Lt Col Manoj K Channan
309 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.
Drones, Deniability, and the Northeast: Is India Sleepwalking into a Proxy Conflict?
The recent arrest of six Ukrainians and one American by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Mizoram is more than just a routine counterterrorism...
Between Rome and Qom: The Ideological War Behind the Iran Conflict
The confrontation between Iran and the West is often viewed through the lens of nuclear negotiations, economic sanctions, and proxy wars across the Middle...
Nari Shakti: Examining India’s Accountability Crisis in Crimes Against Women
There is an old saying that circulates widely as a quote and meme: “The trees kept voting for the axe, because its handle was...
Remembering the Bravehearts: Honouring the Legacy of Operation PAWAN
Nations are not built merely through economic progress, technological advancement, or institutional strength. They are sustained by memory, by the collective remembrance of those...
The Iran Gambit: Regime Change, Insurgency, and the Expanding Arc of Conflict
The unfolding confrontation involving Iran could raise concerns among policymakers and analysts by highlighting the potential for regional instability through internal insurgency, external pressure,...
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The Semiconductor Challenge India Can’t Ignore: Who Will Run the Fabs?
On 7 February 1989, a fire at Semiconductor Complex...
Russian Elbrus Servers Are Now Working Alongside Intel at a Major Nuclear Facility
The Breakthrough project, one of Russia's most ambitious nuclear-energy...
Russia’s Geran Drone Fleet Is Changing—Here’s What’s Emerging
Foreign sources and Russian Telegram channels have reported a...
Russia’s A-50U ‘Flying Radar’ Takes on a New Mission: Hunting Ukrainian Drones
It appears that Russian A-50U airborne early warning and...
