Lt Col Manoj K Channan

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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.

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Forging the Steel of Unity: Theatre Commands and India’s Future Operational and Logistics Synergy

The recent Combined Commanders' Conference in Kolkata marks a historic turning point for the Indian Armed Forces. The decisions made at this forum are...

The Saudi-Pakistan Defense Pact: A Strategic Shift Challenging India and Reshaping the Middle East

The signing of the Saudi-Pakistan mutual defence pact marks a seismic moment for Middle Eastern and South Asian geopolitics. It is more than a...

India-Pakistan Military Conflict and Beyond: Breaking the Deadlock

Few rivalries are as enduring and volatile as that between India and Pakistan. For more than seventy years, the two nuclear-armed neighbours have remained...

Nepal’s Youth Uprising: A Nation at Boiling Point

Nepal is at a dangerous turning point. The events of September 2025, which were the deadliest civil unrest in the country's modern history, were...

India-Nepal: From Symbiosis to Suspicion: Tracing Decades of Political Upheaval

India and Nepal share a close connection that few other nations in South Asia can match. An open, passport-free border characterizes their relationship and...

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PD-8 Certification Misses April Target—What’s Holding It Back?  

The technical complexity of modern turbofan development and the...

Iran Is the Battlefield, China Is the Target

The evolving confrontation between the United States and Iran...

A-100 Delays and Falling Revenues: The Crisis Deepening Inside Beriev

The Taganrog Aviation Scientific-Technical Complex (TANTK), named after G.M....

Inside Russia’s Plan to Replace Western Chips in Transport Systems  

The development of microcontrollers that are domestically designed and...