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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Analysing Why the Series Fauda Resonates with Indian Viewers

There is a reason the Israeli series Fauda has found such a deep and emotional audience in India. Indian viewers are not simply watching...

India’s Democracy: An Autoimmune Crisis Demanding Urgent Course Correction

“Democracy thrives not by chance, but by the courage of those who choose to protect it." These words resonate deeply in contemporary India, where...

How the End of World War II Reshaped South Asia and Locked In Strategic Rivalries

The 1947 Partition of British India is often framed as a singular imperial miscalculation. Yet, when viewed through the wider lens of World War...

The UAE Has Chosen the Future. India Should Read the Signal

The current turbulence across West Asia is not just another distant geopolitical drama. The ongoing tensions among the United States, Israel, and Iran have...

How India Is Protecting Tanks from Drones Using Cope Cages

Modern warfare has entered a phase in which visibility is constant, and survival depends on adaptation. The battlefield is no longer defined only by...

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When Loyalty Replaces Competence: The Fragility of Concentrated Power

A nation becomes fragile not simply because it faces...

Russia’s RD-93MS Takes an Unexpected Role in Future Supersonic Aviation

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Lal Bahadur Shastri and the Tashkent Connection

The recent visit of our Prime Minister to Uzbekistan...

Did Russia Abandon the Wrong Passenger Aircraft? Tu-204SM vs MC-21

The Tu-204SM and MC-21-310 represent two different approaches to...