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Manmohan Bahadur

Manmohan Bahadur

Articles by Manmohan Bahadur

Need to reorganise India’s military aviation sector

HAL’s activities are veritable maze vis-à-vis the one-line task it should be performing: “Timely production of aviation assets for India’s armed forces” (REUTERS)

Updated on Apr 11, 2025 15:16 IST

Why New Delhi needs a national security strategy

National security is just not about defence but is a whole-of-government approach that needs orchestration by the political executive head, not by the defence minister. (Photo by Rakesh BAKSHI / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Jun 25, 2024 15:38 IST

Decolonising the forces, without being reductive

Lectures to young school and college students on leadership and India’s war history, with visits to operational airbases, Army installations and naval ships would enthuse young minds like nothing else.

Updated on Mar 27, 2024 17:55 IST

Pursuit of durable peace in West Asia

A picture taken from the southern Israeli city of Sderot shows smoke ascending over the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli strike on October 25, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

Updated on Oct 25, 2023 16:43 IST

The Agnipath scheme needs a pause and rethink

In Agnipath, 75% of such agniveers would be bid goodbye; the armed forces would be losing human resource at a stage when combatants would be ideally placed to form the business end of the stick.

Updated on Jun 18, 2022 21:12 IST

India’s armed forces are apolitical. Ensure that they remain so

War is a whole-of-nation approach, and that means the military and the non-uniformed, the government and the Opposition, critics and protagonists, with the ball stopping at the political executive’s table. This happened with Jawaharlal Nehru in the 1962 debacle, Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1965, Indira Gandhi in the resounding 1971 victory and AB Vajpayee in Kargil (1999). (AP)

Updated on Jan 13, 2022 15:13 IST

The weaponisation of food is taking a new form. It could change warfare

The programme opens up an avenue for the implementation of devious intent to squeeze an adversary, on an immediate basis (one growing season), in a precisely targeted way, of crops of importance

Updated on Nov 19, 2019 14:13 IST

Drone arms drop: A new security threat emerges on India’s western border | Opinion

The insane proliferation of drones has worried security establishments across the world(Yogendra Kumar/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Oct 8, 2019 01:22 IST

Opinion| After India’s air attack, onus of restraint on Pakistan

People attend a candle light vigil to pay tribute to Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who were killed after a suicide bomber rammed a car into the bus carrying them in south Kashmir on Thursday, in front of India Gate war memorial in New Delhi, India, February 15, 2019.

Updated on Feb 27, 2019 02:25 IST

How to make the defence ministry fighting fit

After the China war in 1962, many committees recommended lateral moves into the civil services and central police forces. The ethos of discipline, diligence and military professionalism would enrich these entities no end, these committees felt

Updated on Jun 21, 2018 02:28 IST

RIP Arjan Singh: The spirit of IAF’s 1965 war hero and its only Marshal lives on

A file photo of Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, who died on Saturday.

Updated on Sep 17, 2017 16:00 IST

Six reasons why a No First Use nuclear doctrine is good for India

As Manohar Parrikar said, India is a responsible nation; hence, India’s nuclear capability and resolve of its leadership should be the signals that convey India’s nuclear posture through its NFU doctrine.

Updated on Nov 18, 2016 18:20 IST

Giving machines a mind of their own

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Updated on Oct 30, 2013 18:32 IST

In search of scholar warriors

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Updated on Aug 7, 2013 19:01 IST

No made-in-India tag yet

Updated on Jul 17, 2013 01:53 IST

Cowards don’t make history

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Updated on Sep 24, 2012 18:42 IST

Heroes on the heights

Updated on May 22, 2012 15:33 IST

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