Lt Col Manoj K Channan
317 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.
Pahalgam Attack: Why Pakistan Always Times Terror Strikes Like This
Yet another terror attack, this time in Pahalgam, has rocked Kashmir, timed, as before, with the visit of a high-profile U.S. dignitary. The pattern...
Can India Break Free from China’s Rare Earth Grip?
Rare Earth Elements (REES) have emerged as the new strategic frontier in global geopolitics. These 17 metallic elements—critical to advanced electronics, renewable energy, and...
India’s Rare Earth Goldmine: A Strategic Roadmap to Break Free from China’s Grip
Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are indispensable to modern technology, national defense, and the green energy transition. Their scarcity in economically viable extraction and their...
Reservations, Freebies, and Politics: The Toxic Trifecta Holding India Back
India stands at a complex crossroads—between a deeply entrenched past and the hope of a progressive future. The caste system, historically used to enforce...
Is India Quietly Learning Hybrid War from Russia and China?
India has long resisted using proxies as a tool of statecraft, preferring overt diplomacy, moral posturing, and conventional deterrence. However, the strategic environment in...
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The Million Dollar Missile Cannot Be the Answer to the Thousand Dollar Drone
For decades, military power was measured by the number...
Lada Azimut: Russia’s BIG New Crossover Finally Goes Into Production
AvtoVAZ has started mass production of a new crossover,...
The Fight for the Two Straits: Hormuz and Bab al‑Mandab, and What It Means for India
The Houthi seizure of Yemen’s Red Sea coast and...
Airtel Money: The IPO That Reveals India’s Edge in Africa
When an African payments company prepares for what could...
