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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35 years and forgotten, Op Pawan – Indian Army’s deadliest conflict on Sri Lankan territory

India has been celebrating its victory on the creation of Bangladesh and the capture of 93000 Pakistan Army prisoners of war; OP VIJAY has...

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IPKF in Sri Lanka: When Indian Soldiers Became Humanitarians

The Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF), deployed in Sri...

Meet the RCH 155 TRACKED — a robotic howitzer that could sideline the M109A7

KNDS Deutschland, an innovator in European artillery innovation, has...

Unfinished Valour: OP PAWAN and the Warriors Who Refused to Die Forgotten

The Winners of Battles, Win this Earth, Those who...

Inside the T-90M2 “Ryvok-1”: Russia’s Future Tank Born from Ukraine War Lessons

The T-90M2 "Ryvok-1" is a new version of the...