CONTENTS: Introduction, Preface, Acknowledgements, Table and Figures, Abbreviations /Acronyms, 1. Overview: The Art and Science of Fighter Controlling, 2. Historical Perspective: Emergence and Prominence of Air Defence, 3. Training and Employment of Fighter Controllers /Air Battle Managers /Air Weapon Controllers Across the Globe, 4. Indian Wars: Fighter Controllers’ Perspective, 5. Architecture of Ground-Based Air Defence Systems: Indigenisation and Evolution of Air Defence Concepts, 6. Peace-Time Incidents: Pockets of Severe Turbulence, 7. Roving Eye: ‘Ever Watchful’, 8. Crystal Gazing: Challenges of the Future, Index.