Lt Col Manoj K Channan

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Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd) served in the Indian Army, Armoured Corps, 65 Armoured Regiment, 27 August 83- 07 April 2007. Operational experience in the Indian Army includes Sri Lanka – OP PAWAN, Nagaland and Manipur – OP HIFAZAT, and Bhalra - Bhaderwah, District Doda Jammu and Kashmir, including setting up of a counter-insurgency school – OP RAKSHAK. He regularly contributes to Defence and Security issues in the Financial Express online, Defence and Strategy, Fauji India Magazine and Salute Magazine.*Views are personal.

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Nuclear Challenges in the Indian Subcontinent

India and Pakistan have lived for decades under the nuclear shadow, yet the central danger has never been the weapons themselves. The deeper problem...

65 Armoured Regiment: Six Decades of Honour — “Maan ya Mrityu”

The story of the 65 Armoured Regiment begins on 1 September 1966 at Ahmednagar, where it was raised as 65 Cavalry in the wake...

India’s Strategic Imperative: Reform, Integration, and Rapid Response

The creation of CDF and the placement of all forces, together with their multidomain integration, are likely to result in a faster response (including...

Pakistan’s New Command Era: Soft Coup in Pakistan: Military Takes Charge Pushing Aside Political Establishment

Pakistan is once again in the midst of political drama marked by the midnight heist of the jailed PM from a hospital and his...

From Kargil to Operation Sindoor: Pakistan’s Strategic Evolution and the Implications for India

The strategic environment facing India today echoes 1998–99 in unsettling ways, yet it is more complex and dangerous. The period preceding the Kargil conflict...

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When the Referee Becomes a Player: India’s Electoral Crisis and the Road Back

The Indian Express’s investigative disclosures about acts of commission...

Europe Opened Its Gates and Extremist Parties Rose

For more than a decade, European leaders told their...

Russia Says Its Microelectronics Are 84% Domestic—Then Comes the 90% Foreign Raw Material Shock 

Russia has achieved a remarkable level of domestic manufacturing...

The Cipher Is Not Broken, but the Rules Are

In recent days, a story tailor-made for a cinematic...