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DRDO Arms Indian Navy With Three New Products
With many such naval platforms, all significant for successful and effective operations of the Indian Navy, being supplied, DRDO has played a significant role and performed its duties towards India's maritime security, reports GEOPOLITICS Bureau.
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May 2017
Geopolitics
Indian Leadership Must for Indian Ocean Region
With the Chinese eying the Indian Ocean Region for strategic imperatives and investing significantly to ensure their presence, India should take the initiative to guard itself against these Chinese advancements, writes DR. (CDR) ARNAB DAS.
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May 2017
Geopolitics
India, Russia Move Forward to Iron Out Defence Supplies
The two deals were inked by Indian state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited with Russian companies United Aircraft Corporation and United Engine Corporation, for general terms and conditions governing long term supply of spares and rendering technical assistance over five years for the 272-jet Su-30 MKI fleet. The deals were worth $315 million, finds out GEOPOLIICS Bureau.
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May 2017
Geopolitics
Jammu & Kashmir Is It Time To Show The Iron Fist?
From the point of view of most Indians, the situation in Kashmir has steadily deteriorated over the past few months.
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July 2017
Geopolitics
Analysing The Kashmir Situation: Is Hard Power The Better Option?
A surge in violence - stone pelting, attack on security personnel - and an expansion in the scope of violence - bank robberies, attack on native Kashmiris - suggests that public discontent over Indian rule in Kashmir is rising. LT. GEN. SYED ATA HASNAIN (RETD.) analyses the situation for Geopolitics
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July 2017
Geopolitics
Russia's Foreign Policy Challenges 2017
The US led sanctions and subdued energy prices have forced Russia into China's embrace, allowing China to treat Russia, a global power of no mean stature, as a mere pawn in its strategic gameplay with the US. The Chinese embrace has also isolated Russia from India and stymied its efforts to normalise relations with Japan, writes DR SUBHASH KAPILA
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July 2017
Geopolitics
Imran, “Naya” Pakistan And India
How stable will Imran Khan’s new government in Pakistan be? Will India-Pakistan relations improve under his regime?
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Sep-2018
Geopolitics
Untying The Kabul Knot
Seventeen long years have gone by since the war against the Taliban ended. But peace has not returned. The Taliban regrouped, thanks to the unceasing support of Pakistan, and returned with vengeance in less than a year and have since managed to wreak havoc all over the country. Since 2014, the Islamic State has joined in to find a niche for itself as it faces stiff resistance and rout in West Asia. Since 2001, the total number of Afghans killed in war is a staggering 111,000. APRATIM MUKARJI explains what is wrong with Afghanistan
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Sep-2018
Geopolitics
Our Solutions Could Be Very Appealing To The Indian Market
Photonis Night Vision the World leaders in night vision technology, Photonis has close links with BELOP in Pune. MARTIN SNIJDERS, Photonis’ Marketing Communication Manager, talks about the new developments in image intensifier technology and the company’s plans for India.
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Sep-2018
Geopolitics
The Punch That Matters
September 28 is a significant day for the Regiment of Artillery: it was on this day in 1827 that the first Indian artillery unit, 5 (Bombay) Mountain Battery, equipped with 2.5-inch RML gun – was raised. Today, India has made commendable progress in every aspect of indigenous development, manufacture and testing of various ingredients needed for total self-reliance in the field of Artillery – not just guns and howitzers but rockets and rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, weapon locating radars for fire correction as well as detecting locations of enemy’s firing positions, command and control systems enabling network-centric capabilities, secure communication and so on.
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Sep-2018
Geopolitics
India's Submarine Surge In Indian Ocean
Given the increase in sub-surface activity by the PLA Navy and its nexus with its Pakistani counterpart, India is fast tracking the expansion of its undersea fleet.
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Sep-2018
Geopolitics
Ready To Fire
The Indian Army finally has induction of new artillery pieces in its sight.
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Sep-2018
Geopolitics
'F-16 Partnership With India Stands Firm'
Making F-16 wings in India is a natural next step that builds on the successful partnership between Tata and Lockheed Martin for the C-130J airlifter and S-92 helicopter, says PHIL SHAW, Chief Executive, Lockheed Martin India in conversation with Geopolitics.
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October 2018
Geopolitics
Modernising To Meet Doctrinal Objectives
The Indian Air Force celebrating its 86th Anniversary in October 2018. It has grown in capability by leaps and bounds in the past decades and while it is somewhat smaller than its peak strength in the late 1980s, it is a much more capable force with the capacity to project Indian power beyond the nations borders. However, like the other armed services, it is in the throes of trying to match its modernisation efforts with resource constraints while simultaneously trying to achieve its doctrinal objectives, writes SANJAY BADRI-MAHARAJ
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October 2018
Geopolitics
'Hal Is Involved In Major Development Programmes'
HAL is engaged in the design, development, manufacture, repair, overhaul, and upgrade and servicing of a wide range of aircraft, helicopters, aero-engines, avionics, accessories and aerospace structures, says R MADHAVAN, Chairman and Managing Director, HAL in this conversation with Geopolitics.
