Contents - SP's Military Yearbook 2021-2022

 

Contents 1-40
Weapons, Equipment & Vehicles 41-64
1 Strategy & Perspectives 1-104
2 TECHNOLOGY 105-136
3 BUSINESS 137-160
4 INDIAN DEFENCE 161-328
5 ASIAN WHO’S WHO 329-412
6 REGIONAL BALANCE 413-616

Contents

S.No. Chapter Name Pages
1 Authors’ Profiles 8-14
2 Major Infographics / Maps / Diagrams / charts 16
3 Advertisers' Index 16
4 Map: Major Indian Armed Forces’ Headquarterms 18
5 Map: DRDO and DPSU Headquarters 20
6 Letters to the Editor 22-24
7 Editorial 33-40

Weapons, Equipment & Vehicles

S.No. Chapter Name Pages
1 Armoured Vehicles Nigam 42
2 Bharat Dynamics 43
3 Cochin Shipyard 44
4 Exicom Technologies 45
5 Embraer Defense & Security 46
6 FFV Ordnance 48
7 HTL 50
8 IAI 51
9 India Optel 52
10 Kasstech Aerospace 53
11 Lockheed Martin 54
12 Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders 56
13 MBDA 57
14 Navantia 58
15 Rubin 60
16 Troop Comforts 62
17 WB Group 63

1 STRATEGY & PERSPECTIVE

S.No. Chapter Name Author Pages
1 East vs West — Russia and China Taking on the US & Allies Anil Trigunayat 1
2 The War in Ukraine — Geopolitical Fallout & Military Lessons Major General Atanu K. Pattanaik (Retd) 5
3 QUAD and AUKUS — Complementing Each Other Commodore Anil Jai Singh (Retd) 9
4 Indian Navy — Preparing for Future Roles by Leveraging Technological Innovation Admiral Karambir Singh (Retd) 13
5 Challenges To QUAD From China — Will The Quad Survive? Lt General Dushyant Singh (Retd) 19
6 China's Path to Military and Maritime Modernisation Vice Admiral A.K. Chawla (Retd) 25
7 China's Aircraft Carrier Programme Vice Admiral A.K. Chawla (Retd) 29
8 China's Growing Air Power — Implications and Options for India Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retd) 33
9 China's Space Programme and Ambitions Air Vice Marshal Sanjay Bhatnagar (Retd) 37
10 China in Central Asia — Sinicizing Mackinder's Heartland P. Stobdan 43
11 India, Pakistan & China Wrestle in Afghanistan Lt General J.K. Sharma (Retd) 47
12 Securing India's Northern Borders Lt General Pradeep Bali (Retd) 53
13 Indo-US Strategic Relationship — An Overview Colonel Prashant Nakra (Retd) 57
14 India-Russia Relations — A Time Tested Friendship Colonel Alok Mathur (Retd) 61
15 Indo-French Relations — An Alliance of Trust Rohit Goel 65
16 Militarisation of the Neighbourhood — Turkish and Iranian Foreign Policy Md. Muddassir Quamar 71
17 I2U2 — Prospects and Challenges Dr Prasanta Kumar Pradhan 75
18 India-Israel Defence Cooperation Lt General P.C. Katoch (Retd) 79
19 India — Pakistan Nuclear Flashpoint and India's Nuclear Policy and Deterrence Major General (Dr) Yash Mor (Retd) 83
20 Pakistan Pays Heavy Price for Harbouring Terrorism Prachita Singh Saxena 87
21 Future Warfare Unplugged — Circa 2040-45 Major General Rajiv Narayanan (Retd) 91
22 Non Traditional Security Threats — Implications Major General P.K. Mallick (Retd) 97

2 TECHNOLOGY

S.No. Chapter Name Author Pages
1 Emerging Military Technologies   105
2 The 'Future' — 6th Generation Aircraft Rohit Goel 113
3 Hypersonic Missiles — A Gathering Storm Joseph Noronha 121
4 Loitering Munitions — Future of War is Autonomous Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retd) 123
5 China's Strategy of 'Informationised and Intelligent' Warfare Vice Admiral A.K. Chawla (Retd) 127
6 New Military Technologies SP's Team 131

3 BUSINESS

S.No. Chapter Name Author Pages
1 A Year of Transition — MoD Pushes for Atmanirbharta Ayushee Chaudhary 137
2 Indian Defence Industry Glorious Path to Pride Major General C.P. Singh (Retd) 143
3 Investing in Defence .R &D — Role of the Private Sector Brigadier Rahul Bhonsle (Retd) 147
4 Atmanirbhar Bharat — Catalysing Defence Exports Major General Rohit Gupta (Retd) 151
5 MoD — Positive Indigenisation Lists   155

4 INDIAN DEFENCE

S.No. Chapter Name Author Pages
1 The Integrated Defence Staff SP's Correspondent 161
2 The Indian Army   165
3 The Indian Navy   187
4 The Indian Air Force   211
5 The Indian Coast Guard   239
6 Who's Who Indian Defence   249
7 Department of Defence Production Rohit Goel 273
8 Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)   299
HOMELAND SECURITY
S.No. Chapter Name Author Pages
1 The Ministry of Home Affairs & Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) SP's Correspondent 307
2 Advancements in India's Coastal Security SP's Special Correspondent 319

