Book excerpt: IN THIS VOLUME: Propping up Proxies: India’s Inimical Neighbourhood – Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) ---------------------------------------------------- INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT Indian Air Force: 2025 – Air Marshal Anil Chopra ---------------------------------------------------- PLAAF: Rising Challenge for the IAF – Gp Capt B Menon Pakistan Air Force Today: Implications for India – Gp Capt B Menon LCA Tejas: The never ending wait! – Air Marshal Anil Chopra The IAF and its need for close Air Support – Sqn Ldr Vijainder K Thakur Need for an Indian Marine Force – Col JK Achuthan Taiwan – Why Shy Full Relations? – Lt Gen Prakash Katoch India - Taiwan Relations: A Comprehensive Security Perspective – Tien-Sze Fang BRICS: A Strategic Self Appraisal – S Rajasimman India’s Military Might: The Real Truth – Lt Gen Amarjeet S Chabbewal Flexible Reach: Balancing the IAF’s Air Transport Fleet – Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Future of Rotary Wing Craft – Gp Capt AK Sachdev Aerospace and Defence News – Priya Tyagi No place to Hide: Latest Developments in Air Defence Missiles – Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Will advances in UAVs Edge out Manned Aircraft? – Gp Capt AK Sachdev What Ails India’s Defence Industrial Complex? – Lt Gen Prakash Katoch MSMES in Defence Production: A Neglected Sector – Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja Russian Domination of the Syrian Battleground – Danvir Singh Petro-Jihadism: The Conspiracy within the Imperishable War in the Arab World – Maj Lal Ananth Splintering Naxalism in India: Maoism or Money? – V Balasubramaniyan