Tag: Warfare

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163: AIR POWER IN GREY ZONE OPERATIONS

 

My views on the issue of Air Power in Grey Zone Operations.

(For selective viewing, please click on the links below)

  1. Upto 03:10 – Introduction.
  2. 03:10 – 07:35 – Perspective on the issue.
  3. 07:35 – 13:10 – Defining Grey Zone warfrare.
  4. 13:10 – 21:00 – Difference between GZ and NWNP.
  5. 21:00 – 27:30 – India’s GZ Threat Scenario.
  6. 27:30 – 36:00 – Air Power vis-a-vis GZ.
  7. 36:00 -38:00 – GZ activity between friendly countries.
  8. 38:00 – 43:50 – Using AP in GZ.
  9. 43:50 – 57:30 – Capability building and reorientation to deal with GZ.
  10. 57:30 onwards – Concluding Thoughts.

 

Question

Does ongoing military reforms and proposed reorganisation cater for future grey zone operations?

 

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Also read – Article on the subject

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159: Hypersonic China

Pic: Courtesy Sandboxx US

Introduction

Hypersonic projectiles and platforms are emerging as a highly valued weapon system for militaries world over, due to their unique combination of attributes. The characteristics of hypersonic missiles include sustained high speed (five times the speed of sound), increased manoeuvrability, and High altitude trajectory (in upper atmosphere – higher than cruise missiles but lower than the apogee of ballistic missiles). These attributes make them difficult to be intercepted by the existing missile defence systems.

As in the space race and other high-technology fields, China has made a major effort to match Russian and U.S. capabilities. PRC research into the military potential of hypersonic technologies used to lag far behind that of Russia and the United States. But during the past decade, China has invested heavily in new hypersonic research, development, test, and evaluation programs and facilities, and now her research may have surpassed that of the U.S. in some regards.

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157: POT POURRI – 2

All in a Day’s Thoughts

1.

Those Close air combat days with gun tactics.

 I miss those wild air combat sorties – throwing the aircraft around.

 

 

2.

Puzzle solving: SUDOKU

Interesting one called KROPI

Rules: All pairs of touching squares which contain consecutive values (such as 2 & 3 or 6 & 7) are marked with a white circle. Also, all pairs of touching squares which contain values where one number is exactly twice the value of the other (such as 2 & 4, or 4 & 8) are marked with a black circle.

 

3.

Read an article in The Telegraph about migrant workers.

“URBAN NOMADS”

Is the term that came to the mind.

 

4.

India & Russia Plan to Extended Range of Brahmos Missile

 

  • India and Russia plan to collaborate on improving the strike range of the Brahmos missile. The upgraded Brahmos will have a range of 800 kilometers (497 miles) compared to the present 280 kilometers (155 miles). The improved version of the Indo-Russian supersonic missile will also have a lot of new features.

 

  • The Brahmos is developed and produced by BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia’s Mashinostroyenia.

 

  • At Mach 2.8, the Brahmos is the world’s fastest cruise missile.

 

  • Its land and ship-based versions carry a payload of up to 200 kilograms (441 pounds), while the air version can carry a warhead of up to 300 kilograms (661 pounds).

 

  • India is integrating the Brahmos on Sukhoi Su- 30MKI fighters.

https://tass.com/defense/1315847

 

5.

तू जिंदगी को जी,

उसे समझने की कोशिश ना कर।

 

कुछ बाते रब पर छोड़ दे, सब कुछ खुद

सुलझाने की कोशिश न कर….!

 

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