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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IPKF in Sri Lanka: When Indian Soldiers Became Humanitarians

The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF), deployed in Sri Lanka from 1987 to 1990, carried out one of the most complex overseas humanitarian and...

Unfinished Valour: OP PAWAN and the Warriors Who Refused to Die Forgotten

The Winners of Battles, Win this Earth, Those who sacrifice their Lives, Conquer Heavens.                                                             Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder, PVSM, UYSM, YSM, VSM, Retd Subharti...

Reclaiming History: From Hidden Time Capsules to Digital Data Centre

India's civilisational memory, having survived fire, invasion, and colonial erasure, now faces a quieter but more insidious threat: selective amnesia. This forgetfulness stems not...

Why India’s Strategic Future Needs a Military-Driven Technological Strategy, Not Bureaucratic Oversight

India stands at a pivotal point where the merging of multi-domain technologies, artificial intelligence, space assets, and next-generation communication networks will shape how the...

The Danger of Assumption: A Call for Maturity and Mindful Relationships

Human relationships, the very essence of our existence, are often harmed not by overt conflicts but by a silent and destructive force: assumption. These...

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15 Hours in the Air: Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Burevestnik Raises Global Alarms

One of the most important achievements in the development...

GC 251 c: The Most Exciting Earth-Like World Discovered This Year

An extraordinary discovery has reignited humanity's age-old inquiry regarding the...

India’s New DPM 2025: A Procurement Revolution That Could Transform Defence Manufacturing

The DPM 2025 signifies a fundamental change in how...

The West’s Military Gamble in Ukraine Has Failed—Here’s the Evidence 

The conflict in Ukraine is the most significant land...