RNI REGN No. DELENG/2006/18450 & ISSN -3049-012X

ABOUT THE JOURNAL

AIR POWER Journal is a quarterly publication that carries research articles on aerospace, defence, military affairs and national security issues of contemporary and historical interest. Articles in the Journal reflect the views and conclusions of the authors and not the opinions or policy of the Centre for Air Power Studies or any other institution.

Language: English, Format of publication: Online and Print, Start Year: 2006

Editorial Board

 

Editor-in-Chief

Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, VM(Retd)
Director General
Centre for Aerospace Power and Strategic Studies                                                         Arjan Path, Subroto Park, New Delhi 110 010
Telephone: (91.11) 25699130 Fax: (91.11) 25682533
E-mail: capsnetdroff@gmail.com
dgcapss@capssindia.org
website: www.capssindia.org

 

  • Editor

Dr Manpreet Sethi
Flat No. 367, Air Force Naval Officers’ Enclave Plot 11,
Sector – 7, Dwarka, New Delhi- 110075
Email: manpreetsethi@capssindia.org , distinguishedfellow@capsindi.org  & manpreetsethi@hotmail.com

 

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KW Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
4676/21, First Floor, Ansari Road, Daryaganj,
New Delhi 110 002
Phone: +91 11 43528107 e-mail: kw@kwpub.in

 

Published by Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor, SYSM, PVSM, AVSM, VM (Retd) on behalf of the Forum for National Security Studies (the Trust running the Centre for Aerospace Power and Strategic Studies, New Delhi) and Printed by Nutech Print Services,
B 25/3, Okhla Industrial Area, New Delhi and Published at P-284, Arjan Path, Subroto Park, New Delhi 110 010.

Editorial Board Members

  • Professor Nobumasa Akiyama                                                                                          Professor at the School of International and Public Policy and the Graduate School of Law at Hitotsubashi University,                                                                                    Email: prof.nakiyama@capssindia.org
  • Colonel Amit Bedi                                                                                                            OIC Publication, CAPS, P-284, Arjan Path, Subroto Park New Delhi – 110010, Email: publication@capssindia.org 
  • Air Marshal D Choudhury PVSM AVSM VM VSM (Retd)                                                Former Commandant, NDC, P-284, Arjan Path, Subroto Park New Delhi – 110010, Email: diptenduchoudhury@capssindia.org 
  • Professor Amit Gupta                                                                                                        Senior Advisor to the Forum of Federations, Ottawa, Canada                                        Email: prof.amitgupta@capssindia.org
  • Dr Sanu Kainikara                                                                                                              Adjunct Professor, UNSW, Distinguished Fellow, IFRS & CAP,                                    Email: drsanukainikara@capssindia.org
  • Gp Capt (Dr) DK Pandey (Retd)                                                                                   Research Coordination Officer, CAPS, P-284, Arjan Path, Subroto Park, New Delhi – 110010, Email: drdkpandey@capssindia.org  
  • Air Marshal R Radhish AVSM VSM (Retd)                                                                      Former AOC-in-C, HQ TC, IAF, P-284, Arjan Path, Subroto Park, New Delhi – 110010, Email: rradhish@capssindia.org
  • Wg Cdr A Pichipoo Raja                                                                                        Coordinating Officer (WASP), CAPS, P-284, Arjan Path, Subroto Park, New Delhi – 110010, Email: a.pichipooraja@capssindia.org 
  • Dr Gurbachan Sachdeva                                                                                                    P-284, Arjan Path, Subroto Park, New Delhi – 110010                                                  Email: gurbachansachdeva@capssindia.org 
  • Lt Gen Amit Sharma PVSM AVSM VSM (Retd)                                                        Former C-in-C, HQ SFC, P-284, Arjan Path, Subroto Park, New Delhi – 110010, Email: amitsharma@capssindia.org 
  • Dr Sheel Kant Sharma                                                                                                    Former Secretary General of SAARC, P-284, Arjan Path, Subroto Park, New Delhi – 110010, Email: sheelkantsharma@capssindia.org
  • Dr Elizabeth Threlkeld                                                                                                        Director, South Asia Programme, The Stimson Centre Email: drelizabetht@capssindia.org

 

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Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 21 No.2 Summer
(April-June 2026)

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Content

Editor’s Note

1. Employment of Air Power in the Israel-Hamas Conflict and
the Asymmetric Warfare Paradigm

K Vinoth Vanya
2. Social Media in Military Conflicts: Emerging Trends and Lessons
Satish Kumar Sinha and Subodh Shahi
3. Third Aircraft Carrier: A Rethink
Pankaj Dhiman
4. Assessing the Energy Implications of Artificial Intelligence and Examining the Case for Nuclear Power
Zoya Akhter
5. Navigating Ai Hallucinations and Regulations: The Indian Challenge in Air Combat
Mustaq Ahmed
6. The Great Game Recast: Navigating Hedging and Wedging in the Competitive Indo-Pacific
Khyati Singh
Book Review
AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t and How to Tell the Difference
Gowri R

