Message from Nagrota: India must be ready for the long haul

'The devious minds across the border will test us to the hilt, but in the course of that will offer us opportunities for which we must be prepared,' says Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd),......

Ladakh: What are India's options?

'The one aspect which no Indian military thinker would wish to see emerge is a LoC type of posture at the LAC.''The LoC is manned for 750 km and terrorist infiltration has led to the creation of a......

General Rawat knows the challenges his men face

'The scope of cordon and search operations has changed drastically.''Operations are now more focused, intelligence driven and involve very small cordons with minimum inconvenience to the......

Some advice and a word of caution for the next Army Chief

'Pakistan thinks it is winning this low intensity conflict. It is a serious observation.''Half the battle is convincing your adversary that he cannot make headway.''A lot depends on how the......