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  • 3rd IPCS Round Table discussion on the Kargil Crisis
    Sushil J Aaron    ·   15 Jul, 1999    ·    #226    ·    Commentary    
    The seminar held on July 9th, prior to Pakistan 's announcement of its withdrawal from Kargil, addressed the following issues. See previous reports of the Ist Round Table discussion on Kargil and 2nd Round Table discussion on Kargil (LI...
  • Kargil: An Operational Update upto 09 July 99
    Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna (Retd)    ·   10 Jul, 1999    ·    #225    ·    Commentary    
    General     Indian forces made significant gains to evict Pakistani aggressors from the Indian side of the Line of Control (LoC) in the face of stiffening resistance.  In Pakistan , differing interpretations eme...
  • Beyond Kargil: Changing Equations
       ·   10 Jul, 1999    ·    #224    ·    Commentary    
    June 1999 may go down in history as the month in which three visits to Beijing and a Chinese statement promised to unravel the complex knot of interlocking relationship between India , China and Pakistan . If the June...
  • Wake-up Call: India's cyberspace is under attack
    Maj. Gen. Yashwant Deva (Retd)    ·   10 Jul, 1999    ·    #223    ·    Commentary    
    The blocking and spoofing of National Informatics Centre (NIC) Web site is another proof of our chronic habit of Kumbhakaran slumber. Oblivious of the dirty doings of the ISI, this time it is the NIC, which has been taken for a ride. It should be ...
  • Denuclearization: The Legal Imperative
    M Siddharth    ·   10 Jul, 1999    ·    #222    ·    Commentary    
    July 1996 entrenched itself  in international legal history after of the first ever Advisory Opinion was given on the legal status of nuclear weapon threat or use. It is important to appreciate the global context in which the Opinion was give...
  • Efficacy of Air Strikes in Mountainous Terrain
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   10 Jul, 1999    ·    #221    ·    Commentary    
    The unbearable loss of precious young military lives in Operation 'Vijay' even after intense bombing of Pakistani intruders by IAF pilots indicates that the air offensive on the high and rocky mountain ridges in Kargil sector did not have ...
  • The Mantra of Bilateralism
    PR Chari    ·   09 Jul, 1999    ·    #220    ·    Commentary    
    New Delhi is cock-a-hoop with the Clinton-Nawaz Sharif joint agreement (July 4, 1999) asserting  " that concrete steps will be taken for the restoration of the Line of Control in accordance with the Shimla Agreement". Its jo...
  • 2nd IPCS Round Table discussion on the Kargil Crisis
       ·   07 Jul, 1999    ·    #219    ·    Commentary    
    The seminar addressed the following five of the 12 issues that were delineated as being involved in analyzing the Kargil crisis.     1. China ’s stance on the issue.     2. End game scen...
  • Kargil: An Operational Update
    Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna (Retd)    ·   03 Jul, 1999    ·    #218    ·    Commentary    
    GENERAL     The Indian Army has made gradual progress in the last seven days to recapture dominating heights in the Dras-Kargil-Batalik sector.  Air attacks were selectively launched to soften positions and destroy log...
  • Of Tapes and Tapping Technical intelligence scores over human intelligence
       ·   02 Jul, 1999    ·    #217    ·    Commentary    
    India can rightly feel satisfied with the ace intelligence scoop and the mileage it has got from the release of the Kargil tapes. Pakistan 's official charge of doctoring notwithstanding, the world has accepted the veracity of t...
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