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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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...

Mecca Defence Pact: A Hedge Against Uncertainty, Not an Islamic NATO

The Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan Mecca pact is a security arrangement that reflects a Middle East in transition. For India, its significance lies less in the military...

China, India, and Strategic Choice

Often strategic discourse in India revolves around understanding of Chinese power as “expansionist" or "status quo." This is central to understanding how it will...

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Russia’s Starlink Rival Stumbles: 16 Rassvet-3 Satellites Fail to Reach Intended Orbit

Russia’s Rassvet-3 low-Earth-orbit satellite constellation experienced major difficulties after...

Ground vs. Air Sensing: India’s Multi-Domain Defence Strategy

Sensing systems that generate information and situational awareness are...

A321XLR vs. Tu-214: Where Each Aircraft Makes More Sense

The Airbus A321XLR and Russia's Tu-214 are often compared...

Why Russia Just Dropped the TVRS-44 “Ladoga” From Its New Aviation Plan

The revised version of the Comprehensive Civil Aviation Development...