1962 India-China War – 1: The reality of a military defeat

Indian troops surrendering at the Namka-chu area. This is part of the series on the 1962 India-China border war that seeks to debunk the myths, misinformation and politics spun around India’s debacle in the North-East Frontier Agency.Gener...

Conflict with India not good for China at global front: IAF chief ACM Bhadauria

New Delhi: Amidst the ongoing border standoff with China in eastern Ladakh, Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Tuesday said that any “serious conflict” with India is not good for Beijing at the global front.Sp...

Beating Chinese counterattack: Walking the integrated, all-arms killing fields with Major General Birender Singh Dhanoa

An Indian Army T-72 tank high in the Himalayas. Last week, we had Brigadier RJS Dhillon taking us north in a sharp but shallow offensive through Depsang, SSN (subsector north) and the Karakoram Pass in order to gain a bargaining advantage with t...

Pakistan military's theatre of absurd

Pakistan's army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa (R) and PM Imran Khan. (Photo | AP)Rahul Dev was recently inducted into the Pakistani Air Force (PAF) with much media fanfare. Major Hercharan Singh, a Sikh, had also joined the Pakistani Army in the ea...