Mission Sudarshan Chakra: India’s Integrated Aerospace Command and Control System

About the Book

Drawing inspiration from the Sudarshan Chakra of the Mahabharata, this book examines India’s quest for an invincible aero-space defence “kavach” in an era of multi-domain warfare. As threats from conventional and hypersonic missiles, drones and stand-off weapons intensify, the book analyses India’s futuristic project-Mission Sudarshan Chakra-an ambitious, indigenous initiative to build a multi-layered Integrated Air and Missile Defence shield. The volume blends scholarly insight with practical experience to deepen public understanding of India’s evolving national security architecture.

About the Editors

Amb. Sujan Chinoy is the Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. Click Here for More Details

Gp Capt Sukhbir Kaur Minhas is a Research Fellow at Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. Click Here for More Details

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Contents

SECTION I
GLOBAL SCAN AND INDIA’S CURRENT SYSTEM

1. A Global Scan of Integrated Air and Missile Defence Systems
   Rahul Wankhede
2. Control and Reporting: The Indian Way
   Gp Capt Sukhbir Kaur Minhas

SECTION II
CONCEIVABLE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

3. Sudarshan Chakra for India
   Lt Gen Balraj Singh Nagal (Retd)
4. Mission Sudarshan Chakra
   Air Mshl RGK Kapoor (Retd)
5. New Age Concept: Sudarshan Chakra (Network of Networks)
   Air Mshl VPS Rana (Retd)
6. Sudarshan Chakra: A Warfighting System of Systems
   Wg Cdr M V N Sai (Retd)

SECTION III
SPACE BASED SYSTEMS

7. Space, War and Security: A Strategy for India
   Prof S Chandrashekar
8. Propulsion as Strategic Leverage: Building Dynamic Spacepower in India’s Sudarshan Chakra Architecture
   Sai Susmitha Guddanti

SECTION IV
TECHNOLOGY

9. Integrated Area Defence System – A System of Systems:
   A Brief Overview and Possible Technology Road Map
   Dr Y Sreenivas Rao
10. The Challenge of the Cyber Domain: Enhancing Capabilities, Containing Vulnerabilities
    Cherian Samuel and Rohit Kumar Sharma

Conclusion

Index