Lt Col Manoj K Channan
314 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.
From Hormuz to the Markets: Iran Opens a Financial War the World Can’t Ignore
The five-day pause announced by President Donald Trump now appears less like a diplomatic bridge and more like an unstable ledge. Markets initially cheered...
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...
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Aeroflot Won’t Abandon Airbus and Boeing Yet—But Its 50:50 Russian Fleet Plan Is Taking Shape
The Aeroflot Group is gearing up for a major...
When an Ambassador of Hate Speaks for Human Rights
Imagine that a senior diplomat had written that Hindus...
Russia Reveals 150-HP RPD-150T—The Rotax Rival Small Aircraft Were Waiting For
A new aviation rotary-piston engine has been introduced by...
Russia’s Chip Equipment Breakthrough: First 350-nm Lithograph Heads to Factory
Russia is in the process of introducing its first...
