Capture of Tiger Hill: Turning point in Kargil War

Twenty years ago, over 50 days in the summer of 1999, the Indian Army fought some of the toughest battles in the annals of military history to evict the Pakistan army from the heights of Kargil.The......

An Agenda for the Defence Minister

The new minister must commit himself to supporting long-term defence plans or else defence modernisation will continue to lag and the growing military capabilities gap with China will assume......

Manohar Parrikar: Defence minister with a difference

'He consulted widely, both formally and informally and acted quickly on pragmatic suggestions.''Parrikar took the initiative to reduce excessive litigation against armed forces veterans and widows......

How India must counter the Chinese threat

'The military aim in a future conflict, if it can't be avoided, should be to cause maximum damage to the adversary's war waging capability and capture limited amount of territory as a bargaining......