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Military vs Police: Why the Tensions Are Rising Between the ‘Two Uniforms’ by Bhopinder Singh
Editor's Note This piece by Lt Gen Bhopinder Singh was first published on 2 Apr 25 by Asian Age & Deccan Chronicle and published by MVI...
MVI Desk
9 hours ago4 min read
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India’s Defence Secretary: Babu or Executive?
For one individual functioning as Defence Secretary, the work load is so enormous that he/she cannot do justice. It is time that each...
Gp Capt TP Srivastava
3 days ago6 min read
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Operation Pawan Veteran Fifth Annual Commemoration
At National War Memorial 24th March 2025 “The National War Memorial is not a ‘Victory Memorial’, but a hallowed ground recording for...
MVI Desk
Mar 275 min read
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The Baluch Special By Lt Col Noel Ellis
Editor's Note: This article in 3 parts by Col Noel Ellis is a personal analysis of the author about the recent train hijack by BLA...
MVI Desk
Mar 2212 min read
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Tribute to a Victory India Icon: Gen VK Madhok, AVSM, VSM
By Maj Gen Raj Mehta I first met Col Vinay Dalvi in 2010. I was working in the then upcoming Flame University at Pashan, Pune as CAO...
MVI Desk
Mar 202 min read
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Tribute to Maj Gen VK Madhok, 1st course JSW /NDA
Maj Gen VK Madhok, AVSM, VSM ,1st course/ JSW ( NDA) left for his heavenly abode on Sunday ,16 Mar 2025, at 12.43 a.m at Pune .His...
MVI Desk
Mar 202 min read
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Alliances That Ensure Supreme National Interest
Alliances and the defence production industry is not what the World Wide Web actually makes it out to be. There’s a lot of dust under the...
Brig Neil John, SM
Mar 62 min read
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F-35:Should India Invest In It?
Editor's Note The critical need of the F-35 for Indian Air Force is currently being debated amongst knowledgeable veterans, especially...
Gp Capt Johnson Chacko
Mar 25 min read
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Latest US Nuclear Doctrine
"Trump's executive order dated 27th January, 2025 (mere 7 days after becoming President) dealing with quantum enhancement in US nuclear...
Gp Capt TP Srivastava
Feb 265 min read
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Insight into Bangladesh:- A Veteran Recalls
Background I was in Bangladesh in 93-94 to attend the Staff Course. The Staff College, which is known as Defence Services Command and...
Gp Capt Johnson Chacko
Feb 227 min read
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Analysing the need of F-35
Ref Gp Capt Srivastava's article published by MVI on 17 Feb 25. Link.... https://www.missionvictoryindia.in/post/trump-offer-of-f-35s-f...
Brig DS Sarao
Feb 182 min read
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Trump Offer Of F-35s For India ?
Introductory Note : Is US President Trump's offer mere hot air or is there any substance in it ? Can India afford to invest in YET...
Gp Capt TP Srivastava
Feb 178 min read
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Is Bangladesh heading for reunification with Pakistan?
As tension between Hindus and Muslims kept mounting, one Muslim Movement activist Choudhry Rahmat Ali coined name Pakistan in January...
Col NN Bhatia (Retd)
Feb 1011 min read
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Indo-China Relations and the Defence Budget
Introduction Reference article titled 'India's Defence Spending : Time For a Very Serious Re-think' by Lt Gen Raj Shukla, published by...
Brig BL Poonia, VSM (Retd)
Feb 815 min read
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The Six Steps Towards Victory India
Editor's Note This piece by Brig DS Sarao is a realistic appreciation of India's grave security challenges, both from external and...
Brig DS Sarao
Feb 410 min read
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The Military and Diplomacy
AS WE CELEBRATE THE 9TH ARMED FORCES VETERANS DAY - SOME REFLECTIONS ON “THE MILITARY AND DIPLOMACY” Note - All photos and maps are for...
Satish Nambiar
Jan 168 min read
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Editor Swarajya and Author in the Dock:Proud daughter whose father never returned delivers a stinging rebuke against false 1962 War narrative.
Editor's Note The article by Brig Karan Rathore, published by Swarajya Magazine on 24 Nov 2024, drew strong and angry responses from the...
MVI Desk
Jan 87 min read
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Himalayan Blunder - 1962 : Countering False Claims and Narratives
Editor's Note Although the 1962 Indo China War is 62 years old, yet some articles on the same keep appearing in various newspapers and...
Brig BL Poonia, VSM (Retd)
Jan 124 min read
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Siachen - A Strategic Serenity Space
Editor's Note The MVI Debate on The Siachen Glacier was triggered by an article on this subject by Gen Satish Nambiar that we published...
Brig Rajiv Williams, YSM (Retd)
Dec 30, 20247 min read
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Dr Manmohan Singh, The Glacier Issue & Gen Musharraf
Tribute In Dr Manmohan Singh’s departure from our midst, we have probably lost the last in a generation of political personalities who...
Lt Gen Satish Nambiar, Padma Bhushan
Dec 28, 202412 min read
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