August-September 2014
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Volume 11 No. 4
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In This Issue
Page 2 Pakistani Army Operations in North Waziristan North Waziristan is inhabited by a very large number of terror groups of all hues and colours Lt General V.K. Kapoor (Retd) Page 4 Limiting a Subcontinental Nuclear War
India’s conventional advantage stands faced with a stalemate brought about by introduction of Hatf IX or Nasr (missile) by Pakistan Ali Ahmed Page 6 Getting Familiar The Embassy of China at New Delhi recently organised a visit of an Indian media delegation to China for interactions at Beijing with the 4th Army Aviation Regiment Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd) Plus Almost Invincible – Israel’s Air Defence R. Chandrakanth 8
Airborne Operations Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)
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Global Air Defence Scenario R. Chandrakanth
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Recent Developments in Iraq Ranjit Gupta
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Raising FDI in Defence – Not lucrative by itself Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd)
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Lessons from Kargil War General V.P. Malik (Retd)
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Article 370 and its Relevance Today General V.P. Malik (Retd)
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