Lt Col Manoj K Channan
319 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.
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...
Why India’s Strategic Restraint Could Define Future Global Stability
The contemporary global security environment stands at a precarious inflexion point, where the balance between diplomacy and military logic is repeatedly tested. Conflicts across...
Drone Hunter Killer: The Game-Changer Air Defence Systems Desperately Need
The ongoing US–Israel–Iran conflict has exposed a structural weakness in modern air defence systems. There is a growing mismatch between the cost of interception...
Breaking
One MC-21 Every 40 Days? Russia Sets Its Biggest Production Target Yet
Russia’s MC-21 program is entering a new phase with...
The Metro Is More Than a Tunnel
Israel’s metropolitan metro project is not an ordinary public-works...
The Xi–Trump Summit and the Illusion of “Constructive Strategic Stability”
The September 23–25, 2026, state visit by President Xi...
From 350 nm to 130 nm: Russia’s Race to Build Its Own Chip Machines
Russia is creating a domestic base for producing the...
