Politics
Geopolitics
Navy get Indigenous Anti-Aircraft Gun Barrels
Following Operation Sindoor, the Indian Navy is enhancing its combat readiness with indigenously produced anti-aircraft gun barrels for the Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM).
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July 2025
Geopolitics
GE F404 Engines update
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh urged his counterpart US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to expedite delivery of GE F404 engines for the Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), delayed by over two years.
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July 2025
Geopolitics
Safran and Rolls-Royce are ready to collaborate
The JSC \"National Aviation Service Coln a high-stakes race to power India's Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA), France's Safran and the UK's Rolls-Royce have enhanced their proposals, offering Variable Cycle Engine (VCE) technology for a 110-130 kN thrust engine, co-developed with India's Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE).
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July 2025
Geopolitics
THINKING OVER THE CENTURIES
If one wants to know Indian culture and thought through the ages, then Echoes of Eternity—a Journey Through Indian Thought from the Rigveda to the Present—should do the job. But many will question the choice of thinkers in this anthology, maybe that’s the idea, to get you to think on who should be in and who should be out in such a volume!
4 min |
July 2025
Geopolitics
MARCH OF TECHNOLOGY
India is moving ahead with its indigenously developed fighter aircraft, but aerospace technologies are racing ahead, and programme delays could blunt the technological edge of the air force, says ATUL CHANDRA
10+ min |
July 2025
Geopolitics
CHINA'S NUCLEAR RACE
If anything, the latest yearbook of the Swedish thinktank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) has confirmed the apprehensions of the strategic elites that China possesses more warheads than the UK and France combined and that it is expanding its arsenal faster than any other nation.
4 min |
July 2025
Geopolitics
FICV Development Trials soon
The (FICV), designed to replace India's ageing Russian-made BMP-2 vehicles, is nearing development trials in September or October.
1 min |
July 2025
Geopolitics
Oversight of Chinese Components in Military Equipment tightened
India's Ministry of Defence is intensifying scrutiny of Chineseorigin copy ofte in ensinary equipment, launching a comprehensive audit of indigenous content in defence platforms.
1 min |
July 2025
Geopolitics
IG Drones Secures Patent for Defence Drone Simulator
IGDrones has secured India's first patent for an indigenous defence drone simulator, Ladvancing Aatmanirbhar Bharat.
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July 2025
Geopolitics
ROLE OF INDIAN NAVY IN A POTENTIAL INDO-PAK CONFLICT
VENUGOPAL MENON outlines India's challenges in the maritime domain and the role of the Indian Navy in a future conflict
9 min |
July 2025
Geopolitics
Indian Navy Set to Test K-6 Hypersonic Ballistic Missile
India's undersea nuclear deterrence is advancing Lwith the K-6 submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), developed by DRDO's Advanced Naval Systems Laboratory.
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July 2025
Geopolitics
'MORRIS' EMBODIED THE SOLDIERING ETHIC...
Exceptional officers not only have steel in them, but they are humane even when uncompromising and professional in their official conduct. This is the story of one such officer.
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July 2025
Geopolitics
Oversight of Chinese Components in Military Equipment tightened
India India's Ministry of Defence is intensifying scrutiny of ChineseLorigin components in military equipment, launching a comprehensive audit of indigenous content in defence platforms.
1 min |
July 2025
Geopolitics
ACHIEVING AIR SUPERIORITY
In the Post Operation Sindoor phase, India has to move quickly to maintain its military advantages and prepare for likely future challenges, argues AMIT GUPTA
10 min |
July 2025
Geopolitics
IN SEARCH OF AN IDEAL DEFENCE PROCUREMENT PROCEDURE
Articulation of a distinct procurement policy that is clear and workable is the need of the hour, argues AMIT COWSHISH
8 min |
July 2025
Geopolitics
WAR ON THE MIND
In the wake of Op Sindoor, RAJ MEHTA explores the enemy's mind; our minds; the minds of nation-states who are pro-India, against India; fence sitting nation states and non-state actors
10+ min |
June 2025
Geopolitics
FORCE PROJECTION
Long-range precision weapons proved a game changer during 'Operation Sindoor'
7 min |
June 2025
Geopolitics
LIMITS OF CHINA-PAKISTAN ALLIANCE
The role of China in the latest round of skirmishes between India and Pakistan has once again revived the debate in the strategic circles whether Beijing will be an active participant in future Indo-Pak conflicts.
4 min |
June 2025
Geopolitics
ANOTHER LOOK AT THE D-COMPANY
From Dubai To Karachi: The Dawood Saga Continues
6 min |
June 2025
Geopolitics
RAFALE CONTROVERSY U.S. LOST 63 MILITARY AIRCRAFT IN 1991 BUT WON THE GULF WAR
U.S. LOST 63 MILITARY AIRCRAFT IN 1991 BUT WON THE GULF WAR
4 min |
June 2025
Geopolitics
AIR DEFENCES
In the recent showdown with Pakistan, Indian air defences have proved surprisingly effective against attacks from the western neighbour. AMIT GUPTA examines how air defences have evolved, the performance of India's air defences, and what the country will need in the future to maintain an effective air defence
10+ min |
June 2025
Geopolitics
WHY THE INDIA-RUSSIA RELATIONSHIP IS VITAL
There is now a shift in the international system, creating new challenges as well as opportunities for India. AMIT GUPTA examines the areas in which India and Russia can cooperateThere is now a shift in the international system, creating new challenges as well as opportunities for India. AMIT GUPTA examines the areas in which India and Russia can cooperate
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June 2025
Geopolitics
AN ODE TO 'ANOTHER' MOTHERLAND
FArwell Karachi is a memoir that tugs your heart It is the story of a life lost and rebuilt.
2 min |
June 2025
Geopolitics
A CLASS ACT
The Undying Light : A Personal History of Independent India
5 min |
June 2025
Geopolitics
BOOSTING INDIA'S NUCLEAR DETERRENCE
Unlike the 2019 Balakot airstrikes, this time the Pakistanis had nothing to hide, including their widespread global embarrassment.
7 min |
June 2025
Geopolitics
HOW INDIAN MISSILES DEVASTATED PAKISTAN
Unlike the 2019 Balakot airstrikes, this time the Pakistanis had nothing to hide, including their widespread global embarrassment.
10 min |
June 2025
Geopolitics
POST OP-SINDOOR CHALLENGE OF COUNTERBALANCING JOINT EFFORTS OF PAKISTAN AND CHINA
India needs to be fully alert and prepared for a 'Two Front War' to proactively counter and contain the aggressive counterbalancing strategies jointly played by both Beijing and Islamabad
10+ min |
June 2025
Geopolitics
OPERATION SINDOOR'S BOLD ECHO
India's journey towards being self-reliant and a major power in the region is changing. India's decisive strides towards defence superpower status is a story of strength, new ideas, and a strong national spirit
8 min |
June 2025
Geopolitics
RUSSIA'S WAR ECONOMY
So far, Moscow has defied the odds following Western sanctions because of its war with Ukraine. But can it prolong this defiance?
6 min |
May 2025
Geopolitics
SAVING TEJAS
AMIT GUPTA provides alternatives for the Light Combat Aircraft
10 min |