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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Culling the Swarm: Rethinking Aerial Interdiction in the Age of Mass Drone Warfare

The nature of warfare has shifted—fast, cheap, and numerous is now more dangerous than slow, costly, and few. In recent conflicts, from Ukraine and...

India-China Border Dialogue: Diplomacy, Strategy, and the Path Forward

The 34th meeting of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on India-China Border Affairs, held on 23 July 2025 in New Delhi,...

Europe’s New War Pact and Why India Should Watch Closely

In a historic move not seen since the end of World War II, Germany and the United Kingdom have signed a comprehensive new bilateral...

Nuclear Restraint During the Fog of War: Assessing the 1988 India-Pakistan Non-Attack Agreement

The 1988 Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between India and Pakistan is more than just a diplomatic formality....

The Damascus Strike and Southern Syria Gambit: Is Israel’s Strategy Causing Regional Unravelling?

The recent Israeli airstrike on Damascus is more than just another episode in the long-standing series of tit-for-tat conflicts in the Middle East. It...

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Russia’s Big Chip Gamble: Modular “Chiplets” Could Change the Game  

Russia is aligning with the chiplet architecture, a crucial...

How India Is Protecting Tanks from Drones Using Cope Cages

Modern warfare has entered a phase in which visibility...

PD-8 Passes Brutal Storm Test: Russia’s Aviation Push Gains Momentum 

Russia's aviation ambitions have reached an important milestone with...

Russia’s Biggest Arctic Science Ship Gets Power—But Who Built the Engines?

Six powerful diesel generators, with a combined output of...