IN THIS VOLUME: Are Nuclear Weapons Losing their Sheen of Strategic Deterrence? - Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT : Protecting Critical National Assets: Integrated Security Solutions - Maj Gen AK Mehra ------------------------------------------- Unpredictable Security Environment: Need for An Integrated Military Approach - Brig Narender Kumar Remembering a Hero in Bicentenary Year! - Col Anil Athale The Strategic Bomber of Tomorrow: Stealth Spells Success - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha The F-35 Programme: Lessons for the Aviation Industry - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Taking the Bull by the Horns: A Case for Pro Active Defense to Counter Potential Chinese Aggression - Brig Deepak Sinha How Worrisome is PLAAF Presence in Tibet? - Gp Capt AK Sachdev The PLA Army: Vision 2025 - Maj Gen Sheru Thapliyal India’s Quest for Replacement of the Ageing: MiG 21 Fleet of the IAF - Danvir Singh Revamping the Combat Fleet of the IAF - Gp Capt AK Sachdev Creating an Indian Weapons Industry: The Total Matrix Approach - Prof Prodyut Kumar Das Artificial Intelligence in Aviation - Air Marshal Anil Chopra What Was Wikileaks All About?: A Classic Case of Cyber Security - Martand Jha China’s Interest in the South China Sea - Jayadeva Ranade The Dream Corridor - Claude Arpi Make in India - Indian Style - Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi Skilling Gaps In Defence Sector: For ‘Make in India’ - Dr JP Dash and BB Sharma 10 Para (SF) - Mustaffa of Desert Warfare - Sumit Walia Dealing With Maoist Insurgency: Focused Approach Required - Lt Gen Prakash Katoch Anglo-Maratha Struggle for Empire: The Importance of Maritime Power - Col Anil Athale If India does not survive, then who would? - RSN Singh

'Indian Defence Review' is a quarterly publication which summarises opinions and strategic responses on the sub-continent. In addition to defence and security analyses, each issue also includes regular features on aerospace trends, naval affairs and army force developments, including the latest arms transfer and news.

Due to the lockdown applied by the Government to contain the spread of COVID-19, the second quarter issue of Indian Defence Review [Apr-Jun 2020, (Vol 35.2)] was not published. It is amalgamated with issue of Indian Defence Review [Jul-Sep 2020, (Vol 35.3)] IN THIS VOLUME: • Did a Global Pandemic Generate a Global Pandemonium? — Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa • Effectiveness of India’s Strategic Culture — Gp Capt PK Mulay • The IAF in a Two-Front War — Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Maritime Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy — Vice Adm MP Muralidharan • Airspace Control: Challenges and Way Ahead — Gp Capt AK Sachdev • Evolving Trends in Aerial Combat — Air Marshal Anil Chopra • Indian Model of Theatre Commands: The Road Ahead! — Maj Gen SB Asthana • Is the Indian Soldier Overloaded?: Right Sizing the Armed Forces — Navneet Bhushan • Pakistan’s Mystery Submarine — Lt Gen Prakash Katoch • An Indian in Space: Isro’s Human Spaceflight Programme — Gp Capt Joseph Noronha • Indian Defence Private Sector: Some Initial Successes yet Miles to Go — Lt Gen VK Saxena • The Coronavirus Pandemic and The New Global World — Lt Gen Jasbir Lidder • The Myth of China — Dr Rajasimman Sundaram • Line of Actual Control: Fast Forward to Summer of 2021 — Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa • Touted as a peace deal, the Taliban celebrates U.S. withdrawal as a victory — Terry Bishop • Afghanistan: An Arena of Indo-Pak Conflict — Col RN Ghosh Dastidar • What will happen if India recognizes Tibet? — Dr Amarjit Singh • The Critical Factors that Contribute to a Country’s Military Strength — Jay Bhattacharjee • Aerospace and Defence News — Priya Tyagi • Indian Quest for Air Supremacy: The Rafale — Danvir Singh • Shifting Claim Lines of Nepal: Kalapani to Lampiyadhura a Historical Perspective — Brig BS Chauhan • Free Tibet — Lt Gen Prakash Katoch • The Last Gallop — Lt Gen SR Ghosh • Book Reviews

IN THIS VOLUME: Profiling Future Wars - Indian Context - Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) The Indian Air Force In A Two-Front WAR - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Air Power For Special Operations: The Need For ‘Jointness’? - Gp Capt AK Sachdev LCA Tejas: Time to Go Indigenous? - Gp Capt Ravinder Singh Chhatwal Unmanned Fighters And Beyond - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Kim Jong-Un Springs A Surprise - Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja Drone Swarm Attacks - What India Must Prepare For - Lt Gen Prakash Katoch Hackers On The Rampage: Are We Ready? - Gp Capt TP Srivastava Attack By Infiltration And Annihilation Of 32 Baluch - Lt Gen JBS Yadava War With Pakistan Is Inevitable - Dr Amarjit Singh Challenges of Setting up Defence Corridor for Make in India - Dr JP Dash & Devinder Kumar Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi Self Reliance In Defence Production: A Mirage - Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja North East: Asia’s Conundrum - Lt Gen PG Kamath Military Diplomacy: A Vital Tool For Furthering National Interests - Lt Gen Kamal Davar Dragon’s Flight: China’s Advances In Aerospace Technology - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Indo-Israel Defence Cooperation: The Road Ahead - Prof (Dr) SN Misra Indo-French Relations: Will The Partnership Take A Step Further? - Claude Arpi Indo-French Naval Diplomacy - Danvir Singh Sri Lanka On The Verge Of Another Ethnic Strife - Rakesh Kr Sinha Crisis In The Maldives: India’s Options - Cmde Arun Kumar Power Brokers of Kashmir Crush Nationalist Voice - Brig Anil Gupta

Indian Defence Review (IDR) is India's best-known defense journal. Over the year the journal has attained the "most quoted" status by defense and security analysts worldwide. The journal offers an incisive analysis of defense and politico-security affairs focused on Asia. In addition to defense and security analyses, each issue includes regular feature sections on aerospace trends, naval affairs, and army force developments, including the latest arms transfers and news. Indian Defence Review, a quarterly journal, is read by almost all leading policy makers at senior bureaucratic, political and military levels. Time and again, the incisive analyses in the Indian Defence Review have helped form opinions and shape strategic responses on the sub-continent.As well as this new volume, Casemate is pleased to be able to offer back issues of this important publication.

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