Lessons from Ladakh Standoff

We keep repeating the mistakes. The Chinese PLA incursion in Ladakh, across the LAC, is once again a collective intelligence failure for India. There is much to be learned for India from the current scenario.

Way Ahead for the Indian Armed Forces

The threat of the virus is all-pervasive and to ensure Force Protection, an essential towards operational readiness, the Armed Forces have issued exhaustive instructions/ guidelines

Disengagement to Demobilisation: Resetting the Relations

China is a master of spinning deceit and covert action exploiting strategy and statecraft as means of ''Combative coexistence'' with opponents. Throughout their history chinese have had their share of brutal conflicts at home and with neighbours.

Reading the Tea Leaves — Pm at Frontline: Defining National Strategy

Prime Minister’s personal appearance on the frontline has unequivocally reinforced that the entire of Ladakh is Indian Territory and any intrusion and aggression will be met with full might and resolve of the nation. With this, the PM has clearly defined the National Strategy.

FACTS that led to the Creation of PAKISTAN OCCUPIED KASHMIR (West of LOC) & CHINA OCCUPIED KASHMIR (East of LAC)

The original State of J&K which acceded to India in october 1947 comprised 2,22,236 sq km. But today India is in physical occupation of only 1,06,566 sq km of the original state of J&K. Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) is 72,935 sq km less 5,180 sq km of Shaksgam Valley leased to China in 1963. China occupied Kashmir (CoK) consists of 37,555 sq km of Aksai Chin plus Shaksgam and territory nibbled over the years, all totaling up to 42,735 sq km.

Dhanush — ‘Make in India' Success Story

It was a challenge to develop the gun from voluminous blueprints and documents running over 12,000 pages but OFB took the challenge head-on by developing a gun which was about 20-25 per cent better than the original gun in parameters like range, accuracy, consistency, low and high angle of fire and shoot-and-scoot ability.

Special Forces— Challenges And Solutions

Majority of the Special Forces have to operate by stealth, in small groups and in enemy territory, involving covert operations.

Rosoboronexport Extends Sales Spectrum

THIS YEAR MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV`S centennial will be widely celebrated on November, 10th.

Future Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) Needs A De Novo Look

FICV, a key spearhead of the restructured Integrated Battle Groups, cannot be put in a limbo and such a critical capability programme must be classified as project of ‘National Strategic Security Importance”, for its national security sensitivity and multi spectrum operational capability and to address the future operational requirements and envisaged force profile with a de novo concept, design and technologies.

Equipment And Weapons For Urban Warfare

Combat in urban areas can be the most destructive due to densely populated terrain, military weapons not suitable for urban warfare, close quarter battle (CQB), hand to hand combat and ruthless behaviour of nonstate forces who do not believe in rules of engagement

Counter-Terrorism

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), in their first ever open acknowledgement in 2011 in US Court, said that the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) sponsors terrorism in Kashmir and it oversees terrorist separatist groups in Kashmir

'Army Aviation Is An Important And Vital Component Of All Arms Combat Force'

Interaction of Jayant Baranwal, Editor-in-Chief of SP’s Land Forces with Lieutenant General Kanwal Kumar, Director General and Colonel Commandant of army aviation

Indian Artillery Celebrates 192nd Gunners Day

The Artillery is presently engaged in modernising in terms of equipment and support systems under ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Modi Government.

Equipment For Law Enforcement For Minimum Invasive Violence

Modern day law enforcement personnel have to operate in a more transparent society with increasingly complex laws of the land which include human rights where they are subject to greater accountability.

Defeat The Night With Image Intensifiers

Sensor fusion combines image intensifier and thermal imaging technologies into one device. Such a combination enables a user to view the image in much greater part of the light spectrum which spans from visible to near-infrared to long-wave infrared and to see the image in the visible and thermal spectrum.www.spslandforces.com

20 Years Of DSEI: Latest Land Warfare Developments

Out of six zones that make up the DSEI event, the Land Zone stood out with a vast array of innovative industrial advancements throughout the event.

Modernisation Of Artillery: Bigger Bang For The Buck

‘Future battlefield will be characterised by short and intense engagements requiring integrated and coordinated employment of all fire power resources including precision and high lethality weapon systems in a hybrid warfare environment.’

Artillery Ammunition And Missiles: Destruction Power Of Artillery

During 1850, solid shot, which was spherical in shape, and black powder were standard ammunition for guns. Howitzers fired hollow powder-filled shells which were ignited by wooden fuses filled with slow-burning powder.

Army Aviation Turns 30 A Reality Check

The Cheetah fatal accident on December 1, 2016, at Sukna Military Station and the subsequent grounding of the entire fleet for mandatory checks by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited has further eroded the confidence regarding the safety of the current fleet, which is the lifeline of troops deployed on the Siachen Glacier.

Focus On Domestic Manufacturing

In a rare media interaction with SP’s Land Forces, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Secretary, Defence Production, outlined his vision for defence manufacturing in India and addressed a wide range of subjects including ‘Make in India’, DPP 2016, defence offsets, role of DPSUs, investment in R&D, delays in procurement decisions, blacklisting and other related issues