5 ASIAN WHO'S WHO

MoD Organisations & Contacts of Asian Countries
Chapter Name Pages
Algeria: MoD Contact Details 330
Algeria: MoD Organisational Structure 330
Australia: MoD Contact Details 331, 332
Australia: MoD Organisational Structure 333
Bangladesh: MoD Contact Details 334, 335
Brunei: MoD Contact Details 336, 337
Brunei: MoD Organisational Structure 338
Egypt: MoD Contact Details 338
Indonesia: MoD Contact Details 339
Indonesia: MoD Organisational Structure 339
Iran: MoD Contact Details 340
Israel: MoD Contact Details 340
Israel: MoD Organisational Structure 341
Japan: MoD Organisational Structure 342
Japan: MoD Contact Details 343
Kazakhstan: MoD Contact Details 343
Malaysia: MoD Contact Details 344
Malaysia: MoD Organisational Structure 345
Myanmar: MoD Contact Details 346
Myanmar: MoD Organisational Structure 346
Nepal: MoD Contact Details 347
Philippines: MoD Contact Details 348, 349, 350, 351
Philippines: MoD Organisational Structure 352
Singapore: MoD Contact Details 353, 354
Singapore: MoD Organisational Structure 355
South Korea MoD Contact Details 356
South Korea MoD Organisation Structure 356
Sri Lanka: MoD Contact Details 357, 358
Sri Lanka: MoD Organisational Structure 357
Taiwan: MoD Contact Details 358
Taiwan: MoD Organisational Structure 359
Thailand: MoD Contact Details 360
Thailand: MoD Organisational Structure 360
Vietnam: MoD Contact Details 361
Vietnam: MoD Organisational Structure 362
Who’s Who in Asian Defence Forces
Chapter Name Pages
Algeria 363
Australia 363
Bahrain 363
Bangladesh 363
Bhutan 363
Brunei 364
Cambodia 364
China 364
Egypt 364
Indonesia 364
Iran 364
Iraq 364, 365
Israel 365
Japan 365
Jordan 365
Kazakhstan 365
Kuwait 365
Kyrgyzstan 365
Laos 365
Lebanon 365, 366
Libya 366
Malaysia 366
Myanmar 366
Nepal 366
North Korea (DPR of Korea) 366
Oman 366
Pakistan 366
Philippines 366
Qatar 367
Saudi Arabia 367
Singapore 367
South Korea (Republic of Korea) 367
Sri Lanka 367
Syria 367
Taiwan 367
Tajikistan 367, 368
Thailand 368
Turkey 368
Turkmenistan 368
United Arab Emirates 368
Uzbekistan 368
Vietnam 368
Yemen 368
Asian Who's Who: Leadership Profiles
Chapter Name Pages
Algeria 369, 370
Australia 370, 371, 372
Bahrain 372
Bangladesh 373, 374
Bhutan 374
Brunei 375, 376
Cambodia 376, 377
China 377, 378
Egypt 378, 379, 380
Indonesia 381, 382
Iran 382, 383
Iraq 383, 384
Israel 384, 385
Japan 386
Jordan 387
Kazakhstan 387, 388
Kuwait 388, 389
Kyrgyzstan 389
Laos 389, 390
Lebanon 390, 391
Libya 391
Malaysia 391, 392, 393
Myanmar 393
Nepal 393, 394
North Korea 394, 395
Oman 395
Pakistan 395, 396
Philippines 397
Qatar 398
Saudi Arabia 398, 399
Singapore 399, 400
South Korea 401
Sri Lanka 402, 403
Syria 403, 404
Taiwan 404, 405
Tajikistan 405, 406
Thailand 406, 407
Turkey 407, 408
Turkmenistan 408, 409
United Arab Emirates 409
Uzbekistan 410
Vietnam 410, 411
Yemen 411, 412

6 REGIONAL BALANCE

S.No. Chapter Name Pages
1 GDP & Military Expenditure 413
2 Asia-Pacific (Indo-Pacific) Developments 419
3 Central and South Asia (CASA) 423
 
Kazakhstan 430
Kyrgyzstan 432
Tajikistan 433
Turkmenistan 435
Uzbekistan 437
Afghanistan 439
Bangladesh 440
Bhutan 442
India 443
Nepal 444
Pakistan 445
Sri Lanka 449
4 East Asia, Pacific Rim & Australia (EAPA) 451
 
Australia 456
Brunei 459
Cambodia 460
China 462
Indonesia 471
Japan 475
North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) 479
South Korea (Republic of Korea) 482
Laos 486
Malaysia 487
Myanmar 490
Philippines 492
Singapore 495
Taiwan 497
Thailand 500
Vietnam 504
5 West Asia and North Africa (WANA) 507
 
Algeria 512
Bahrain 515
Egypt 517
Libya 520
Iran 522
Iraq 526
Israel 528
Jordan 531
Kuwait 533
Lebanon 535
Oman 537
Qatar 539
Saudi Arabia 541
Syria 545
Turkey 548
United Arab Emirates 552
Yemen 555
6 Equipment & Hardware Specifications: An Overview 557
 
Army Equipment 557
Naval Equipment 586
Air Equipment 608