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Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 20 No.1 Spring
(January-March 2025)

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Content

Editor’s Note

1. Air Delivery as part of India’s Nuclear Triad 
Manpreet Sethi
2. Strategic Bombers: Key o Augment Reach and Lethality of Land-based Air Power
Kapildeep Singh
3. Growth of Drones in the Combat Role 
Amitabh Mathur
4. India’s Ambitious Entry into the Civilian Aircraft Producers’ Club
Asheesh Srivastava
5. Adversarial AI Concerns in Air Warfare Platforms 
Sukhchain Singh
6. Military-Civil Fusion in China in Contemporary Times
Prahlad Kumar Singh 
Book Review
The Coming Wave: AI Power and the 21st Century’s Greatest Dilemma
A Pichipoo Raja

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Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 19 No.3 Monsoon
(July-September 2024)

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Editor’s Note

1. Network-Centric Operations: A Pre-Requisite for High-Tempo Operations and Synergy 
Akash Kashyap and Gurjeet Singh Bhullar
2. Space Domain Exploitation: Strategic and Doctrinal Imperatives
Ankur Mathur
3. Aerial Diplomacy for Influence, Projection and Coercion 
Anshuman  Jaydev, Gaganjit Singh Saini, Sunny and Gitanjli Singh
4. Unmanned Aerial Systems and Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems: Challenges and Opportunities for India
Sarang Sudhir Prabhune and Abhishek Jaiswal
5. Offensive and Defensive Cyber Operations in the Multi-Domain Battle Space
Abhinay Shukla and VSV Chaithanya
6. Weaponisation of Weather
Vinila Verma
7. Artificial Intelligence in Air Operations Planning Process 
BD Giri and Abhinav Agarwal
Book Review
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed The Art of War                                                
Anil Golani 

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Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 18 No.1 Spring
(January-March 2023)

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Contents

Editor’s Note
1. The Hypersonic Missile Conundrum
Rajaram Nagappa
2. Space Sustainability: Strengthening Capabilities for Strategic Longevity
Harini Madhusudan
3. High Altitude Woes: What the Chinese are Hiding 
Shiv Sastry
4. The Geopolitical Impacts of Chinese Anti-Access/Area Denial Systems
Gaurav Sen
5. The Credibility of Aerial Combat Drones:Changing Equations 
Ingudam Yaipharemba Singh
6. Assessing India’s Energy Basket
Prachi Lokhande

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Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 16 No.1 Spring 
(January-March 2021)

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Editor’s Note
1. Increasing Salience of Air Power
RKS Bhadauria

2. The Complex Art of Grand Strategy
Sanu Kainikara

3. China’s Nuclear Strategy
Sanjana Gogna
4. China’s Consolidation Strategy in the Near Seas 
Joshy M. Paul
5. The Elusive Quest for Stability in US-China Relations
Rushali Saha
6. NATO and the Responsibility to Protect in Libya:
Reassessing the Intervention
Khatu Jayesh Jayprakash

Index

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Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 16 No.2 Summer
(April-June 2021)

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Editor’s Note
1. Strategic Balance in the Indo-Pacific 
Anil Chopra

2. Lessons for Air Power from Ladakh
Harsha Kakar
3. Electronic Warfare: Changing Operational Concepts
Daljit Singh

4. Artificial Intelligence in Military Aviation
AK Sachdev

5. Welcome Steps towards an Indigenously Equipped Indian Air Force
Vivek Kapur
6. Airlift Wisdom of Yore
Ashok K Chordia
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Air Power
Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 15 No.1 Spring
(January-March 2020)

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Editor’s Note
1. Climate Change and Aviation 
Ajey Lele and Kritika Roy

2.  Us-Russia Relations and Failure of the Reset (2008-14)
Carl Jaison
3. Russia’s Evolving Eurasian Strategy
Poonam Mann
4. Changes in China’s Nuclear Thinking
Sanjana Gogna

5. China’s Emerging Role in the Korean Peninsula
Anu Sharma and Aditya Mani
6. Oil-Gas Diplomacy and Quest for Economic Autonomy:
Contrasting Case Study of Iraqi Kurdistan and Balochistan
Divya Malhotra

Index

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Air Power
Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 15 No.4 Winter
(October-December 2020)

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Editor’s Note
1.  Challenges of Changing Geopolitics: India’s Options
RKS Bhadauria

2.  Artificial Intelligence: Emerging Opportunities and Associated Challenges
Nishant Gupta
3. China’s Aspirations and the Importance of History
Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury
4. Understanding the Development and Future of Nuclear Energy in China
Zoya Akhter Fathima

