The Indian National Army (INA) was formed during the Second World War from Indian Prisoners of Wars (POWs) captured by Japanese. Later, it was re-named Free Indian Army (FIA) but it remained known by its INA name. Second World War saw rapid expansion of Indian Army to participate in another global conflict. On the eve…
“We always take criticism from our friends. If we are wrong, we need to hear that we are wrong. But if we are not wrong, we need to hear support from our friends. What I request is that the thing you actually believe, to say it”. Saudi Defence Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman.1…
We don’t know the final decision of General (Retd) Raheel Sharif about his role in the Saudi led coalition. I am just putting down my thoughts about the issue with the hope that he will seriously re-consider his options. I don’t know if any officer has communicated his thoughts about this issue but almost all…
Major General Muhammad Akbar Khan (1897-1993) was the senior most Muslim officer at the time of independence in 1947. He was the son of Risaldar Major Fazal Dad Khan (1847-1943) who a Minhas Rajput from Chakwal area. His family’s fortune was linked with Sikh durbar. After the demise of Sikh rule and emergence of British…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq6E1luxLQQ This ten minutes clip of the Second World War captures an important chapter of the Indian army. War stories are usually focused on combat soldiers while support services though vital usually don’t get much attention. However, we all know that if supply corps does not send food in time, a hungry soldier cannot survive…
We have done with hope and honour;We are lost to love and truth.We are dropping down the ladder rung by rung,And the measure of our torment is the measure of our youth.God help us, for we knew the worst too young;Our shame is clean repentance for the crime that brought the sentence.And we die and…
Fred Kaplan’s new book Dark Territory is a history of cyber war. It traces the origins of efforts to protect computers and networks from hostile intrusions and then development of offensive capabilities to eavesdrop and even sabotage adversary’s computers and networks. Fred introduces us to many diverse characters from computer geeks to senior government officials…
“War is uncertainty, characterized by friction, chance and disorder”. Clausewitz From 2003 to 2008, for a variety of reasons, the Pakistani state gradually lost control over the federally administered tribal areas. The reasons were more related to strategic myopia at the highest level rather than strength of the militants. It took a while before the…
General John W. Nicholson Jr. took command of U.S. troops in Afghanistan on 02 March 2016. His father General John Nicholson also served as general officer of United States army. John’s career in the U.S. army followed the usual path of other fellow general officers; however, he has some qualities which put him above his…
“With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents”. General Omar Bradley Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), commonly known as drone is the most open secret of modern warfare. UAV is primarily an intelligence platform but use of armed drones for target killing generates heated…
