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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India at the Crossroads of Regional Geopolitical Churning

India is facing a turbulent geopolitical landscape. Shifting alliances, regional power plays, and the revival of great power competition are reshaping the environment around...

Optics, Operations, and the Kill Chain: Lessons for India in a Theatre of Unpredictable Warfare

The modern conflict has entered a new paradigm—one shaped as much by spectacle and narrative as by precision strikes and joint command and control....

The Apollo Affair to Hormuz: Nuclear Shadows, Silent Deals, and the Coming Global Reset

A forgotten nuclear theft in Pennsylvania. A shadow war in Gaza. A freezing front in Ukraine. A collapsing Strait of Hormuz. These aren't isolated...

From Underground Militias to Statecraft: Israel’s Paramilitary Heritage

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is staking his political future on a bold campaign: direct airstrikes against Iranian nuclear installations. This high-stakes strategy is anchored...

At the Brink: India’s Overreliance on Three Giants and the Cost of Misinterpreting the Tea Leaves

The BJP-Modi government, two corporate giants (Ambani and Adani), a fractured political opposition, and increasingly transactional international alliances present India with a dangerously concentrated...

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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...

How ZNTC is Redefining Russia’s Semiconductor Industry  

One of the most strategically critical sectors of the...

Russia’s New Space Antenna: The Tech Behind Orel’s Communication

The successful assembly of the first antenna systems for...