IN THIS VOLUME: World Sans a Global Policeman: Turmoil as Us Exits - Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT : India’s Defence Forces: A 5 Years Review - Danvir Singh Modernisation of the Indian Air Force - Air Marshal Anil Chopra UAVs & UCAVs: The Next Generation Threat - Lt Col Mukund Bhardwaj Deconstructing the Rafale Ambiguity - Sumit Walia Tibet Infrastructure: New Panacea for the Middle Kingdom? - Claude Arpi Xi Jinping’s World-Class Military: Not Only Fights, But also Wins Wars - Dr Amrita Jash From Teaching to Learning a Lesson: China’s Nightmare in Pakistan - Dr Sundaram Rajasimman Unmanned Platforms in the IAF: The Need to Bolster - Gp Capt AK Sachdev ‘Make in India’ and the Indian Aerospace Industry: Quo Vadis? - Gp Capt AK Sachdev Indo-US Military Ties in the Regime of Air Power - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Is China Preparing for a conflict with India? - Gp Capt Ravinder Singh Chhatwal Did India ever formulate a Kashmir Policy? - RSN Singh Afghanistan: Thinking in Terms of Hindu Kush - Dr Sundaram Rajasimman Defence Forces and National Budget - Lt Gen Harwant Singh Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi

IN THIS VOLUME:- What Obstructs India’s Quest for the Stat us as a ‘Power’? – Editor Lt Gen JS Bajwa Manoeuver Warfare: Liberation of Bangladesh in 1971 – Lt Gen JBS Yadava Air Space Control: Challenges and the Way Ahead – Air Marshal Anil Chopra Revival of Maritime Outlook in Modern India: The Role of Km Panikkar – Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power – Rajiv Malhotra Apache and Chinook: Enhancing the Effectiveness of the Helicopter Fleet – Gp Capt AK Sachdev Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems: Existential Threat to Humanity? – Air Marshal Anil Chopra Challenges of Integrated Air Defence – Gp Capt AK Sachdev Integrated Logistics Command: Need for a Capability – Centric Kernel – Lt Gen NB Singh Has China Pressed the United States Against the Wall? – Ivaylo Valchev Weaponisation of Emerging Technologies: Staring at an Armageddon – Col RN Ghosh Dastidar Is India Paying the Price for Abandoning Tibet? – Col Tej K Tikoo Myanmar: Strategic Hiatus – Lt Gen Sanjiv Langer China’s Spectre on Bhutan – Lt Gen Prakash Katoch Aerospac e and Defence News – Priya Tyagi Is India Heading into a ‘Chabahar Dilemma’? – Capt Edwin Jothirajan India Must Shed Its Good Boy Image – Dr Rajasimman Sundaram US Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Taliban, Pakistan and India – Danvir Singh Pakistan Shifts Goal Post from 370 to 35A – Brig Anil Gupta Book Reviews

In this volume: Coup in Turkey Now in A Coop | Lt Gen JS Bajwa Fifth Generation Aircraft: Battlefield Air Support Mission | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Unmanned Full Scale Fighter Targets for Training and Ucav Technology Development | Sqn Ldr Vijainder K Thakur Women Join the Fighter Stream of the Iaf: Will it Work? | Gp Capt Joseph Noronha First Param Vir Chakra | Sumit Walia Military Aviation and the Indian Air Force | Dr Narender Yadav The Contours of Iddm: A User’s Perspective | Lt Gen VK Saxena Challenges to the Indo-Us Defence Relationship | Abhinav Dutta Aerospace and Defence News | Priya Tyagi About Wars of the Future | Artsrun Hovhannisyan Decision-Making in War: Recalling India’s Military History | Brigadier Amar Cheema China’s Maritime Strategy: Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) | Bharat Lather Is Indianess Reasserting in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir? | RSN Singh Indian and Chinese Covert Efforts | Nicolas Groffman Home Minister in Pakistan: Take Action Against Terrorists and Countries that Support Them | Danvir Singh Decommissioning of Ins Viraat | Danvir Singh Potent Indigenous War Unfolding in Jammu & Kashmir | Brig Narender Kumar China – The New Aerospace Power | Gp Capt AK Sachdev Sino-Pak Collaboration – Military Aviation | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Success Breeds Stunning Success: The Story of India’s Space Endeavour | Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Book Reviews

