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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Strategic Silence, Tactical Misinterpretation: How India Stayed Silent During a Key West Asian Crisis

The recent Iran conflict and its uneasy ceasefire will be analysed not just for its scale but for how it shifted perceptions of power,...

URBAN WARFARE: GRAVEYARD OF ARMIES – Part 8

In the preceding part of this series, we examined how missiles, drones, and persistent surveillance convert supply chains into primary targets and transform rear...

Missiles, Drones, and the New Geometry of War: Attrition of Assets and the Collapse of Supply Chains—Part 7

In the earlier parts of this series, we examined terrain, entry corridors, logistics, and the lack of coalition mass as key factors in any...

The Missing Coalition: Why the Absence of NATO Changes Everything—Part 6

In the previous part of this series, we examined logistics as the hidden battlefield that ultimately determines victory or defeat. We saw how supply...

Logistics Under Fire: The Hidden Battlefield That Decides Victory—Part 5

In the previous part of this series, we examined how the eastern flank bordering Pakistan transforms from a theoretical entry corridor into a potential...

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Russia’s RITM-200 Reactor Enters Mass Production—Here’s Why It Matters

The second RITM-200 nuclear reactor unit, which is intended...

Russia Unveils Its Newest Su-57E Weapon—and It’s Built for Future Air Wars 

Russia has considerably strengthened its export campaign for the...