Lt Col Manoj K Channan
328 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.
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...
The Lion, the Wolves, and the Blindfold of Justice
In the ancient forest of Aryavan stood a massive banyan tree beneath whose branches every ruler held court. The old Tortoise often remarked that...
Breaking
Russia’s SJ-100 Takes Another Big Step as PD-8 Engines Reach Second Production Jet
The second production aircraft of Russia's import-substituted SJ-100 regional...
Europe’s ‘Useful Idiots’: How Complacency Is Blinding EU Energy Policy
To become a propaganda asset for an extremist organisation,...
Russia’s New 2ES9 Could Transform Heavy Freight on the Trans-Siberian Railway
The first prototype of the new 2ES9 mainline freight...
Russia Revives Its Abandoned T-80 Tank? The Bars Mystery Explained
In October 2026, a television report featured a vehicle...
