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  • Visit of Aung San Suu Kyi
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Myanmar Foreign Minister and State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi's four-day visit to India after attending the BRICS summit at Goa provided fresh impetus to India-Myanmar relations.

  • Deriding military — Continues unabated
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The latest attack on the military's ethos came from the MoD through the GoI letter number A/24577/CAO/CP Cell dated October 18, described by a national daily in talking about rank "equivalence" between defence officers and "armed forces headquarters civil service officers".

  • Excalibur — Stopgap or final?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    It was only four months back (July 2016) when media reported that the Army junked DRDO's 5.56mm Excalibur assault rifle. Resultantly, Army's quest for a state-of-the-art assault rifles got been extended.

  • Hand in Hand is Good — But what about Stab in the Back?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Indian and Chinese army troops carried out a joint exercise in Eastern Ladakh on October 19, led by Brigadier R S Raman and Senior Colonel Fan Jun respectively

  • India-Russia relations take next step
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The recent meet between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Putin of Russia on the sidelines of the BRICs summit at Goa and the deals signed between India and Russia have silenced the critics that the Modi Government is putting all its eggs in the basket of America.

  • Surgical strike in cyberspace
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    While the surgical strikes by Indian Special Forces in PoK on September 28 was heating up the digital media both in India in Pakistan, opposition parties baying for proof and Nawaz Sharif in denial till Ghulam Akbar, SP of Mirpur spilled the beans, surgical strikes by Indian hackers were also hitting Pakistan in cyberspace.

  • Big ticket acquisitions — Overshadowing cutting edge again?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    As per media reports, the MoD is working towards seeking an annual hike of eight percent in terms of capital expenditure in the next decade...

  • SAARC shuns Pakistan
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Pakistan is blaming India for pulling out from the upcoming South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) meet scheduled to be held in Islamabad in November.

  • Coming up — Israel type border fence
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Post the visit of Home Minister Rajnath Singh to Israel last year and Pakistan's heightened hostility and persistent infiltration attempts, the government appears all set to install an Israel type of fence along our western border.

  • Give more to private sector
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    During the second half of 1980's the Army went in for import of man-portable paratrooping parachutes from South Korea and Poland. Since the imports were done in bulk to make up operational voids there were no elaborate tests within India.

  • New Long Range SAM
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    India successfully conducted the second test of the new Indo-Israeli surface to air missile (LRSAM) on September 20 from the launching complex - III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea.

  • Army Design Bureau is good but need to look far beyond
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Setting up of the Army Design Bureau (ADB) in August this year is a good step even though late by few decades.

  • When will our military get its due?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Since 1989 Pakistan has waged an unrelenting asymmetric war on India which we call "Proxy War". We have been dealing with the terrorists sent by Jihadi Tanzims like the Lashkar-e-Toiba or Jaish-e-Mohammed who have their home and hearth in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).

  • Equipping Units — Slapped by UN this time
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Since 1989 Pakistan has waged an unrelenting asymmetric war on India which we call "Proxy War". We have been dealing with the terrorists sent by Jihadi Tanzims like the Lashkar-e-Toiba or Jaish-e-Mohammed who have their home and hearth in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).

  • Terrorist State — will Pakistan get the tag?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    September 20 was historical with US Congressman Ted Poe, Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, introduced 'H.R.6069, the Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation Act' in the US Congress.

  • Indian Army Launches Surgical Strikes along the Line of Control
    By Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd)

    Since 1989 Pakistan has waged an unrelenting asymmetric war on India which we call "Proxy War". We have been dealing with the terrorists sent by Jihadi Tanzims like the Lashkar-e-Toiba or Jaish-e-Mohammed who have their home and hearth in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).

  • Beyond the Surgical Strike
    By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

    The Indian Army has now been given a free hand to take appropriate action against the enemy operating across the LoC from PoK.

  • India Responds to Uri Terror Strike
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    India executed surgical strikes against multiple terrorist launch pads-cum training camps in four sectors of POK on night September 28-29. Post the Uri terrorist attack, Nawaz Sharif had shed the fake mask of friendship...

  • Uri Attack — Same story, more lethal
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    In a well planned and coordinated terrorist attack Pakistan struck the army camp in Uri in the early hours of September 18. 20 soldiers are already reported dead and 32 injured.

  • The Kashmir Imbroglio
    By Air Marshal B.K. Pandey (Retd)

    The peace and serenity of Uri, a small town on the banks of river Jhelum in the district of Baramulla in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), which is near the Line of Control (LOC), was brutally shattered in the wee hours of the morning of September 18, 2016.

  • Indo-Afghan friendship scales greater heights
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani's recent visit came at a time when Pakistan's exposure as a generator of terrorism has gained momentum. Not only have countries India, Afghanistan and Bangladesh pointed out Pakistan as the crucible of terror, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent statements...

  • Indo-Russian Strategic Partnership — No reset required
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Signing of the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA) between India and the US has been a subject of intense debate in the media. Despite it being a logistic exchange agreement a cross section opined...

  • Of Helmets and Bullet Proof Jackets
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    According to media reports, "The Indian Army is still nowhere near getting desperately-needed modern helicopters, howitzers and air defence weapons, or even new assault rifles and carbines, to plug its critical operational deficiencies.

  • The China-Pak Economic Corridor — Problems galore
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Raising the issue of Gilgit-Baltistan in POK being Indian Territory and the Pakistani genocide in Balochistan by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sent tremors across Pakistan.

  • OROP and 7th CPC - Course correction required
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    It is quite apparent that civil-military relations have reached the lowest ebb with the military sick of being sidelined and continuously denigrated. A high point was the Service Chiefs issuing letters that the 7th CPC will not be implemented till the anomalies pointed out by the military are addressed...

  • Visit of Nepalese PM — Resetting friendly ties
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The recent four day visit of Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi commencing September 15 has helped in resetting Indo-Nepalese ties and dispel the unease of the past few months.

  • PM Modi's Vietnam visit
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Prime Minister Modi's visit to Vietnam on September 2-3 was special not only because Vietnam is India's strategic partner and an important pillar of India's Act East Policy, but also because it came at time of mounting tensions...

  • LEMOA, Balochistan and Chinese infirmities
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    A day after India and US signed the LEMOA during Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's three-day visit to the US commencing August 29...

  • Indo-Myanmar Construct — good signs
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    In March this year, Myanmar got a democratically elected government after 57 years of military rule. On March 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated U Htin Kyaw on being elected as the first civilian President of Myanmar...

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