5. A Comparative Assessment of India’s and China’s Development
Assistance in Nepal and Bhutan and Its Strategic Implications
Urmi Tat

6.  The Islamic State in Khorasan Province: Understanding Its Presence

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Air Power
Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 14 No.3 Monsoon
(July-September 2019)

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Editor’s Note
1.  Air Power at Balakot: Exploiting Flexibility for Strategic Effect
Manpreet Sethi

2.  India’s Entry into the Anti-Satellite Club
Dhiraj Kukreja
3. War in Space: Is India Prepared?
Anil Chopra
4. Pakistan Air Force: Modernisation Trends
Shalini Chawla
5. Shifting Trends in Pakistan’s Military Cooperation: From USA to China
Granth Vanaik
5. Bangladesh Liberation War: Special Heliborne Operations (SHBO) in the Eastern Sector
BS Nijjar
5. China-Central Asia Ties under Xi Jinping
Sana Hashmi
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Air Power
Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 13 No.1 Spring
(January-March 2018)

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Editor’s Note
1.  National Security Management: Some Concerns
 N N Vohra

2.  India’s Priorities and Concerns in Afghanistan 
 Shalini Chawla
3. PLA Reforms: Political and Strategic Implications
 R K Narang
4. Air Power in Hybrid War
 Manmohan Bahadur
5. The Quest for Space Control
 T H Anand Rao
6. Organisational Governance of Cyber Space in India
 E Dilipraj and Ramnath Reghunadhan
7. Operation Rahat: A Task Force Commander’s Account
 Rajesh Isser
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Air Power
Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 9 No.3 Monsoon
(July-September 2014)

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Editor’s Note
1. Management of National Security: Some Concerns
 N.N. Vohra
2. Defending the Aircraft Carrier
Pradeep Chauhan
3. A National Security Strategy for India
Bhartendu Kumar Singh
4. Air Power: Future Challenges and Emerging Roles
Dhiraj Kukreja
5. Defence Beyond Design: Towards a New Nuclear Paradigm
Sitakanta Mishra
6. The INF Treaty: Its Successes, Failures and the Future
Debalina Ghoshal
7. Terror in the Deep and Dark Web
 E. Dilipraj
7. The Ukraine Imbroglio: Does It Impact India?
Chandra Rekha
7. Deconstructing Al Qaeda’s Terrorist Network in India
Aersh Danish
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Air Power
Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 8 No.2 Summer
(April-June 2013)

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Editor’s Note
1. Is India’s Nuclear Deterrent Credible?
Shyam Saran
2. Air Maintenance 2025: Prospects and Limitations
Manmohan Bahadur
3. PLA Logistics Reforms
J.V. Singh
4. Examining China’s Space Strategy
Manpreet Sethi
5. China’s Readjustment Strategy
Vishal Nigam
6. Opportunities Unbound: Sustaining Multi-Dimensional Indo-Russian Relations
Lungthuiyang Riamei
7. Iran’s Air Power: Is it Powerful enough for the US?
Indrani Talukdar
8. Space: The Indian Odyssey
Rajat Jairath
9. Direction of the Nuclear Dragon
Arjun Subramanian P
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Air Power
Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 7 No.3 Monsoon
(July-September 2012)

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Editor’s Note
1. India-China Relations: Problems and Prospects
Kanwal Sibal
2. Quality Fundamentals in Support of Air Power
P.V. Athawale
3. Social Acceptance of Nuclear Power in India
Sitakanta Mishra
4. Nuclear Aspiration as a Hedging Strategy: The Case of Iran
Yeon Jung Ji
5. China’s Tibet Policy: Implications for India
 Sana Hashmi
6. PLA: Military Operations other than War (MOOTW)
J.V. Singh
7. The Umbrella Politics
Debalina Chatterjee
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Air Power
Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 6 No.1 Spring
(January-February 2011)

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Contents

1. The Iranian Nuclear Issue: India’s Response
Asif Shuja
2. Interpreting China’s Grand Strategy
J. V. Singh
3. Chinese Space Programme: Influence of Chinese Strategic Culture on its Development 
Manu Midha
4. Defeating Pakistan’s Nuclear Strategy
Manpreet Sethi
5. China’s Aircraft Carrier Ambitions
Nan Li and Christopher Weuve
6. Security Structures in the Gulf: Past and Present 
M. R. Khan
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Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 6 No.3, Monsoon
(July-September 2011)

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Contents
Editor’s Note
1. Some Aspects of our Wars in Future
Jasjit Singh
2. Air Power in Stability and Anti-Terrorist Operations
Arjun Subramaniam
3. Air Power as an Instrument of Coercive Diplomacy
M. Bahadur
4. The Barriers to Military Transformation
Rajiv Puri
5. China’s Civil Aviation Industry
Vishal Nigam
6. Information Warfare: Elements and Forms
Rakesh Arora
7. The Changing Patterns of Global Climate Change Architecture 
Dhanasree Jayaram
8. West Asia: Ongoing Conflicts and India
Sharad Srivastava
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Air Power
Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 5 No.3, Monsoon
(July-September 2010)

