Weather and Warfare

Ajey Lele

Group Captain Ajey Lele (Retd.) was a Senior Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and headed its Centre on Strategic Technologies. He started his professional… Continue reading Weather and Warfare read more

Publishers: IDSA and Lancer Publishers & Distributors
ISBN: 81-7062-145-3
Rs. 595

About the Book

Modern-day combat which functions under severe constraints like the need for achieving minimum collateral damage,observation of truce and immunities,the acceptability of particular weapon systems and prevents the states from using the full array of tools available to it to win a modern war,Under the backdrop of changed nature of threats,and weapon technology,it is imperative to have a look at weather,climate and terrain at strategic,tactical and operational levels of warfare. This book takes a macro view on the singnificance of weather,and emphasises that existing conventional military thinking and technology for weather assessment is inadequate to address the future military and non-military threats to a state’s security.