Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

Maj Gen VK Madhok is a product of the 1st Course JSW/NDA and was commissioned into the 3 GR. He was the BGS HQ Southern Command and the COS at HQ 4 Corps. He retired as the ADG (TA).

23 posts

India's North-East: A Time-Bomb Ticking Away (Re-Plugged)
India’s troubled north-eastern region, consisting of seven States which generally extends from Sikkim and the Siliguri Corridor to its border with Myanmar in the East therefore presents an interesting scenario.

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

16 Oct 2021
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Bhutan: A Time-Bomb Awaits India
"Why is Bhutan important to India and China? What options can Beijing exercise? Can it, or will it, annex Bhutan? Can India counter these moves? What are Bhutan's internal worries? And what lies ahead?"

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

10 Oct 2021
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New Era of RPVs UMAs & Drones (Replugged)
"It is apparent that after this piece was published over three decades back, neither the DRDO, MoD or Service HQs took any notice of it or did anything about it. Otherwise, by now we would have progressed much in this field and not lagged behind as at present."

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

26 Sep 2021
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Myanmar an Emerging Nuclear State - India’s Options
Major General VK Madhok (Retd) takes a deep dive, analysing India's options in dealing with Myanmar, an emerging nuclear state in the Southeast Asian subcontinent.

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

12 Mar 2021
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Poison For War: Are Chemical Weapons Humane?
"Today the Chinese have what they call an anti-chemical warfare corps as part of the People’s Liberation Army, with its own special school and research and development sections. It is supposed to have developed considerable anti- chemical warfare expertise."

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

10 Jan 2021
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PME: A Need to Educate Our Political Masters, Bureaucracy and Society
A soldier’s profession is war. He needs guns, equipment, tanks, society’s support and political direction to fight war. This is what our political leaders don’t understand. And therefore, the crucial necessity to impart 'Professional Military Education' to them.

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

13 Dec 2020
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Addressing The Indian Army’s Officer Shortage & its Implications on Combat Readiness
The Army needs young officers in its combat units and where units are, or else it will be run and led by JCOS and NCOs. Because Officers are not available to train, monitor, administer or to motivate the Jawans. What are the Facts?

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

25 Nov 2020
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Revamping the Army’s Mindset
This article is based on a letter dated 22 October 2020 sent by the author to the President of India with copies forwarded to the Prime Minister ,Defence Minister, Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff, Chief of Air Staff and Army Commanders.

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

24 Nov 2020
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The Indian Army’s Officer Promotion Policy Needs Urgent Overhaul!
 "There is something terribly wrong with our military leadership, and the political leadership would do well to put it right before India has another 1962."

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

21 Nov 2020
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The Graveyard of Empires: Analysing the Future of Afghan Foll US/NATO Troop Withdrawal
A view is that when the US and its allies leave, an Afghan-Pak-Taliban combination could be disastrous for India, and therefore the US should leave an independent, sovereign state of Afghanistan under a democratically elected President. But again, will this concept work?

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

16 Nov 2020
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Stability of Bangladesh Imperative to Counter India’s Security Challenges on Eastern Borders
What are the pending issues between Bangladesh and India? What are Dhaka’s internal challenges which it has to grapple with? What are Chinese and US interests? India’s security concerns and what New Delhi can or should do? And finally, the Future?

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

16 Oct 2020
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Nuclear Battlefield: Quandaries in Deployment Patterns
Are conventional patterns of deployment obsolete in a nuclear environment or is there the need of devising a dual-purpose defensive posture? Asks Maj Gen. VK Madhok (Retd) in this article.

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

13 Oct 2020
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Our Estranged Northeast: Delving into its Complexities & the Way Forward
Today, China is fully in picture about various issues in the North East. That is: demands of secessionist outfits, feelings of the people in the region, India’s response.

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

11 Sep 2020
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India's Para Military Forces Need Radical Restructuring!
"We have created a monster in the shape of the fourth largest Para Military Force in the world which is making a big hole in the taxpayer’s pocket."

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

9 Aug 2020
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Multiple External Threats & Safeguarding National Interests Demand Renewed Indian Foreign Policy
"It is time that we shed the veil of secrecy and compartmentalization surrounding Foreign Policy and involve the talent India has in our deliberations to enable the framing and articulation of a pro-active, positive and futuristic Foreign Policy."

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

20 Jul 2020
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Chinese Military Base in Tibet: A Threat to India’s Sovereignty
"There is a view that India committed a momentous blunder at the time of independence in voluntarily surrendering all those rights on Tibet which had been inherited from the British."

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

23 Jun 2020
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Indo-Nepal Relationship: Threatened by China - An Approach Paper
This approach paper was drafted by Maj Gen Madhok and sent to the PMO six years ago. The subject matter holds in good stead to this date.

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

7 Jun 2020
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Passing it on: Learning From Military Disasters
"There is an inescapable necessity to study past mistakes, to avoid the same in the future. In particular, Higher Commanders should, and must study important military campaigns."

Major General VK Madhok (Retd)

24 May 2020
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