IN THIS VOLUME

• IDR Comment — Afghanistan: A House Divided — Maj Gen Yashwant Deva

• Operational Scenario Alpha: The Run up to Conflict — IDR Editorial Team

• Internal Violence and the Military — Lt Gen SC Sardeshpande

• Indian Air Power for the mid 1990s:Conceptual Issues — Air Marshal CV Gole

• Terrorism in India: Formulating a Hostage Policy — Arjun Katoch

• Ex-Servicemen - Betrayal by ‘Consensus’ — Rear Adm Satyindra Singh

• Women in Uniform: Observations on some Future Problems of the Indian Armed Forces — Dr HK Srivastava

• Preserving the Army’s Ethos — Lt Gen SK Sinha

• Command and Leadership: Two Cardinal Principles of Soldiering — Brig Desmond E Hayde

• Command Breakdown: A Case Study — Shankar Bhaduri

• The Regime of Warships: Contemporary Naval Missions and Activities and Emerging Law of the Sea Part 1 — Lt BM Dimri

• Armour Fire Power: Incapacitate - Do not Destroy — Maj Anil Sabharwal

• Secondary Protection: Explosion Control for Future Tanks — Maj Anil Sabharwal

• Motive Power for Battle Tanks: A Technology Forecast — Lt Col AG Thomas

• The Operating of Software Controlled Weapon Systems — Gp Capt MK Rana

VIEWPOINT

• Indian Military intelligence: A Case for Change

Reviews and Critiques

• Counter Attack: The West’s Battle against the Terrorists Reviewed by Maj Gen Afsir Karim (Retd)

• Fiza’ya: Psyche of the Pakistan Air Force Reviewed by Shankar Bhaduri