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Contents
Editor’s Note
1. Force Modernisation Challenges
P.K. Mehra
2. Indigenisation of Air-Launched Weapons
S. Bhanoji Rao
3. PLAAF in Transition 1979-93
Vishal Nigam
4. China’s Electronic and Cyber Warfare Capabilities
Sanjay Poduval
5. Towards a Nuclear Weapon Free World: Indian Perspectives
Swaran Singh
6. National Security Mechanism and the HDO
R. Venkataraman
7. Technology: A Historical Perspective
A.K. Singh
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Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 5 No.2, Summer
(April-June 2010)

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Contents
Editor’s Note
1. On Air Power
K.K. Jumbo Majumdar
2. Air Dominance and the Future of Air Power
Jasjit Singh
3. Integration of MoD and Defence Planning
R. Venkataraman
4. Asia in the Debate on American Grand Strategy
Michael J. Green
5. Defence Cooperation: A Case Study of India and Singapore
Pankaj Jha and Rahul Mishra
6. Afghanistan and the American Strategic Perspective
Sanjeev Bhadauria
7. Challenge for the Indian Military: Managing Ozone Depleting Substances
Manoj Kumar
8. Geo-politics of the Gulf 1971-1991
M.R. Khan
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Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 5 No.4, Winter
(October-December 2010)

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Contents
Editor’s Note
1. China’s Defence Industry:  Organisational Reforms
Wing Commander Vishal Nigam
2. Defining Strategic Culture
Wing Commander Arjun Sen
3. Likely Demands on Future Leaders
Lieutenant Colonel R. Ghose
4. Deception in Strategic Thinking: A Diagnosis
Shri S. Rajasimman
5. India’s Civil Nuclear Network:  A Reality Check
Shri Sitakanta Mishra
6. Pakistan’s Nuclear Delivery Systems
Ms Shalini Chawla
7. China’s Military Strategy: Perspectives from the White Papers on National Defence
Ms Shikha Aggarwal
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Air Power
Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 4 No.3, Monsoon
(July-September 2009)

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Contents
Editor’s Note
1. North Korea’s Nuclear Tests
Jayadeva Ranade
2. Six Decades of Peacekeeping
E.R. Rajappan
3. Lowering the High Ground for  Effect-Based Operations
Kaza Lalitendra
4. AWACS and Aerostats: Roles and Missions
A.B.S. Chaudhry
5. The Evolution of Cruise Missile Technology
Sitakanta Mishra
6. Review of the Defence Budget
Amiya Kumar Ghosh
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Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 4 No.4, Winter
(October-December 2009)

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Contents
Editor’s Note
1. Implications of China’s Navy Modernisation
Jayadeva Ranadev
2.  The Chinese Concept of Comprehensive National Power:  An Overview
P. K. Ghosh
3. Integrated Perspective Planning
A. V. Vaidya
4. Counter-Terrorism
Rajiv Ghose
5. CTBT Exhumed: Need India Worry?
Manpreet Sethi
6. Military-Media Relations: Can The Media be a Force Multiplier?
P. K. Mallick
7. The Most Dangerous Nation
Amarjit Singh
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Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 3 No.4, Winter
(October-December 2008)

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Contents
Editor’s Note
1. The Rocky Road to Full Jointness
Benjamin S. Lambeth
2.  Indian Air Force: Building Indigenous Research Capability
T.M. Asthana
3. Why and How of Air Dominance
 A.V. Vaidya
4. Pakistan’s Navy: New Capabilities, New Roles?
Shalini Chawla
5. Weaponisation of Outer Space and National Security: Faultlines in the Law
 G.S. Sachdeva
6. Ballistic Missile Defence: Strategic Issues and Dilemmas
Anand Sharma
7. Defence Transformation: an Appraisal
P.K. Mallick
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Air Power
Journal of Air Power & Space Studies
Vol. 3 No.1, Monsoon
(July-September 2006)

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Contents
Editor’s Note
1. Indo-US Strategic Relations: The Nuclear Dimension
Manpreet Sethi
2.  India-China Relations: An Overview
Kapil Kak
3. China’s War Concepts
Gurmeet Kanwal
4. RMA with Chinese Characteristics
Vinod Anand
5. Doctrine, Strategy and Nuclear Weapons
Raiesh Raiagopalan
6. Military Aerospace Supply Chain
Samir Chabra
7. Indian Defence Procurement Policy
 V.N. Srinivas
8. The Epistemology of War Gaming
Robert C. Rubel
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