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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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...

The Pakistan Axis: Why the Eastern Flank Becomes a Kill Funnel—Part 4

In earlier parts of this series, we discussed how terrain shifts warfare from manoeuvring to attrition and how Afghanistan's experience showed that geography can...

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Russia Just Built a Laser It Once Invented—Now It Wants to Break a Foreign Monopoly

Russia has made a major leap toward reducing its...

The Jewish Mother and the Indian Mother—A STRATEGIC ALLIANCE NOBODY CAN DEFEAT

There are military alliances, trade blocs, and strategic partnerships....

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

The strategic environment facing India today echoes 1998–99 in...