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Aircraft Carriers: The Most Formidable yet Most Vulnerable Military Platform By - Gp Capt TP Srivastava
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
Gp Capt TP Srivastava
Mar 168 min read


THE END OF AN ERA - TIME TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE EPIC FURY OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
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
Brig DS Sarao
Mar 166 min read


TACO (‘Trump Always Chickens Out’) -Gp Capt TP Srivastava
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.
Gp Capt TP Srivastava
Mar 145 min read
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