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  • Lashkar-e-Shivba: Do we really need it?
    D Suba Chandran    ·   23 Oct, 2000    ·    #426    ·    Commentary    
    The Lashkar-e-Shivba has been formed by youth in Pune and Sangli in reaction to the Lashkar-e-Taiba’s anti-Indian activities. It is designed to be a people’s force against the Tayyaba and Hizbul Mujahideen. When youth in Maharashtr...
  • Sino Indian Relations: Time to start afresh
    Sonika Gupta    ·   23 Oct, 2000    ·    #425    ·    Commentary    
    Both China and India realise that as neighbours they must coexist, hence there is a new willingness to mend bilateral relations. However, this willingness is tempered by the lack of existing trust between the two. India has a hangover from the 1...
  • RDX & IEDs: The Deadly Duet
    D Suba Chandran    ·   20 Oct, 2000    ·    #424    ·    Commentary    
    Though various militant groups in the subcontinent have been using IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) for the last few years with increasing regularity, recent killings have highlighted their deadly impact. Of all the weapons that the militants p...
  • Initiating IEDs in the Small Arms Debate
    Mallika Joseph    ·   20 Oct, 2000    ·    #423    ·    Commentary    
    In 1991, the Indian Army recovered apart from other ammunition and arms, 151 machine guns and 849 pistols from the Kashmir militants. In 1999, the figures for the same items stood at 59 and 385 respectively.  In 1991, the Army also se...
  • Kalapani: A Bone of Contention Between India and Nepal
    Alok Kumar Gupta    ·   17 Oct, 2000    ·    #422    ·    Commentary    
    The Kalapani, is a 35 square kilometer area claimed by India and Nepal . It has been  embroiled in controversy since mid-1996, shortly after the ratification of the Mahakali treaty with India by Nepal ’s Pa...
  • India-Japan Relations: Visit of Japanese Prime Minister to India
    Dr. Subhash Kapila    ·   17 Oct, 2000    ·    #421    ·    Commentary    
    General Background     In 1947 when India emerged as an independent nation, Japan lay prostrate after the defeat inflicted by the United States using atomic weapons against Japan in 1945. Vic...
  • Airborne Early Warning Aircraft for India
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   11 Oct, 2000    ·    #420    ·    Commentary    
    Acquisition of airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft also called Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) is an inescapable necessity for the IAF if it wants to retain its cutting edge in the  battles of the future. An AEW system can detec...
  • Armed Forces: Integration and Joint Command
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   11 Oct, 2000    ·    #419    ·    Commentary    
    As in other western democracies, India   needs cohesion between the political will emanating from the Ministry of Defence  and the military might of the armed forces, carry out their functioning  as an integrated team. In the ...
  • Polls in the Proximity
    N Manoharan    ·   11 Oct, 2000    ·    #418    ·    Commentary    
    As Sri Lanka gears up for its parliamentary polls on October 10 many in India are interested in its outcome. What difference will it make? Why should New Delhi be concerned with the outcome? Certainly, a change of guard in ...
  • Intelligence: The Case of China
    Bhashyam Kasturi    ·   25 Sep, 2000    ·    #417    ·    Commentary    
    There is much intelligence activity in India regarding Pakistan , and concern over China . But there is little comprehension of the intelligence challenge which China presents to India .     ...
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