Lt Col Manoj K Channan
309 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.
Operation PAWAN: Remembering the Men, the Mission and the Legacy
On 17 July 2026, the Delhi Gymkhana Club, as part of its Book Club activities, hosted a discussion on Valiant Deeds and Undying Memories,...
What R&AW Can Learn from Mossad’s Operational Philosophy
For decades, India has faced a complex security environment marked by cross-border terrorism, state-sponsored proxy warfare, espionage, cyber threats and intense geopolitical competition in...
The Owl Who Hunted Shadows
Many centuries ago, when kingdoms were separated not merely by rivers but by suspicion, there stood the small but resolute Kingdom of Cedars, ruled...
The Parrots’ Grammar and the Collapsing Tunnel
In the ancient forest of Aryavan, a magnificent peacock ruled whose feathers dazzled every creature. He sincerely believed that a united forest was a...
Qatar’s Soft Power Strategy: Opportunities, Risks and Lessons for India
The passing of former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has revived debate over Qatar's remarkable rise from a small Gulf monarchy into...
Breaking
India Should Not Just Manufacture for the World; It Should Train the World
For decades, the world has spoken of India as...
Russia Just Unveiled a New Quantum Chip—And It Uses a Surprising Metal
Russia has developed a new technology for the production of...
Russia’s New Optical Memory Could Let Computers Remember Information With Light
A new theoretical approach to optical memory has been...
The Most Dangerous Sentence in National Security: “It Cannot Happen Here”
National security has an understandable appetite for certainty. It...
