Air Marshal B D Jayal

Since Independence, the nation has grown up with the knowledge and belief that its armed forces are pillars of strength and symbolize probity and the...

Before the flicker of the last candle to commemorate those who laid down their lives for their motherland during the Kargil conflict dies out and...

Two books titled ‘Deception - Pakistan, The United States and the Global Nuclear Weapons Conspiracy’ by Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott- Clark and ‘Military Inc.-...

The eagerly awaited election manifesto of the principal opposition party is now in the public domain and it is natural for students of national security...

Concluding his recent address to the annual combined commanders conference during which he listed some serious challenges facing not just the armed forces but the...

The army counts for little on the electoral battlefield On the eve of yet another general election, it is but natural for observers to crystal-gaze...

India has steadfastly refused to review the organisational model of the MoD, which remains frozen in time. Therefore, the inter-service rivalry results in wasteful duplications...

The date, May 23, 2013, may well go down in the history of the Indian republic as a day when the first rays of a...

In a season where scams are tumbling out of Lutyens’ Bhavans with an embarrassing regularity, it may appear that the AgustaWestland helicopter graft case has...

In a season where scams are tumbling out of Lutyens’ Bhavans with an embarrassing regularity, it may appear that the AgustaWestland helicopter graft case has...

Even as the full scale of the tragedy that struck the United States on September 11 is unfolding, it is worth pondering its strategic implications....

Retrospective downgrading of military awards taints service ideals - Air Marshal Brijesh D Jayal The highlight of an annual Republic Day parade is the opening,...

Nothing could have painted a clearer security picture of our neighbourhood than three prominent news items on the same day in one national daily .Osama...

Even as the celebrations at our joining the ‘nuclear club’ start to ebb, contrary information from across the Atlantic is getting shriller. The Ministry of...

It is typical of the Indian security system, that only in times of security crises, does the nation wake up to gross weaknesses in re...

At what is commonly referred to as Siachen, India hold the dominating high ground on Saltoro Ridge. To the west of this is Gilgit and...