Lt Col Manoj K Channan
328 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.
Beyond Partisanship: Reclaiming the Primacy of National Interest
In any vibrant democracy, diversity of thought is both inevitable and desirable. It reflects intellectual vitality, competing visions, and the natural evolution of political...
Islamabad’s Unexpected Pivot: Pakistan as Mediator in Iran-US Peace Talks
In the swirling fog of Middle East tensions, few developments could seem more improbable than Pakistan stepping into the role of mediator in Iran-US...
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...
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Europe’s ‘Useful Idiots’: How Complacency Is Blinding EU Energy Policy
To become a propaganda asset for an extremist organisation,...
Russia’s New 2ES9 Could Transform Heavy Freight on the Trans-Siberian Railway
The first prototype of the new 2ES9 mainline freight...
Russia Revives Its Abandoned T-80 Tank? The Bars Mystery Explained
In October 2026, a television report featured a vehicle...
Rotax Has a New Rival: Russia’s 115-HP M105 Engine Gets Certification Milestone
The APD M105 piston engine has been granted a...
