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.
Regional Retaliation: The Gulf as the Second Battlefield — Infrastructure Vulnerability, Desalination Dependency, and the Russia–China Strategic Anchor – Part 9
In the previous part of this series, we explored the complexity of urban warfare and the significant manpower needed to control cities in hostile...
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...
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Russia Just Revealed a New Il-78—But Its Tail Number Raises Questions
A new Il-78MK-90A aerial refueling aircraft has been spotted...
Aeroflot Moves Away From AMOS as Russia Pushes Its Own Aviation Technology
In August 2026, it was reported that Aeroflot, the...
PD-14 Has a Smaller Fan Than Its Rivals—Here’s Why Russia Chose This Design
The Russian PD-14 engine, which was designed for the...
India’s Strategic Imperative: Reform, Integration, and Rapid Response
The creation of CDF and the placement of all...
