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Air Power in Counter Terrorism Operations

Keynote address at Seminar on Counter Terrorism organised by Indic Researcher’s Forum.

 

 

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Airpower has both visible and invisible roles in counter-insurgency role

 

 

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Initiatives to Promote Self-reliance (Atmanirbharta)

The Ministry of Defence has been allocated a total budget of Rs 5.25 lakh crore for the Financial Year 2022-23. The total allocation under Capital Outlay of the Defence Services is 1.52 lakh crore. The focus is on modernisation of Defence Services and Defence Security Infrastructure development.

 

68 per cent of the capital procurement budget will be earmarked for domestic industry. This is to reduce imports and promote Atmanirbharta in equipment for the Armed Forces. While Defence R&D will be opened up for industry, start-ups and academia, Private industry will also be encouraged to take up design and development of military platforms and equipment.

 

Self-reliance is Crucial

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BOOK REVIEW: 1965 A WESTERN SUNRISE – INDIA’S WAR WITH PAKISTAN

 

Published by Book review literary Trust

 

BOOK REVIEW:

1965 A WESTERN SUNRISE

INDIA’S WAR WITH PAKISTAN

By Shiv Kunal Verma

 

Review by: Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd) PVSM, AVSM, VM

Former Vice Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force.

The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 was the second major war fought between the two countries after the partition in 1947. The war also called the “Second Kashmir War”, was a culmination of skirmishes that took place in the preceding months. The seventeen-day war (06 Sep – 22 Sep 65) caused thousands of casualties on both sides.  The hostilities between the two countries ended after a ceasefire was declared through United Nations Security Council Resolution, following diplomatic intervention by the Soviet Union and the United States, and the subsequent issuance of the Tashkent declaration. India had the upper hand over Pakistan when the ceasefire was declared and the conflict was seen as a strategic and political defeat for Pakistan.

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