Securing India : Assessment of the Defence and Security Capabilities

Rahul K Bhonsle

ISBN 10: 819084878X / ISBN 13: 9788190848787

Published by Vij Books, New Delhi, 2009

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Contents Preface. I. 1. Introduction searching for a national security policy. 2. The security policy challenge. 3. India's defence and security doctrines. 4. Towards capability based defence budgeting. 5. Defence research and development an interactive network future. 6. Defence acquisitions a complex unviable model. II. 7. Strategic capabilities and inter services integration. 8. Indian army full spectrum operations. 9. Indian Navy Brown to Blue water. 10. Indian Air Force Aero Space future. 11. Counter terrorism under resourced in overdrive. III. 12. Indian defence industry a collaborative model. IV. 13. Securing India a final review. Notes. Index. This book is a modest attempt to fill this gap by placing in perspective the policy on defence and security by the security establishment and its manifestation into capabilities to meet the current and emerging challenges. The book is divided into four parts. In part I the key defence and security policies their translation into Armed Forces and Security doctrines the budgetary support provided and the technology environment for implementation has been covered in separate chapters. In part II manifestation of policies into capabilities in terms of strategic systems integration and jointness Army Navy and Air Force capability and counter terrorism infrastructure has been examined. Part III covers the defence industrial base and in the concluding Part IV a summary of assessment of national security readiness has been provided. 298 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Securing India : Assessment of the Defence and Security Capabilities
• Publisher: Vij Books, New Delhi
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 819084878X
• ISBN 13: 9788190848787
• Binding: Hardbound
• Edition: New
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Faced with sub optimal existential security challenges, discover how the Indian defence and security establishment is coping (or not) with myriad threats from mass terror in Mumbai to Pakistani nuclear weapons, to the Lashkar E Taiyyaba to the PREPAK and KYKL, to China's string of pearls to delayed Gorshkov and failed helicopter deals. And the prognosis of RMA or modernisation or even worse still, mere replacements based on hard facts culled from Parliamentary proceedings and reports of the Parliamentary Committee on Defence. By one of the foremost contemporary defence analysts in India and author most lately of, “Mumbai 26/11: Security Imperatives for the Future” and Editor of, “India's Comprehensive National Power: Synergy Through Joint Decision Making “. This book is a modest attempt to fill this gap by placing in perspective the policy on defence and security by the security establishment and its manifestation into capabilities to meet the current and emerging challenges. The Book is divided into four parts. In Part I the key defence and security policies, their translation into Armed Forces and security doctrines, the budgetary support provided and the technology environment for implementation has been covered in separate chapters. In Part 2 manifestation of policies into capacities in terms of strategic systems, integration and jointness, army, navy and air force capability and counter terrorism infra structure has been examined. Part 3 covers the defence industrial base and in the concluding Part 4 a summary of assessment of national security readiness has been provided.

About the Author

Rahul Bhonsle is a military veteran with over three decades of active service. He is now pursuing a second career in research and knowledge management at an independent agency. He is a regular contributor to leading main stream and professional newspapers, websites and Journals. He has authored the first book on Mumbai 26/11 attacks titled "Mumbai 26/11- Security Imperatives for the Future" which was released in Jan 2009, barely a month after the incident.