Col US Rathore

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    Beyond Bakhmut

    Russia and Ukraine continue to attrit each other in the suburbs and streets of Bakhmut. A counter-offensive by Ukraine, armed with recent tranche of military...
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    NATO Checkmates Russia

    Most unpalatable fallout of the ongoing Ukraine war for Russian Federation is perhaps Finland joining the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) after securing Turkish Parliament’s...
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    Pakistan Army COAS: Race Hots Up

    On 29 November 2022, General Qamar Javed Bajwa shall relinquish the command of the most powerful organisation in Pakistan and the ninth largest army in...
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    Drone: The Winning Edge

    Exploitation of the third dimension in battlefield has always been a winning factor. In our context, the fighter jets, bombers and helicopters, for a variety...
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    Intense Tactical Battle Area

    From many military lessons which ongoing Russo-Ukraine war can offer for study, perhaps the most noticeable is the increased range, accuracy, lethality and sophistication of...
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    Finally, an Assault Rifle

    One often gets to read about how the Indian Army is coping with its night-blind main battle tanks, vintage artillery & anti-aircraft guns and outdated...
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    Terror’s Third Dimension

    In a recent bid to revive militancy in Punjab, Pakistan has tried to smuggle in arms and ammunition from across the border, in multiple sorties...
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    Is al-Qaeda Waning?

    Al-Qaeda came into being in 1988-89, in Peshawar, Pakistan. The nine-year-long Soviet occupation of Afghanistan had turned into an ignominious retreat at the hands of...
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    Reign of Terror: How safe are we?

    Post-26/11, reacting to the elaborate security arrangements near Hotel Taj, Mumbai someone exclaimed with great flourish, “Why all this?  Lightning does not strike at the...
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    Hate India to Survive in Pakistan

    Events leading to Cricket World Cup semi-final match between India and Pakistan at Mohali generated a lot of optimism. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh extended...
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    Cricket World Cup and Politics over Terror

    The tenth edition of Cricket World Cup has taken South Asia by storm – four host nations, forty-eight matches between fourteen teams at thirteen venues...
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    Lessons from Japan

    On 11 March, Japan was jolted by an earthquake of 8.9 magnitude. Soon a massive tsunami followed. Ten-meter-high waves invaded the eastern coast of the...
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    Training for anti-Maoist Operations

    Deployment of Central Police Organisation (CPO) in Low Intensity Conflict Operations (LICO) is not a new phenomenon. Many units of CPO have served in the...