Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd.)
Chuck Yeager: Aviation Legend who batted for the Pakistan Air Force
The 79th anniversary of Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7, 2020, also saw the sad demise of US Air Force Brigadier-General Charles ‘Chuck’ Elwood Yeager, aged 97.…
India, Australia must commit to cooperation in Indo-Pacific
Part of the same geographic hemisphere, India and Australia are key players in a shared strategic environment. Both countries also share the fraternity of the Commonwealth, speak the same language,…
Doklam denouement: India needs long-term strategies to counter China
Accustomed as we are to shrill hyperbole in India’s public discourse, the description of the tense Himalayan face-off as the “incident at Doklam” and its denouement as “expeditious disengagement of…
India needs urgent national security reforms
A “security dilemma” in international relations represents a situation in which accretion of power — military and economic — by a state generates fear amongst its rivals, leading to tensions,…
Made-in-India Jet Fighter: Big Step in Weapons Self-Reliance
On July 1, 2016, No.45 Squadron IAF became the proud recipient of India’s first indigenous 4th generation+ fighter; the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) dubbed Tejas. This marks, not just an…
India’s Civil-Military Dissonance: Playing with Nation’s Security
India’s Republic Day on Tuesday (January 26) was celebrated with traditional pageantry and the citizen gets a panoramic view of the country’s military capability. Intelligence inputs warn that it will…
What the Armed Forces Expect from DRDO?
At the outset, I would like to say that there is a need to unequivocally highlight the importance of the DRDO in the Navy’s scheme of things, and our sense…
India’s Quest for an Indigenous Aircraft Carrier
It was indeed fortuitous for our navy that at the moment of India’s independence, those charged with planning for the nation’s embryonic maritime force included many men of vision. In…
A Vision of Maritime India 2020
“What ship? Where bound?” is the traditional nautical query that goes out on the air when a warship encounters a stranger on the high seas. Recently an Indian Navy frigate…
Outsourcing of Defence Production
The Kelkar Committee report, as you know had focused on “strengthening self-reliance in defence preparedness”, and this has logically led them to recommend measures which will create synergies between the…
Future of Aerospace Power
Let me start by being the devil’s advocate and making two points to this audience. One: that this seminar is about “Aerospace Power” and not “Air Force Power”. The…
China and the Indian Ocean Region
The topic for today’s seminar, “China and the Indian Ocean Region” relates to an issue on which there is a dire need for India to focus her attention on very…
Transformational Technologies for Navy of the Future
Singapore is a unique city-state of our times, which stands as a beacon for democracy, order and stability in this region. I am pleased to be here as a…
Time to Unshackle our Shipyards
When Rear Admiral Ganeshan spoke to me about a seminar on Warship Building a few weeks ago, I conveyed the Navy’s wholehearted approval and support because I am convinced that…