Wing Commander A.R. Giri (Retd.)

AK VS AK: A STORM IN A TEACUP

December 18, 2020

Anil Kapoor wears a so-called IAF uniform and behaves rather obnoxiously, on screen albeit, the IAF takes to heart and tweets out against the wrong portrayal of an IAF officer, AK apologises, IAF doesn’t react, public opinion is divided, media has a field day—sounds rather recent. Age-old debate about incorrect...

US presence in South China Sea: Is China being encircled?

July 9, 2020

USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan have sailed for the South China Sea (SCS), definitely a muscle-flexing manoeuvre by the United States. The Chinese, on their part, have not really been the silent bystander, conducting their own military exercises in the same area. The situation in SCS is ‘eyeball to...

Garuds: The non-flying force multiplier of IAF

July 2, 2020

The Indian Navy calls them the MarCos (Marine Commandos), the Indian Army has named them as the Para SF (Paratrooper Special Forces), likewise the IAF too has an arm of Special Forces and have aptly named them Garuds. The Garuds are the youngest of the martial special forces in the...