CANDID AND TO THE POINT / काम की बात
Good wishes on Indian Air Force day
परिंदों को नहीं दी जाती तालीम उड़ानों की;
वो खुद ही तय करते हैं मंजिल आसमानों की;
रखते हैं जो हौसला आसमानों को छूने का;
उनको नहीं होती परवाह गिर जाने की।
मंजिल उन्ही को मिलती है,
जिनके सपनो में जान होती है!!
पंख से कुछ नहीं होता, हौसलों से उड़ान होती है!!
नभ: स्पृशं दीप्तम् – Touch the sky with glory
Happy Landings
Annual Report to US Congress. Office of the US secretary of defense recently published the unclassified part of the annual report on military and security developments involving the people’s republic of china. The US Department of Defense (DoD) has been providing this report for the last 20 years.
Scope of these Reports. These reports assess the contours of China’s national strategy, its approach to security and military affairs, and potential changes in the PRC’s armed forces. They essentially include the following:
2020 Report. This report is special because, 2020 is an important year for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) before the milestone of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) centenary in 2021. It is also the timeline for the Chinese broader interim goal to transform China into a “moderately prosperous society”. The report covers developments until the end of 2019. Developments in 2020, including the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, would be covered in the next report.
Report Analysis. The report is of 200 pages with a 15 page executive summary. While the report provides an insight into developments in China and the PLA, it analysis is from Sino-US point of view.
Analysis from Indo-China Perspective. It would be worthwhile to analyze the contents of the report from Indo-China point of view.
Coming up – Series of articles
On
China Through USA’s Prism: Indo-China Perspective
OFFENSIVE USE OF AIR POWER IN NO WAR NO PEACE SITUATION
By Air Mshl Anil Kholsa (Retd)
The absence of war is not peace.
– Harry S Truman
There are no absolute rules of conduct, either in peace or war. Everything depends on circumstances.
– Leon Trotsky
War is defined as a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations with the aim of achieving an objective through the use of force. In olden days war was straightforward with the opposing forces in contact facing each other and battling it out. Historically over the years the nature of warfare has undergone a lot of change. Even the conventional wars are no longer fought in the classic old way. Over the years terms like Sub Conventional warfare, LICO (Low intensity Conflict), MRSOW (Military Response Short of War), MOOTW (Military Operations Other Than War), Hybrid warfare and Irregular war have been coined to define prevailing hostile conditions. Each of these terms while defining the state and degree of hostility encompass specific set of actions by the inimical states, nations or groups. NWNP – No War No Peace is another term describing some of the prevailing hostile conditions across the globe. Continue reading “6: Offensive use of Air Power in NWNP Scenario: Article Published in USI Journal”