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"As a norm when the warring entities agree to temporary/permanent cease fire, the ‘supposedly’ winning entity (read nation) lays down the TERMS and CONDITIONS (Read DEMANDS) for consideration and acceptance by the ‘supposedly’ losing entity (read nation). In case of the Iran-USA cease fire it is the opposite. Same has been enunciated in an outstanding manner by THE TRIBUNE Headline of 9 th  April, 2026 “Too-Weak” ceasefire ."--Gp Capt TP Srivastava    Conditional Ceasefire?  

Take lessons from the Lebanon Israel conflict of 2016. Israel entered South Lebanon and destroyed everything that stood, villages, bridges, roads and utility buildings south of the Litani river. Then they declared that they had lost men and material and therefore lost the war. Hezbollah started cheering, Nasrallah proclaimed victory from the roof tops and on international media channels. Three months down the line, the hezbollah realised that they were played. The quantum of

Why does this war fail to impress? Israel, the world’s most technologically advanced army with the most powerful intelligence assets along with the USA the mightiest military force in numbers, experience and intent, went into war with a bull headed confidence. Not having learnt their lessons from the Vietnam war and the war in Afghanistan. Not studying battle habits and existential military cultures, not having actually thought enough of the most likely form of retaliation. H

In the annals of post 2 nd  World War history current conflict between two nuclear capable nations, USA and Israel against a ‘supposedly likely to become’ a nuclear capable nation Iran will top the list of most asymmetric war till date. HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, HOUTHIS, the prominent non-state actors supported, financed and sheltered by Iran and many other countries of middle east have posed a grave threat. HOUTHIS nearly controlled Red Sea traffic when war between Israel and HAMAS

INTRODUCTION (Relevance for India)  Ongoing war initiated by Israel and USA has huge lessons for India. One of the most important is Utility of Aircraft Carriers in our context. In short 'Aircraft Carriers are Weapon Platform of Past'. Kindly read the article I wrote about three years ago specifically identifying the role of these white elephants in our scenario. My first article on survivability of aircraft carriers against a nation having formidable air power was in 1981. L

Introduction  The current Gulf conflict has exposed the vulnerability of American aircraft carriers, which are increasingly operating outside the range of advanced Iranian missiles and drones, mirroring the decline of battleships in World War II. While carriers have long been symbols of power projection, modern asymmetric warfare, including cost-effective missiles, suggests that the era of the massive but vulnerable supercarrier is ending in favor of stealthier, submarine-foc

Should Trump complete his second term, he will be remembered as the most erratic and unstable POTUS during his current term. First year of his second term has witnessed Trump creating global instability by his announcements on Twitter and/or during his informal chat with the press. List of such announcements is very long. Few ‘outstanding’ decisions cum announcements are; ·        He struck virtually every nation on the globe with his TARIFF WAR only to backtrack repeatedly.

Decision to Go to War   1.     Did US Defence Secretary wargame the likely scenario that will emerge with high attrition war completing two weeks? Did Pentagon brief the POTUS about the likely ability of Iran to absorb the punishment from formidable offensive launched by combined might of Israel and US Air Power?   Appreciation of Iranian Response   2.     From the way war is progressing, it is quite evident that neither the scenario of war with Iran was truly wargamed nor di

"Ongoing conflict, which is still not 100 hours old, has engulfed entire Middle East. A similar event, but of much lesser ferocity was Israel offensive of 1967, famously known as SIX DAY WAR. USA, then was not a participant. In less than 100 hours number of targets hit, number of missiles launched has already surpassed one thousand figure."---Gp Capt TP Srivastava    Background   Seeds of this war were sown the day JCPOA$* was signed. USA led the team, which signed the JCPOA

Wars are always started when one side of the warring parties think it is now unavoidable or simply come out with a cause that is unilaterally declared as a JUST cause. It doesn’t necessarily need to agree with what is desired literally at the end of war. Many of us in the military know that, war is a well thought out plan to use military means towards a political intention. In the world today it is more like MILITARY MEANS TOWARDS INTERVENTION. Every army knows it enemies. Th

“On assuming office of PM of Israel, Mr Netanyahu said “JCPOA is a horrible agreement. Deal fails to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear armed state. He added Israel will do whatever is necessary, with or without consent from the USA to stop Iran from having a nuclear arsenal. I want to protect against Iran’s aggression and against a regime that openly calls for annihilation of my country”. Now USA is also on board.” The balloon has finally gone up. The timing of offensive laun

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