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  • Wake-up Call: India's cyberspace is under attack
    Maj. Gen. Yashwant Deva (Retd)    ·   10 Jul, 1999    ·    #223    ·    Commentary    
    The blocking and spoofing of National Informatics Centre (NIC) Web site is another proof of our chronic habit of Kumbhakaran slumber. Oblivious of the dirty doings of the ISI, this time it is the NIC, which has been taken for a ride. It should be ...
  • Denuclearization: The Legal Imperative
    M Siddharth    ·   10 Jul, 1999    ·    #222    ·    Commentary    
    July 1996 entrenched itself  in international legal history after of the first ever Advisory Opinion was given on the legal status of nuclear weapon threat or use. It is important to appreciate the global context in which the Opinion was give...
  • Efficacy of Air Strikes in Mountainous Terrain
    Wg.Cdr. NK Pant (Retd.)    ·   10 Jul, 1999    ·    #221    ·    Commentary    
    The unbearable loss of precious young military lives in Operation 'Vijay' even after intense bombing of Pakistani intruders by IAF pilots indicates that the air offensive on the high and rocky mountain ridges in Kargil sector did not have ...
  • The Mantra of Bilateralism
    PR Chari    ·   09 Jul, 1999    ·    #220    ·    Commentary    
    New Delhi is cock-a-hoop with the Clinton-Nawaz Sharif joint agreement (July 4, 1999) asserting  " that concrete steps will be taken for the restoration of the Line of Control in accordance with the Shimla Agreement". Its jo...
  • 2nd IPCS Round Table discussion on the Kargil Crisis
       ·   07 Jul, 1999    ·    #219    ·    Commentary    
    The seminar addressed the following five of the 12 issues that were delineated as being involved in analyzing the Kargil crisis.     1. China ’s stance on the issue.     2. End game scen...
  • Kargil: An Operational Update
    Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna (Retd)    ·   03 Jul, 1999    ·    #218    ·    Commentary    
    GENERAL     The Indian Army has made gradual progress in the last seven days to recapture dominating heights in the Dras-Kargil-Batalik sector.  Air attacks were selectively launched to soften positions and destroy log...
  • Of Tapes and Tapping Technical intelligence scores over human intelligence
       ·   02 Jul, 1999    ·    #217    ·    Commentary    
    India can rightly feel satisfied with the ace intelligence scoop and the mileage it has got from the release of the Kargil tapes. Pakistan 's official charge of doctoring notwithstanding, the world has accepted the veracity of t...
  • IPCS Round Table discussion on the Kargil Crisis
    Sushil J Aaron    ·   01 Jul, 1999    ·    #216    ·    Commentary    
    The Chair delineated 12 major political and military issues that are involved in the situation in Kargil to sharpen the focus of the discussion.     1. Pakistan ’s motivations for starting the infiltration and ...
  • Jettisoning Bilateralism: Is India Ready for a Madrid Conference?
    Sushil J Aaron    ·   29 Jun, 1999    ·    #215    ·    Commentary    
    Indian diplomacy has been having an unexpected run of successes. Its foreign policy establishment is very pleased that the US, G-8 countries, Germany and the United Kingdom have separately supported India’s case on Kargil and accepted the vi...
  • On the Battle Front - Kargil: A month later -
    Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna (Retd)    ·   25 Jun, 1999    ·    #214    ·    Commentary    
    It is a month since the Indian Army commenced operations to evict the intruders from the Indian side of the LoC.  The first air strikes were launched in Dras and Kargil on May 26.  It is, therefore, time to review their progress. &nb...
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