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Towards India's Energy Independence - Gp Capt Johnson Chacko
India is dependent on imports for about 85% of the crude oil that it needs. This is a huge dependence on external energy sources and impinges upon its strategic autonomy. An analysis of global crude oil sources and its flow reveals that control of oil production and its flow is one of the main pillars of dominance. Not long ago, the global energy system was relatively diversified. Europe depended substantially on Russian natural gas, China sourced oil and gas from suppliers s
Group Captain Johnson Chacko - Veteran
Apr 23 min read
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HAS IRAN WON THIS WAR ? NARRATIVE VS REALITY -Brigadier Neil John, SM (R)-
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
Brigadier Neil John, SM
Apr 13 min read
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THE BIG WAR & THE FALL OF WISDOM -Neil John-
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
Brigadier Neil John, SM
Mar 263 min read
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