C O N T E N T S

From the Desk of the Publisher and Managing Editor

• Lt Col (Retd) HK AFRIDI
• Col (Retd) SYED GB SHAH BUKHARI
• BABAR HUSSAIN
• Brig (Retd) IQBAL M SHAFI

• THE END OF A LEGEND
• A Hero Fades Away
• Letter from Air Vice Marshal MG Tawab to Air Commodore Masud Akhtar

• Acquisition of More Weapons by India
• India's Strategic Command
• From Concept to Reality
• The Indian Air Force-Flight Safety VS Combat Readiness
• The Poona Horse in the Battle of Buttar Dograndi - September 1965
• Calling the Indian Army Chief's Bluff
• Pakistani Effort in Demining and Rehabilitation of Kuwait
• F-16s -- The Unjust Settlement
• Patriot - An Anti Missile Missile
• The Core issue - Kashmir
• Kashmir: Looking for Viable Options
• Decoding the Nawaz-Vajpayee Summit

• Redefining Civil-Military Relations in Nuclear South Asia
• Challenges Facing Islam and the Muslim Ummah
• Accommodating the Asian Bombs
• Kashmir After the Lahore Summit
• Raw at War-Genesis of Secret Agencies in Ancient India

• CBMs Necessary to Prevent Acidental Nuclear War
• The Merchants of Threat
• Confrontation or Co-Existence? The Crossroads of Destiny
• Army and Terrorism in Sindh
• Pakistan Navy Leads the Show

• F-16 Fighting Falcon
• CILAS - Laser Rangefinders and Target Designators
• Infantry the Queen of the Battlefield
• Gepard
• Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines -- SSBN
• Understanding the Defence Industry in Russia and the Former Soviet Union
• Trigat LR