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.
IndiGo Turbulence: Pieter Elbers, WEF Networks, and the Subtle Mechanics of the Deep State
Pieter Elbers's connections to global aviation, European business lobbies, and WEF-linked initiatives highlight how transnational networks influence policy and markets, often resembling a 'deep...
IndiGo’s Crew Crisis and the Aviation Deathtrap: A Governance Failure
India’s aviation sector is no stranger to drama, but the recent operational crisis at IndiGo has revealed a deeper rot that extends far beyond...
Recalibrating Poles of Power: The Putin–Modi Summit and the Emerging Multipolar Arc
The 23rd India–Russia Annual Summit in New Delhi on 4–5 December 2025 and the Joint Statement that followed indicate not only the continuation of...
Profiteering Amid Chaos: When the Aviation & Hotel Industry Becomes Predatory
Welcome to India, the world’s largest democracy and, perhaps, the most organised form of anarchy on Earth. A nation where chaos is state-sponsored, but...
Precision is Power: Why India Must Lead in Indigenous Precision-Guided Munitions (PGMs)
The recent announcement of a joint venture between Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and France’s Safran Electronics & Defence (SED) to locally produce the Highly...
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Israel’s Puppet, SCO Eviction—Turkey’s Extraordinary Campaign Against India
Some insults are really confessions. Ibrahim Karagül, the former...
India’s Surprise Russian Aircraft Deal: Why 85 Il-114-300s Could Change the Aviation Map
India and Russia have taken a potentially significant step...
PD-8 vs SaM146: Why Russia’s New Jet Engine Has a Huge Life Gap to Close
Rybinsk Engine Plant is currently in the process of...
Reality Surpasses All Imagination: Israel’s Dramatic Capture of a Top Hamas Security Chief in Gaza
Sometimes reality produces a scene that even the most...
