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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Logistics Under Fire: The Hidden Battlefield That Decides Victory—Part 5

In the previous part of this series, we examined how the eastern flank bordering Pakistan transforms from a theoretical entry corridor into a potential...

The Pakistan Axis: Why the Eastern Flank Becomes a Kill Funnel—Part 4

In earlier parts of this series, we discussed how terrain shifts warfare from manoeuvring to attrition and how Afghanistan's experience showed that geography can...

Afghanistan: The Warning History Already Gave Us – Part 3

In the previous part of this series, we examined how terrain changes warfare from manoeuvre to attrition. We showed that geography does not just...

Terrain Decides Wars: From Desert Victory to Mountain Attrition—Part 2

In the first part of this series, we established a central strategic premise: Iran cannot be approached using the operational memory of Iraq War...

Iran Is Not Iraq: The Anatomy of a Modern Kill Zone—Part 1

Military history has a peculiar way of shaping strategic confidence, sometimes correctly, but often dangerously. Victories, especially decisive ones, create strong institutional memories that...

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