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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Pakistan’s Enduring Dilemma: Afghanistan, Strategic Depth, and the Shifting Geopolitical Landscape

Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan has long been a story of ambition, apprehension, and strategic misjudgment, whose weight is still felt today. It is intricately...

Rudra Rising: How India’s All-Arms Brigades Are Redefining the Principles of Land Warfare

The evolution of modern warfare is no longer characterised by the straightforward movement of infantry supported by armour and artillery. Wars are now fought...

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...

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When Loyalty Replaces Competence: The Fragility of Concentrated Power

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Russia’s RD-93MS Takes an Unexpected Role in Future Supersonic Aviation

The RD-93MS turbofan engine is a critical component of...

Lal Bahadur Shastri and the Tashkent Connection

The recent visit of our Prime Minister to Uzbekistan...