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October 2018
Geopolitics
'Be Rest Assured That IAF Is Prepared To Respond To Future Challenges And Safeguard Indian Skies'
Commissioned in the IAF in June 1978 as a fighter pilot, Air Chief Marshal BIRENDER SINGH DHANOA took over as the Chief of the Air Staff on January 1, 2017. As Commanding Officer of a frontline ground attack fighter squadron, he had led the IAF punch during the Limited War against Pakistan to evict the enemy from their dug in defences in the icy heights of Kargil region. During the conflict, under his leadership and supervision, the squadron devised unique and innovative methods of bombing in the night at altitudes never before attempted in the history of air warfare. While acknowledging that the IAF faces many challenges and that its procurement schemes were being prioritised within the budgetary resources to ensure that urgent and critical capabilities were acquired first, he assured PRAKASH NANDA that it was potent enough to deliver a befitting response to any contingency. Excerpts from the interview:
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October 2018
Geopolitics
The Importance Of A Space Force
Looking at the role played by the US Air Force in space-related activities in the past decades, HARINI MADHUSUDAN finds out its relevance for the Indian Air Force in the Indian Space domain
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October 2018
Geopolitics
'Qinetiq Could Test And Evaluate Integrated Test Ranges In India'
SOPHIE LANE, Head of Strategic Engagement (International), Business Development at QinetiQ, tells Geopolitics that there could be an opportunity to work with India in the Science & Technology arena
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October 2018
Geopolitics
India To Buy Satellite-Guided ‘M982 Excalibur' Shells
At A Time When The Indian Army Is Struggling To Replace Its Soviet-era Vintage Inventory With New Age Weapons, The Induction Of Ground-launched Precision-guided Artillery Bombs Will Be A Huge Force-multiplier In The Tactical Level Battlefield, Reports Amartya Sinha
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August 2019
Geopolitics
The Challenge Of Making Small Arms And Munitions In India
In Order To Meet The Growing Demands Of The Military And Paramilitary Forces And To Plug Chronic Shortages That Have Impacted War Fighting Capabilities, India Is Now Pushing The Indigenous Manufacture Of Small Arms And Ammunition In A Big Way, Writes Rakesh Krishnan Simha
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August 2019
Geopolitics
Finding A Niche
India’s procurement of an estimated five squadrons of s-400 Triumf Sam Systems from Russia has evoked the ire of the united states which has threatened sanctions over the deal. Whether or not this comes to pass, the threat has soured the heretofore positive defence relationship between India and the United States. But then, S-400 is crucial for filling in India’s existing Sam inventory. This is not a mere weapons acquisition, but part of a much broader upgrade of the entire iIndian ground-based Air Defence Network, argues Sanjay Badri Maharaj
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August 2019
Geopolitics
Hypersonics And India's Journey
When India manages to successfully develop the hypersonics technology that could be applied atop the solid propelled Agni category missile systems, it would provide a greater deterrence vis-à-vis China as well as Pakistan, writes Debalina Ghosal
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August 2019
Geopolitics
Dogfight Over The Ocean
Noticing serious serviceability issues with the Russian MiG-29Ks, the original choice, along with the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), as the multi-role combat aircraft for the current Indian aircraft carrier Vikramaditya and the first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant, the Indian Navy has released a detailed Request for Information for procurement of 57 Multi-Role Carrier Borne Fighters (MRCBF). Boeing and Dassault Aviation are in the fray with the F/A-18 Super Hornet Block II and Rafale, respectively. Geopolitics Bureau examines the issue.
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February 2018
Geopolitics
An Effective Sea-Based Deterrent For India
In order to complete its nuclear triad, the Arihant-class and its successor submarines have to deploy missiles of ranges exceeding 7000km to enable them to strike targets within China – should the need arise – from well within Indian waters and from either coast of the Indian mainland.
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February 2018
Geopolitics
Unfolding The Rafale Riddle
For the Modi government, or for that matter any government in its place, procuring the Rafale was not a matter of choice; it was a compulsion.
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February 2018
Geopolitics
Eye Of The Seeker
Geopolitics looks at how Missile Seeker Technology has leapfrogged in recent years.
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February 2018
Geopolitics
Improving Anti-Tank Missiles
Anti-tank guided missiles have been in widespread use since the 1960s and have undergone multiple modifications to improve their range and hit probability. However, the most recent developments in guidance systems have the possibility of vastly improving the hit probability of the missile with consequent implication for the survivability of armour on the battlefield, writes SANJAY BADRI-MAHARAJ
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June 2018
Geopolitics
Aerospace And Defence Electronics: India's Next Big Opportunity
The aerospace and defence electronics sector is all set to achieve critical mass and grab a larger slice of India’s growing defence budget. However, fast track clearances, increased R&D expenditure, stronger public-private partnerships and higher user acceptance rates must also happen for the industry to reach its real potential, argues RAKESH KRISHNAN SIMHA
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June 2018
Geopolitics
Rafale Man Serge Dassault Passes Away
The name behind the maker of the Rafale Fighter Jet, Serge Dassault passed away on May 28, 2018 at the age of 93. Dassault’s name was especially known for the development of France's Mirage jet fighters, as well as for equipping the French Air Force and other militaries through global sales. He was the Chairman and CEO of the Dassault Group when he died, and the President of Dassault Aviation, which he once led
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June 2018
Geopolitics
Defence Budget 2017-18 More Of The Same
An incisive analysis of the defence budget for 2017-18, in which AMIT COWSHISH infers that after providing for the committed liabilities, there may not be enough money left to sign contracts for everything that is on the shopping list of the services.
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