Lt Col Rajendra Bhaduri (R)
Joined: August 16, 2025
Commissioned in the Indian Army’s Armoured Corps, the author went to become an Army Aviation pilot. He also commanded infantry battalions in insurgency-hit Assam and in Kashmir, in the early 1990s, served in the Siachen Glacier’s Indira Col – India’s northernmost point – to Andaman’s Indira Point – India’s southernmost point. The author is a military history and a general knowledge buff. He can be reached on X and Facebook by clicking on the icons below:

PM’s Sudarshan Chakra delusion can prove to be catastrophic

The Sudarshan Chakra Delusion: How India’s indigenous missile-defence shield could prove catastrophically counterproductive

In his first foray into strategic writing, Lt Col Rajendra Bhaduri delivers a devastating critique of India's most ambitious defense project. Drawing on decades of military service and deep understanding of South Asian security dynamics, he exposes the dangerous illusions underlying India's quest for an impenetrable missile shield.

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