Brigadier Sunil G Gokhale (Retired) Articles 0
Brigadier Sunil G Gokhale has served in diverse theatres, in a variety of command, instructional and staff appointments. An avid reader of military history and a keen follower of developments in military technology, he has held a research chair in the University of Pune, his topic of research was, “the strategy the nation needs to adopt to attain the capability to design, develop, and manufacture its weapon requirements indigenously”.
He can be reached at: gosunilgo@hotmail.com
Winning Asymmetric Wars: The Technology Factor
Editor’s Note The author brings to fore the affects of the Pakistani military’s relationship with the jihadi establishment in building an asymmetric capability that continues to bleed India.... Read more
Imperatives of Plucking the Low Hanging Fruit to Boost Defence Manufacturing
Editor’s Note The author’s prime argument is that the enthusiasm shown in making our procedures far more efficient and attractive for the private sector to foray into defence equipment manuf... Read more
Defence Reforms: A Case of Waiting for Godot?
Editor’s Note Under the present Raksha Mantri, the MoD has shed the image of being a slothful organization to one that has seemingly sharper reflexes when it comes to decision making. Howeve... Read more
DefExpo India 2016: A Steep Curve in the Learning Process
The 9th edition of Defexpo India held at Naqueri Quitol in Quepem Taluka of South Goa from 28th to 31st March 2016 was unique in many ways as enumerated beneath:- The Defexpo coincided with... Read more
Unlocking the Legacy of the Ordnance Factories
Editor-in-Chief’s Note Brig Suni Gokhale’s article examines the functioning of Ordnance Factories (OF) to arrive at the causes for shortcomings that have not been attended too adequately, in... Read more
Make In India: Imperatives to promote dual use technology industries to propel defence manufacturing
The “Make in India” program was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 September 2014. Since then, from within the 25 targeted sectors, the Defence Manufacturing sector has received... Read more
Defence Research & Development: Need for a reboot
The Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) was set up in 1958, by merging the units of Defence Science Organisation with the then existing Technical Development Establishment... Read more