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Experts Speak

  • August 3, 2018
    Chief Guest Republic Day 2019 – Donald Trump?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Going by media reports, US President Donald Trump has been invited by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day Parade 2019.

  • August 3, 2018
    Weapon upgrades for Special Forces
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Weapons and equipment are in the pipeline for the Special Forces. According to a MoD official, "More attention is being paid to Special Forces after Para (Special Forces) conducted cross-border surgical strikes on terror launch pads in Pakistan Occupied-Kashmir (POK) in September 2016."

  • August 3, 2018
    DTTI and futuristic weapons
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The 7th Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) meeting was held in New Delhi on 18 July 2018, co-chaired by, Ajay Kumar, Secretary Defence Production and US Under Secretary of Defence for Acquisition and Sustainment Ellen M Lord.

  • August 3, 2018
    Nuclear missile tracking ship
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    According to news in the media, India's secretive missile tracking / 'specialized' ocean surveillance ship 'VC11184' (yet to be commissioned) is undergoing harbour trials and is likely to be delivered to the Navy by December.

  • July 16, 2018
    Visit of South Korean President Moon Jae-in
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived on his first state visit to India on July 8. His four-day visit (8-11 July) marked the 45th anniversary of establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties.

  • July 16, 2018
    Arrived - hand-held Laser Weapons
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    China claims its newly developed ZKZM-500 laser assault rifle, a non-lethal weapon, can hit a target nearly a kilometer away.

  • July 16, 2018
    Visit of Chinese military delegation
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    In what was described as a "significant ice-breaker" by our media, a 10-member Chinese delegation led by Lt Gen Liu Xiaowu, Deputy Commander of Western Theatre Command (that controls China's borders with Myanmar, India, Nepal...

  • July 4, 2018
    Visit of Seychelles President – and Assumption Island
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Seychelles President Danny Faure arrived at Ahmedabad on evening of June 22 for a six-day visit to India. His visit included visiting Gujarat, New Delhi, Goa and Uttrakhand.

  • July 4, 2018
    New Chinese drones - formidable challenge
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    China is going full steam in developing drones. Its latest undersea drone 'Qianlong III' is an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), which has dived deep into the South China Sea covering a distance of some 160 km in 42 hours.

  • July 4, 2018
    Indo-US 2+2 Dialogue – and the trade war
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The Indo-US 2+2 Dialogue scheduled for July 6, 2018 at Washington DC, for which EAM Sushma Swaraj and RM Nirmala Sitharamn were to travel to Washington DC to hold discussions with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defence Secretay James Mattis, has been postponed for a second time.

  • July 4, 2018
    Pakistan on FATF grey list – and the hogwash counter?
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Pakistan was officially placed in the 'grey list' on June 28, 2018, after it failed to convince the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) that it has taken significant steps to curb terror financing on its territory.

  • July 4, 2018
    The Civil-Military Gulf
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    In her recent article 'The belief system, and some truths' published in The Hindu, IAS officer Dipali Rastogi has blown the lid off the IAS cadre, whom she describes as: meant to serve, but do not; not trained to handle vast sums of money...

  • June 22, 2018
    Indo-US 2+2 Dialogue
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The first Indo-US Dialogue is finally happening almost one year after US President Donald Trump called PM Narendra Modi on August 15, 2017, congratulating him on India's 71st Independence Day, after which the White House announced India and US will start a new 2-by-2 ministerial dialogue to enhance...

  • June 22, 2018
    NavIC – Rollout on the anvil
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    There is good news in the air. NavIC ('Navigation with Indian Constellation' whose English meaning is 'sailor' or 'navigator') or the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), our indigenous and fully autonomous regional satellite navigation system, is in the final stages of launch.

  • June 22, 2018
    Defence sector and cyber threats
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Addressing a workshop for formulating Cyber Security Framework on Jun 19, 2018, Defence Minister Sutharaman said that the defence sector is more prone...

  • June 13, 2018
    Singapore Summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12 was historic, with eyes of the world riveted on the live broadcast.

  • June 4, 2018
    Modi's three ASEAN nations visit
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi's three-ASEAN nation visit to Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia from May 29 to June 2 aimed at giving a substantive boost to India's ties with these countries in consonance with India's Act Eat Policy (AEP).

  • June 4, 2018
    Sagarika, long-life BrahMos, boost combat potential
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    India has joined the elite club of Russia, China, US and France by equipping its latest nuclear-powered submarine with a new nuclear-capable missile that can hit targets up to 435 miles (696 km) away.

  • June 4, 2018
    India-North Korea relations
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The visit by General VK Singh, MoS (EAM) to North Korea on May 15-16, 2018 was a surprise because in March 2018, India had imposed fresh restrictions on trade with North Korea, in line with the restrictions imposed by the UN.

  • June 4, 2018
    Kick-starting AI in Armed Forces
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    News reports of May 20, 2018 have reported the government has embarked upon an ambitious defence project for incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance operational preparedness of the armed forces in a significant way.

  • June 4, 2018
    Modi-Putin informal summit
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    With growing global challenges informal summits are becoming the norm in bilateral relations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to Sochi for an informal summit with President Putin.

  • May 14, 2018
    PM Modi's Nepal visit
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent two-day visit to Nepal on May 11-12 was described in media by some cross-sections for countering Chinese influence in Nepal, while some opposition parties in India alleged it was to influence the polls in Karnataka.

  • May 14, 2018
    Neemrana Dialogue – resumed
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Media reports suddenly appeared that government had agreed to revive the Track II diplomacy process with Pakistan despite its apparent aversion to 'conventional' talks with that country.

  • May 2, 2018
    Modi-Xi informal meet – how Xi acts is the key
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The informal meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on April 27-28 is hot news that must have been watched with much interest globally.

  • May 2, 2018
    Coming – military satellites by ISRO
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    On April 24, 2018, ISRO announced postponement of launch of satellite GSAT-11, a month after it lost contact with communication satellite GSAT-6A.

  • May 2, 2018
    Pak Defence Budget 2018-2019
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Pakistan announced a hike in the country's defence budget by 10 per cent (1.1 trillion), as the over 5.6 trillion federal budget for 2018-2019 was presented on April 28.

  • April 20, 2018
    Visit of Nepalese Prime Minister
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharama Oli’s three-day state visit to India from April 6 to 8 is being hailed as landmark albeit it was more about resetting relations after Nepal’s China drift, acrimony over the border blockade during the Madhesi agitation over amendment to the Nepalese Constitution...

  • April 20, 2018
    UAV losses — Time to wake up
    By Lt. General P.C. Katoch (Retd)

    The loss of a Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of the Indian Navy near Porbandar in March 2018 has taken the count of UAVs losses by the Indian Armed Forces to 14 since the Kargi Conflict.