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Frontline Communications Partners 1880 Century Park East, Suite 1011, Los Angeles, CA 90067 Client - Frontline Job # - 135158 Ver. - AD01 Cyan Magenta Yellow Black III/2018 III/2018 Aerospace & Defence Review Gaganshakti 2018 The Chinese Way Minister Ms Nirmala Sitharaman 29 36 justified this new location while Prime Minister Narendra Modi came the next day to address the mammoth crowd in his characteristic oratorical style. The Indian Defence Industry showed their wares while the defence forces Gaganshakti 2018 DefExpo 2018 demonstrated some of their prowess Military Diplomacy The Chinese Way Re-energising Air Power IAF’s new RFI The IAF conducted its largest air on the beach (see Cover). exercise extant (Gaganshakti) for two Cover : ‘Made in India’ : HAL-built aircraft weeks in April 2018, its dimension, Plus BRIEFINGS flypast over the beach during DefExpo 2018. range and lethality described as ‘Shaking 68 Extracted from his lecture given at (Photo : MoD). the Heavens and splitting the Earth’. Re-energising the College of Air Warfare (CAW), The IAF flew a reported 11000 sorties, Dr Manoj Joshi analyses the Chinese India’s Air Power most of them by fighters but there was approach to ‘Transformation and DITORIAL ANEL also unprecedented employment of E P Jointness’ with the PLA’s shift from being transport aircraft and helicopters for MANAGING EDITOR a continental Army to an integrated special missions. Vikramjit Singh Chopra joint force capable of operations within and without China’s borders. India’s EDITORIAL ADVISOR 31 Fighting a experience with the A&N Command Admiral Arun Prakash two-front War has certainly offered an opportunity to experiment in this realm. EDITORIAL PANEL The Delhi Forum for Strategic Studies Pushpindar Singh Military Diplomacy and Vayu Aerospace & Defence Review Air Marshal Brijesh Jayal 41 recently organised a round table conference at New Delhi where a Dr. Manoj Joshi score and more former senior Air Lt. Gen. Kamal Davar Force, Navy and Army officers, defence Lt. Gen. BS Pawar bureaucrats and heads of industry met Air Marshal M. Matheswaran to agonise on the IAF’s dwindling fighter strength. Detailed presentations on the Gp Capt JC Malik situation were followed by animated Cdr M Nirmal discussions on the way forward. Major Monica Arora Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal urges General Ashok Mehta encapsulates the that given the ever deepening nexus Nitin Konde IAF’s current crisis. between China and Pakistan and the Lt Gen Kamal Davar articulates on Sayan Majumdar probability of a two-front threat, India the need for ‘military diplomacy’ as Submarines and Sameer Joshi must upgrade its present military being a vital tool for furthering national 72 Richard Gardner (UK) strategy of dissuasion against China interests. With India at a defining autonomous UUVs Reuben Johnson (USA) to one of deterrence with the capacity moment in its history, the Government to take the war into the adversary’s Bertrand de Boisset (France) is urged to shed some of its antiquated territory. practices in governance and priorities, Dr Nick Evesenkin (Russia) even as it reaches out to fulfill national Tamir Eshel (Israel) 33 Victim of politics or aspirations. ADVERTISING & MARKETING MANAGER serious intent ? 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They prefer to export ready-made jets or, at best, Imechanism called the Defence Planning Committee has been set assemble them in the recipient country. up under chairmanship of the national security adviser. It is tasked India’s procurement culture is marked by a lack of transparency with preparing a national military and security strategy, assessing and often national security becomes the standard argument to avoid external security risks and defining security priorities. It will have accountability for professional neglect. No heads are likely to roll on board the principal secretary to the prime minister, chairman for having kept the IAF fleet depleted for over a decade. The malaise chiefs of staff committee, service chiefs, defence secretary, foreign extends to the other two services as well — outgoing service chiefs at secretary and secretary (expenditure) in the finance ministry. The times have drawn attention to the danger of India falling behind the composition of the committee reflects its goal of bringing both equipment curve. Apart from failing to efficiently manage its arms military and civilian components of defence planning on one procurement decisions, the absence of the Planning Commission platform. This is absolutely vital for a modern defence strategy that means the government is unable to take into account national and is nimble and adaptable to changing security realities. societal needs while planning to induct expensive advanced weapons At present defence planning in India is very disjointed, with systems. This absence of a national planning system may prove costly lopsided emphasis on acquisitions. There is little coordination for the country’s national security in the long run. between ministries, while the bureaucracy and the military are often not on the same page. This leads to situations as witnessed From The Tribune recently where the military submitted to the parliamentary standing committee on defence that this year’s defence budget barely made Army needs a fine balance room for modernisation. There’s a yawning gap between the t is not surprising to find India among the world’s top five military expectations of the armed forces and the diplomatic priorities and Ispenders, given that the country has been grappling for some financial capacity of government. The new committee is expected to time with the urgent requirement of modernising its armed forces bridge these various needs, and refine recommendations for defence to cope with a challenging security environment. The Stockholm procurement by taking a long-term view of security. International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has placed India Functionally, the