You might say that there are no generations of war, war is just a war, that there are two or more countries that fought with each other used their weaponry against enemy and bla bla. But yes, there are generations of warfare. In 1989 US military has created the term Generation Warfare. There are actually four generations of warfare.

FIRST GENERATION WARFARE:
This generation includes the use of conventional weapons like Rifles. “First generation warfare” refers to battles fought with massed manpower, using line and column tactics with uniformed soldiers governed by the state. Read more…

On Sunday night, the tribesmen claimed that they have shot down one US Drone Plane in North Waziristan, which was flying with very low altitude on Tribal Areas.
From the start of the New Year US has increased the drone strikes on North Waziristan and eight to ten strikes have already been done so far. On Sunday night the tribesmen shot it down just when it entered the tribal territory.
One should not ignore the other angle of this incident that maybe Pak Army helped those tribes in shooting down the Drone and this could be a warning from Pakistan’s Armed Forces to put an immediate halt to US airspace violations and missile attacks in Pakistan.

While the US Defense Secretary Robert Gates was meeting with our Government Top Officials and persuading them to launch Military operation in North Waziristan , Major General Athar Abbas of ISPR makes the statement that Pakistan Military will not launch any kind of new operation anywhere in Pakistan for at least one year.

Pakistan Military is currently fighting against Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Swat Valley and South Waziristan. Military has done an outstanding job in those areas and almost all the important peaks and areas are now under control of Pak Army. The infrastructure in those areas is totally destroyed and needs rehabilitation. The building of roads, hospitals, schools etc will take several months to years. Read more…

Indian army cheif is going to be a first Army cheif in the World who is retiring on the basis of Medical Reason.
Currently General Deepak Kapoor is suffering from hearing impairment after the exposure to the booming sound of heavy artilery during the anti-terror operation exercise in US back in July 2009.
The Doctors certificate, issued on November 23rd last year, says that during the army chiefs visit to the US in July 2009, he was closely exposed to loud noise in the form of small weapons firing and gun firing during a counter-terrorism demo by US soldiers.
Since then he has developed acute deafness in the left ear. He was unable to discriminate between spoken words. Lieutenant General Vijay Kumar Singh will be the new Army Cheif of India and he is going to take his oath on 31st March 2010.

A group of Muslims clerics in Yemen warned US that they will call the Jehad if the US send troops to fight Al-Qaeda in Yemen. Sheikh Abdul Majid al-Zindani, the highly influential cleric in Yemen, on jan 14 delivered a fatwa against any foreign military intervention in Yemen.
“If any foreign country insists on aggression and the invasion of the country or interference, in a military or security way, Muslim sons are duty bound to carry out jihad and fight the aggressors,” the cleric said in a statement.

Al-Zindani is a well known religious and political figure. He is the founder of religious institute Jamiyat Al-Iman. Al-Zindani has a history of inspiring Jehadist, he also transported thousands of Yemeni and Saudi fighters to Afghanistan to combat the Soviets in 1980.
This whole thing was started after the failed attempt to bomb US airline on Christmas Day. US investigators say the Nigerian suspect in the failed attack told them he received training and instructions from al-Qaida in Yemen.

Article by A Chahudary

Have you ever heard of buying tyres before actually going into buying a car? No? Then I am sure you must have heard of constructing the upper story of a house before even laying the foundations? Not this one even? Right then what about putting a cart before the horse? No one believes that any of the above mentioned things could happen. If that’s so then how come the efforts to ensure peace between India and Pakistan be made without solving the core issue Kashmir? Read more…