Subroto Mukerjee Seminar

 

 

19th Subroto Mukerjee Seminar was organised by Centre of Air Power Studies, on 22 Dec 22 (22 12 2022).

 

THEME

India’s  Eminence in the Emerging World Order.

 

 

Session II

The World in a Flux: India’s Challenges

 

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  1. Talk (03:50 – 27:00)
  2. Q1- Future Trajectory of the Ukraine War (58:40 – 1:00:10)
  3. Q2 – Future of Drone Warfare (1:00:10 – 1:02:00)
  4. Q3 – Info War & Intelligence: Effect on LR vectors & Air Defence (1:10:25- 1:13:00)
  5. Q4 – Indian Defence Industry’s foray into the International Market ( 1:17:12 – 1:19:06)

 

Three Anils in one frame

Air Mshl Anil Chopra, AVM Anil Golani & Air Mshl Anil Khosla

 

Bottom Line

 There is an urgent need to reorientate  and gear up (not only by military) to deal with future challenges.

 

Question

Are we drawing the correct lessons and working towards  facing the future security challenges?

 

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TIDBITS

1.

CHINA’S WAY OF THINKING

 

Communist Chinese politics are a lugubrious merry-go-round … and in order to appreciate fully the déjà-vu quality of its latest convolutions, you would need to have watched it revolve for half a century. The main problem with many of our politicians and pundits is that their memories are too short, thus forever preventing them from putting events and personalities in a true historical perspective.

— Simon Leys quoted in Watching China Watching
China Heritage, 2018

 

Comments:

China thinks and plans long-term.

One needs to decipher her grand design.

The response should be appropriate, keeping the big picture in mind, and not a knee-jerk reaction.

 

2.

INDIA DEPLOYS PLATOON OF WOMEN PEACEKEEPERS IN UN MISSION IN ABYEI

 

This will be so far, India’s largest single unit of women Peacekeepers in a UN Mission. The Indian contingent, comprising two officers and 25 other ranks, will form part of an engagement platoon and specialise in community outreach and will be performing extensive security-related tasks as well

 

Comments:

In 2007, India became the first country to deploy an all-women contingent to a UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia.

India is one of the largest troop-contributing countries to UN peacekeeping.

As of October 31, 2022, India is the second largest contributor to UN peacekeeping missions with 5887 troops and personnel deployed across 12 missions, after Bangladesh (7,017).

 

3.

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS (USA Vis-à-vis China)

 

USA. There are only 47 active aircraft carriers in the world and the US Navy has 11 of them, with displacement tonnage nearly as many as all other countries combined. The US Navy’s large nuclear-powered fleet carriers carry around 80 fighters each and are the largest carriers in the world. The total combined deck space is more than double of all other nations combined.

 

China. As of 2022, the PLAN has two combat-ready aircraft carriers, the Liaoning and Shandong, with the third, Fujian, China’s third and most advanced aircraft carrier, being fitted out. The Fujian is equipped with advanced electromagnetic catapults, similar to those on the US supercarrier USS Gerald R Ford, while China’s first two carriers featured ski-jump designs. China’s only ship-borne fighter jet, the twin-engine single-seat J-15 Flying Shark, is the world’s heaviest carrier-borne fighter.

 

Comments:

Numerically, the Chinese navy has overtaken the US navy.

China is building its expeditionary capability.

On achieving expeditionary capability, China will redefine its theatres.

 

4.

US TO SEND UKRAINE NEARLY $3 BILLION IN MILITARY AID

(Including dozens of Bradley vehicles)

 

A new U.S. weapons package for Ukraine will include about 50 Bradley Fighting Vehicles.

The armoured vehicle manufactured by BAE Systems has a powerful gun. The vehicle has been used by the U.S. Army to carry troops around battlefields since the mid-1980s.

 

Comments:

The United States has sent about $21.3 billion in assistance to Ukraine.

The US Army is to retire its Bradley fleet and is working with industry to build a replacement as it seeks to modernize.

The USA is dumping military equipment, it doesn’t need anymore.

USA continues to add fuel to the fire.

 

5.

SANCTIONS ARE NOT MISSILES

 

The misapprehension of what sanctions against Russia would accomplish can be explained in part by unrealistic expectations of what economic measures can do. Simply put, they are not the equivalent of a missile strike.

 

Comments:

Sanctions do not deter aggression.

The effect of sanctions take longer to work their way through the economy.

In the long run, sanctions can weaken the economy and lower GDP.

 

 

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SHIQURDU: साहिल (Tranquil Shore)

 

इक नाम  लिखा उसका, साहिल की रेत पर

 

 उम्र भर, लहरों से  दुश्मनी हो गयी

 

 

 

न सीखा किसी के लिए ठहरना मुसाफिर ने

 

न मुड़ के देखा कभी साहिलों को दरिया ने

 

 

 

ख्यालों में साहिल, पर फ़ितरत में समंदर होता है

 

तूफ़ाँ जो डुबो दे कश्ती को, कश्ती ही के अंदर

होता है

 

 

 

प्यासे ही रहे साहिल की रेत की तरह,

 

कई लहरें आई और चली गयीं

 

फिर भी प्यासे ही रहे साहिल की रेत की तरह

 

 

 

साहिल के सुकूँ से किसे इंकार है

 

लेकिन

 

तूफ़ान से लड़ने में मज़ा और ही कुछ है

 

 

 

  • Shiqurdu is a collection of thoughts. Although an odd sounding name, but felt appropriate for the collection.

 

  • These are simplified quotes in Hurdu (Hurdu being a mix of Hindi and Urdu akin to Hinglish i.e., hindi and english). Although in some cases the language has been simplified but attempt has been made to retain the thought and the poetic flavor.

 

  • These thoughts have been picked up from various publications. Credit goes to all the original writers who penned down these deep meaning messages.

 

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