Lt Col Manoj K Channan
316 Articles
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.
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...
Afghanistan: The Warning History Already Gave Us – Part 3
In the previous part of this series, we examined how terrain changes warfare from manoeuvre to attrition. We showed that geography does not just...
Terrain Decides Wars: From Desert Victory to Mountain Attrition—Part 2
In the first part of this series, we established a central strategic premise: Iran cannot be approached using the operational memory of Iraq War...
Iran Is Not Iraq: The Anatomy of a Modern Kill Zone—Part 1
Military history has a peculiar way of shaping strategic confidence, sometimes correctly, but often dangerously. Victories, especially decisive ones, create strong institutional memories that...
Breaking
The Shadow Fleet Battle: Sanctions, AIS Blackouts, and the Missing Context
“The shadow fleet” has become one of the most...
MC-21 Takes 12 Months to Build—But There’s a Big Catch
How much time does it take to put together...
Rosatom Clears First MBIR Fuel Assemblies for Reactor’s Initial Core
Rosatom has completed acceptance testing of the first three...
No Hamas in the West Bank? The Threat Is Five Minutes from My Home
Some political statements are open to debate. Some assessments...
