the ongoing civil […]Read More

A Look Back At Ladakh Standoff Since Summer Of 2020

Team StratNews September 2, 2023

NEW DELHI: The ongoing standoff between Indian and Chinese troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh has led to 19 rounds of military talks but some friction points still remain. What led to the current standoff in the first place in the summer of 2020, which then snowballed into the deadly […]Read More

How And Why Of Kailash Range Operation In Ladakh

Team StratNews August 29, 2023

NEW DELHI: Three years ago, the Indian Army gained strategic heights on the Kailash Range along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, thereby forcing the Chinese troops to come to the negotiating table. That was the largest build-up along the LAC, says Lt Gen Savneet Singh (Retd), who led the operation as […]Read More

How India’s Looking After Its Maritime Security Domain

Team StratNews August 19, 2023

NEW DELHI: For a country like India that has a long coastline (about 11,000 km, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep included), maritime security is as important as guarding the nation’s land borders. The Mumbai terror attacks of 2008, where the terrorists took the sea route to reach India, exposed gaps in coastal security and […]Read More

Theaterisation: National Security Apparatus May Need Tweaking

Nitin A. Gokhale August 14, 2023

NEW DELHI: Related to the restructuring of HQ IDS (Integrated Defence Staff) is the possibility of forming a higher defence committee for strategic and political guidance to the military leadership. Assuming that HQ IDS in consultation with the theatre commands will take local and largely tactical decisions, there is still no clarity on who or […]Read More