Indian Defence Review 37 3 Jul Sep 2022

IN THIS VOLUME: • Logistics and Stamina in War - Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa • Towards a Prompt Global Defence Architecture for India - Navneet Bhushan and Adithya Akula • Drone Swarms: Asset and Threat - Is India Ready? - Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Unmanned Wingman Plan India - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Decoding Kautilya’s Arthashashtra - Maj Vivek Yadav • Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi • As China Pushes North, will India’s arc of Influence Shrink? - Ramananda Sengupta • Quo Vadis Xi? - Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan • Pakistan Military’s Dilemma Admist a Political Turmoil - Danvir Singh • GOCO Model: Floundering in Rough Waters - Lt Gen NB Singh • Hypersonic PGMs and Conventional Missiles: Need for Manned Multi-Role Aircraft - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • India’s Potential as a Global Aerospace Industry Hub - Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Drone: The Winning Edge - Col Utkarsh Singh Rathore • Laser Weapons: The Future of Air Defence? - Col Mandeep Singh • Tour of Duty & the Mess Surrounding It - Brig Pradeep Sharma • Women May Cause Implosion of Pakistan - RSN Singh • Kashmir Killings: What is to be done now! - Col Anil Athale • The first casualty of war: Information - Harsh Behere

IN THIS VOLUME • The Great Churning: Reset of Global Geopolitical Order – Lt Gen JS Bajwa • Interview with Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari • India’s Expanded Ambit of Defence Preparedness - Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee • Rightsizing the Army - Lt Gen Prakash Katoch • How prepared is the IAF for a war with China? - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Two Cheers to INS Vikrant - Prof (Dr) SN Misra • Future of Manned Maritime Air Operations - Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan • Yuan Wang 5 Tests India’s Resolve - Ramananda Sengupta • Doing More With Less - Lt Gen NB Singh • The Need for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for the IAF - Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Pakistani Taliban is a Volcano Waiting to Erupt - Manish Rai • Pakistan’s action against terrorist groups – Is it sincere or a complete sham? - Dr V Balasubramaniyan • Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi • South Korea is Important in India’s Look East Policy - KN Pandita • Pakistan’s Oppression in Baluchistan - Col Danvir Singh • India’s Aviation Technology Growth Strategy - Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Role of Artificial Intelligence in Military Aviation - Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Why are parties to Russia-Ukraine war prolonging it? - Maj Gen SB Asthana • The Jihadi-in-Chief is Chief Guest at Sandhurst - RSN Singh • 18 Punjab Operations in High Altitude Terrain of Kargil - Brig Jagbir Singh Grewal

This book deals with the various interdisciplinary issues of the Indian Ocean, individually and collectively, such as its history, geography, nautical elements, economics, trade routes (old and new), blue economy, deep-sea mining, fisheries management, tourism, scourge of piracy, pollution, Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982), and the different perspectives of its littoral countries on geopolitics, international law, international relations and maritime partnerships. It is the most important ocean in the world – 33% of the global population lives in the area and 50-60% of the world’s maritime trade transits through it. In addition, around 60% of global oil, and 26% of global gas reserves, along with pristine beaches are located here. To comprehend the interdisciplinary issues, the editor embarked on a voyage to discover, persuade and collaborate with exceptionally brilliant, influential experts from prominent littoral countries – India, Indonesia, Iran, South Africa, Malaysia and Singapore – with relevant experience to expound the above subject areas. In addition, geopolitical conflicts/hostilities and trade wars are on the rise; war seems inevitable but not imminent. Any conflict is likely to originate in other oceans and seas but will end up impacting the Indian Ocean’s littoral countries. Accordingly, these countries must comprehend the interdisciplinary issues and the special role of the Indian Ocean to prevent all-encompassing wars/hostilities from widening at a global level and thereafter must flesh out plans to shield themselves. They must also understand the area’s role in working towards global peace by comprehending the above interdisciplinary issues. The role of the Indian Ocean in global peace can only be achieved through maritime partnerships between its littoral countries, and their avoidance of impulses to invite outside power(s) to balance each other’s power. However, maritime partnerships are easier said than done. At the very least, the maritime partnership between two major Indian Ocean littoral powers – India and Indonesia – is critical to shield the region from geopolitical firestorms. Hopefully, this maritime partnership’s tactic of embracing a carrot-and-stick approach will eventually persuade global powers from outside the Indian Ocean region to improve their conduct to achieve global peace.

Dr. Umesh Chandra Samanta (1880-1934) was the founder of the Samanta family. In the present days, the family is spread all over the world. The book has been written by one of the family’s descendant, Arjya Sarkar. Dr. Umesh Chandra Samanta was a renowned doctor and social reformer of the early 20th century. Dr. Umesh Chandra Samanta, although was born in a small poor family became famous for his social activities and acquired great fame as a doctor. He and his family is often regarded for their numerous charitable work in the society and their contribution to the freedom struggle of India. The book describes the rise of Dr. Umesh Chandra Samanta and the story of his family after his death. Most of the descendants of Dr. Umesh Chandra Samanta are associated with charitable works throughout the world. The book gives a very symbolic message – we should not be afraid of adversities. They come to create golden opportunities for us.

This book attempts to provide a comprehensive understanding of the circumstances which have shaped India’s approach towards its international borders and the framework it has developed to better manage its borders. The book argues that persistence of various cross-border threats and challenges and an absence of robust intra-regional trade among its neighbouring countries forced India to employ a security-centric and unilateral approach to border management with emphasis on hardening the borders to cross-border trade and travel and keeping the border areas underdeveloped to act as a buffer against external conventional threats. Besides discussing the threats and challenges that India faces along the borders, the book aims to develop an understanding of India’s border management practices by analysing various programmes and initiatives such as the raising of border guarding forces; building of physical and electronic fences; the establishment of modern facilities for smoothening legitimate cross-border travel; the development of the border areas through special programmes; and increasing trade and connectivity as well as other cooperative bilateral mechanisms. Print edition not for sale in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan).

This book examines India’s foreign intelligence culture and strategic surprises in the 20th century. The work looks at whether there is a distinct way in which India ‘thinks about’ and ‘does’ intelligence, and, by extension, whether this affects the prospects of it being surprised. Drawing on a combination of archival data, secondary source information and interviews with members of the Indian security and intelligence community, the book provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of Indian intelligence culture from the ancient period to colonial times and, subsequently, the post-colonial era. This evolutionary culture has played a significant role in explaining the India’s foreign intelligence failure during the occurrences of strategic surprises, such as the 1962 Sino-Indian War and the 1999 Kargil War, while it successfully prepared for surprise attacks like Operation Chenghiz Khan by Pakistan in 1971. The result is that the book argues that the strategic culture of a nation and its interplay with intelligence organisations and operations is important to understanding the conditions for intelligence failures and strategic surprises. This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, strategic studies, Asian politics and International Relations.

Keeping in mind the necessity as well as the urgency of reform, this volume brings together practitioners as well as researchers on defence issues, on the key issue of defence reforms. The aim is not just to interrogate the status of reforms in current times but to also place the issue before a wider readership.