This is my critique of Battlefield Ukraine, the first novel in the six book Red Storm series by James Rosone, an Iraq war veteran. First some disclaimers. I am a defense “enthusiast”, and not a professional by any measure. So read...
The recent conflict between Armenia and Azarbijan has demonstrated what experts around the world had been warning for a long time- that drones, especially the cheap, suicide drones, that are also called loitoring munitions, are going to be devestating for armored...
Tank on tank warfare looks sexy for sure, and has been a subject of endless debates on online forums a well as extremely popular games. It’s romantic appeal though, belies something not so sexy- tanks were never built to take on...
India conducted the maiden test launch of the Akash NG missile on January 25, bringing into public view for the first time, the successor of the original Akash missile. What is worth discussing though, is why the development of a successor...
The story of the 2K12 Kub (called SA-6 Gainful by NATO) air defense system has some lessons to teach. It shows how training and tactics can make all the difference regardless of what weapon you have in your hands, and how...
India, after having successfully deployed the Agni series of ballistic missiles, has now embarked upon the development of the K series of ballistic missiles that, being more compact than the Agni series, can be launched from submarines. K series has been...
They are not very conspicuous in most war footage, movies and documentaries, usually eclipsed by sexier machines like tanks and artillery. And yet they form the backbone of every modern army, supplying their front line forces with a continuous stream of...
India already has Brahmos, which is the world’s fastest cruise missile at present, with a maximum speed of Mach 3. One might then wonder, why we are striving to develop a subsonic cruise missile. In fact, most countries that have supersonic...
Drone warfare is finally starting to come of age. While drones like Predator and Reaper have been used against terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan since the early 2000s, truly advanced drones that are stealthy, relatively fast and able to perform a...
The NATO air campaign over Yugoslavia, called Operation Allied Force, that lasted from from March 24, 1999 to June 10, 1999, has a lot to teach about how certain tactics used by the side at the receiving end of the air...