IN THIS VOLUME: ‘Sagara Manthan’: Make in India Transition | Lt Gen JS Bajwa “Our vision in next 10 years is to become top defence industry in the world...” | Interview by Danvir Singh Indian Airborne Troops Script History | Danvir Singh Submarine Ahoy – Whither to Bound? | Rear Adm AP Revi Aerospace and Defence News | Priya Tyagi Higher Defence Organisation for India: Towards an Integrated Approach | Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan Indian Army: Adopting ‘Deep Operations’ Doctrine | Col JK Achuthan The Government’s Burden of Military Security | Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee Global Terrorism: An Analysis of Fault Lines and Risks | Maj Gen SB Asthana Tackling Global Terror | Anil Kumar Tandale Islamic State: The New Brand of Terrorism in India | V Balasubramaniyan India & China Territorial Dispute: The Growing Challenge | Brig Gurmeet Kanwal China-India-Myanmar: The Forgotten Frontier | Air Cmde PC Chopra Myanmar and India: A New Future | Maj Gen Nitin P Gadkari Airfield Security: Lessons for the IAF | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Acoustic Capacity Building in the Indian Ocean Region | Cdr (Dr) Arnab Das & Vice Adm DSP Varma Transportation Infrastructure in the North East | Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja Our Forgotten Wars: Victimisation and Survival in Bodoland | Dr Samrat Sinha Women Officers in the Indian Army: A Reality Check | Lt Gen Mukesh Sabharwal Socio Economic Transformation: Through Ex-Servicemen | Lt Gen SK Gadeock & Col Nishant Sharma DPP 2016: A Missed Opportunity | Dr SN Misra Defence Budget 2016: Hits and Misses for the IAF | Air Marshal Anil Chopra Privatisation of the Indian Aerospace Industry: Problems and Prospects | Gp Capt AK Sachdev The Patrol Leader | Sumit Walia

Keeping in mind the necessity as well as the urgency of reform, this volume brings together practitioners as well as researchers on defence issues, on the key issue of defence reforms. The aim is not just to interrogate the status of reforms in current times but to also place the issue before a wider readership.

"Akashvani" (English) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO, it was formerly known as The Indian Listener. It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them, take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service, Bombay, started on 22 December, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in English, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio, New Delhi. From 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later, The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) w.e.f. January 5, 1958. It was made fortnightly journal again w.e.f July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE, MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 29 DECEMBER, 1974 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 48 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XXXIX, No. 52 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED (PAGE NOS): 11-46 ARTICLE: 1. Nehru’s Contribution to Indian Science And Technology 2. Yes-Man 3.Tyranny of Formalities 4. Modern Girl AUTHOR: 1.Dr. H. N. Sethna 2. Brig R. Lokarajan 3. S. K. Rau 4. Saroja Swaminathan KEYWORDS : 1.Science is a way of Life.Atomic Energy Programmes. 2. Dictatorial Wives,Not a FOOL,To a Soldier,Positive Approach,Yesmanism. A valuable Lesson, Agoodman, Snags so what,Yes Meaning No. 3.Religious Sanctity, Man or Women, Swindling Formalities,The Panda in Triveni, Kashi Yatra Prasar Bharati Archives has the copyright in all matters published in this “AKASHVANI” and other AIR journals. For reproduction previous permission is essential

This anthology discusses the converging operational issues of air base defense and counterinsurgency. It explores the diverse challenges associated with defending air assets and joint personnel in a counterinsurgency environment. The authors are primarily Air Force officers from security forces, intelligence, and the office of special investigations, but works are included from a US Air Force pilot and a Canadian air force officer. The authors examine lessons from Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts as they relate to securing air bases and sustaining air operations in a high-threat counterinsurgency environment. The essays review the capabilities, doctrine, tactics, and training needed in base defense operations and recommend ways in which to build a strong, synchronized ground defense partnership with joint and combined forces. The authors offer recommendations on the development of combat leaders with the depth of knowledge, tactical and operational skill sets, and counterinsurgency mind set necessary to be effective in the modern asymmetric battlefield.