Lt Col Manoj K Channan
319 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.
India’s New DPM 2025: A Procurement Revolution That Could Transform Defence Manufacturing
The DPM 2025 signifies a fundamental change in how India plans to develop, maintain, and expand its defence ecosystem. It moves away from the...
Operation Pawan: A Military Victory, A Political Betrayal
"Even in the grave, an Indian politician finds followers — not out of respect, but out of habit."The above is not a cynical statement...
IPKF in Sri Lanka: When Indian Soldiers Became Humanitarians
The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF), deployed in Sri Lanka from 1987 to 1990, carried out one of the most complex overseas humanitarian and...
Unfinished Valour: OP PAWAN and the Warriors Who Refused to Die Forgotten
The Winners of Battles, Win this Earth, Those who sacrifice their Lives, Conquer Heavens. Lt Gen Hardev Singh Lidder, PVSM, UYSM, YSM, VSM, RetdSubharti...
Reclaiming History: From Hidden Time Capsules to Digital Data Centre
India's civilisational memory, having survived fire, invasion, and colonial erasure, now faces a quieter but more insidious threat: selective amnesia. This forgetfulness stems not...
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92 Tonnes of Cargo! How Russia Transformed the Il-96 Into a Heavy Hauler
Russian civil aviation got a new heavy-lift cargo aircraft...
Beyond Publications: Turning India’s Research Papers into Revenue-Generating Products
By early 2026, India was the world's third-largest producer...
Russia Just Showed Its Nvidia Challenger: Baikal’s New AI Chip Runs CUDA
Russia’s semiconductor sector has taken another stride in artificial...
One MC-21 Every 40 Days? Russia Sets Its Biggest Production Target Yet
Russia’s MC-21 program is entering a new phase with...
