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SNEAKY WARS  By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)

His book The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder By Sean McFate, William Morrow, 2019, 336 pp, got a lot of attention. This book is prescribed and recommended for reading at our DSSC. ...Read more >

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CYBER, COMMUNICATIONS, EW, TECHNOLOGY & SPACE (C2ETS) DIGEST - MAY 2023  By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)

With cyber warfare a key focus, especially with China and Pakistan investing heavily in it, the Indian Army has decided to raise Command Cyber Operations and Support Wings (CCOSW) to help the forces counter enemy ...Read more >

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SNEAKY WARS  By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)

His book The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder By Sean McFate, William Morrow, 2019, 336 pp, got a lot of attention. This book is prescribed and recommended for reading at our DSSC. ...Read more >

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CYBER, COMMUNICATIONS, EW, TECHNOLOGY & SPACE (C2ETS) DIGEST - MAY 2023  By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)

With cyber warfare a key focus, especially with China and Pakistan investing heavily in it, the Indian Army has decided to raise Command Cyber Operations and Support Wings (CCOSW) to help the forces counter enemy ...Read more >

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SECURING TIBET’S FUTURE  

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is an extraordinary leader: the apostle of peace, an embodiment of compassion, a visionary, holistic in approach, and wisdom personified in logic. His perspectives and decisions are always based on reality and pragmatism. His concerns and compassionate leadership to mitigate suffering extend to all sentient beings beyond Tibet and the Tibetan ...Read more >

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CYBER, COMMUNICATIONS, EW & TECHNOLOGY (C2ET) DIGEST - APR 2023   By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)

General Paul Nakasone, the head of the US Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, told The Straits Times that “What we see with both China and Russia is a close association of being able to share information.” ...Read more >

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CYBER, COMMUNICATIONS, EW & TECHNOLOGY (C2ET) DIGEST - MARCH 2023  By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)

With dreams of JADC2, Pentagon relaunches AI-driven command & control experiments The Pentagon kicked off a new Global Information Dominance Experiment in high-speed data sharing. The US military HQs aren’t nearly as high-tech as people think they are, and that’s a problem the Pentagon is eager to solve. Military and civilian leaders from across all service branches, all eleven combatant commands, technology vendors and international allies participated in the ...Read more >

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CHINA IN THE CYBER DOMAIN, MAJOR GENERAL PK MALLICK, VSM, PRINTS PUBLICATIONS PVT LTD. 2022. ISBN:978-93-936740-4-3  By Colonel Rajiv Kumar Srivastava

Millions of smartphones or computers and made-in-China tags provide a sense that the Drag advanced IT-enabled countries. PLA soldiers a Fortress. Most of us have lived in this delusion fo not only dispells this myth but also tears into the that China may have an advantage in hardware pr production of semiconductors, an essential comp countries for connected software coding and its co fallout through the ...Read more >

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CYBER, COMMUNICATIONS, EW & TECHNOLOGY (C2ET) DIGEST - FEBRUARY 2023  By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)

Delinea has published its 2022 State of Ransomware Report, finding that there’s been a sharp decrease in the volume of ransomware attacks, though the average ransom demand has gone up. Despite the slowdown in attacks, the researchers found that the average ransom demand has gone up over the past year: “It’s important to note that while the volume of attacks appears to be decreasing, the average ransomware payment is increasing. The payments in cases worked by Unit 42 incident ...Read more >

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A PRIMER ON TRENDS IN CHINA’S MILITARY AIR, SPACE, AND MISSILE FORCES  By China Aerospace Studies Institute

Over the last two and a half decades, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has invested heavily in the modernization of its military forces. These efforts have yielded dramatic improvements in the personnel, organizational structure, equipment, training, doctrine, and overall proficiency of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). The Communist Party of China’s (CCP) air, space, and missile forces in particular, collectively referred to here as the PLA’s “aerospace forces”, have ...Read more >

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CHINA AEROSPACE STUDIES INSTITUTE COMMANDER’S TOOLKIT FOR CHINA: PLA CYBER  By China Aerospace Studies Institute

First became prominent in early 2014 around the time of the first meeting of the new Central Leading Group for Cybersecurity and Informatization, headed by Xi Jinping (put himself at the center of cyber) XI: landmark April 19, 2016, speech to the Work Conference for Cybersecurity and Informatization and a follow-up speech two years later. It was even featured in a rousing patriotic ...Read more >

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U.S NATIONAL DEFENSE STRATEGY – 2022: OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLE?  By Maj Gen PK Mallick, VSM (Retd)

On October 27, 2022, the US government published the unclassified version of the National Defense Strategy (NDS), along with the Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) and Missile Defense Review (MDR) . It is a much-anticipated document which shows how the Biden administration plans to counter threats from adversary nations at a time when war and the threat of compound conflicts are escalating. The last NDS was published in early 2018 by the Trump ...Read more >

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