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Brigadier GURMEET KANWAL (Retd)

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Nirmalaji, the defence services need more money!
Rediff.com31 Jan 2020

'The government must provide more funds to enable the armed forces to fight and win...

A plan for CDS Rawat to consider
Rediff.com2 Jan 2020

As India's international role expands, so must our capabilities, says Brigadier Gurmeet...

Capture of Tiger Hill: Turning point in Kargil War
Rediff.com17 Jun 2019

Twenty years ago, over 50 days in the summer of 1999, the Indian Army fought some of...

An Agenda for the Defence Minister
Rediff.com4 Jun 2019

The new minister must commit himself to supporting long-term defence plans or else...

Manohar Parrikar: Defence minister with a difference
Rediff.com20 Mar 2019

'He consulted widely, both formally and informally and acted quickly on pragmatic...

How will India handle Pakistan's next attack?
Rediff.com3 Mar 2019

'Offensive operations to capture objectives across the LoC to eliminate terrorist...

How to prevent another 26/11
Rediff.com30 Nov 2018

'The government must covertly eliminate the leaders of terrorist organisations abroad...

Baloch opposition to CPEC should worry China
Rediff.com27 Oct 2018

'The separatist resurgence in Balochistan is thwarting Pakistan's plans to build CPEC...

How India must play the Nuclear Card
Rediff.com22 Feb 2018

'India must close the missile technology gap with both China and Pakistan as early as...

How India can leash nuclear monsters in our neighbourhood
Rediff.com22 Feb 2018

'Only when India's adversaries are convinced that India has both the necessary...

What India must worry about in 2018
Rediff.com1 Jan 2018

'China's growing nexus with Pakistan and the two countries' unresolved territorial...

How India must counter the Chinese threat
Rediff.com11 Dec 2017

'The military aim in a future conflict, if it can't be avoided, should be to cause...

Can India fight China and Pakistan simultaneously?
Rediff.com10 Oct 2017

'Given the present force levels, India cannot fight and win.' 'India can't hope to...

Salute the Special Forces for the Surgical Strikes!
Rediff.com25 Sep 2017

'India showcased its ability to launch multiple Special Forces strikes simultaneously...

What the Raksha Mantri needs to do
Rediff.com4 Sep 2017

'It is the government's most important duty to ensure that when war breaks out, the...

China's Belt and Road Initiative: What are India's options?
Rediff.com17 May 2017

'Whichever option India chooses, it should be clear to the government that the...

Mr Modi, please heed loss of morale in armed forces
Rediff.com21 Apr 2017

'The non-implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission, almost a year after it was...

An agenda for General Rawat
Rediff.com4 Jan 2017

The new army chief's highest priority must be to address the critical hollowness in the...

Will General Bakshi be India's first CDS?
Rediff.com19 Dec 2016

'In the present era of strategic uncertainty and rapidly changing threats, no military...

India stands united as a nation today
Rediff.com30 Sep 2016

'The government has sent a clear message to Pakistan: It is no longer business as...