Cmde Ranjit B Rai, Author at raksha-anirveda.com

The Russo-Ukrainian War: Challenges and Opportunities Ahead

Cmde Ranjit B Rai - May 18, 2022

At the time of writing, the Russo-Ukrainian war was in the form of an onslaught by the Russian forces to tame Ukraine to succumb to Russia’s demands and not join NATO. It was the...

Indian Navy is on The Cusp of Transformation

Cmde Ranjit B Rai - March 23, 2022

On November 30, Admiral R. Hari Kumar, a Gunnery Missile specialist and an alumina of RCDS 2009, took over as the 25th Chief of Naval Staff from Admiral Karambir Singh. The Navy has 135...

71 War Golden Jubilee—Navy Week

Cmde Ranjit B Rai - December 4, 2021

Navy Week 2021 kicked off from November 30 as the 24th Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh, a specialist Helicopter Observer, also known as the Grey Eagle, (the senior most aviator in the...

Strategic Choices Open to India Now

Cmde Ranjit B Rai - October 23, 2021

The need for security cooperation between Washington, New Delhi, Tokyo and Canberra was first mooted by former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe in 2007 after India had signed the civil nuclear deal and the 123-Agreement...

From WW-II to Covid: Indian Navy’s Enhancing Role

Cmde Ranjit B Rai - July 19, 2021

The Indian Navy has a fine lineage. Established by the British in 1939 as the Royal Indian Navy (RIN), it rapidly expanded to take part in glorious feats in the Second World War in...

India Has Joined Quad But Must Augment Its Navy On Priority

Cmde Ranjit B Rai - April 15, 2021

In March 2015, Prime Minister Narendra Modi enunciated India’s maritime policy as, “We seek a future for the Indian Ocean that lives up to the name of ‘SAGAR’ — Security and Growth for All...

Fund Shortage: Indian Navy Faces Hobson’s choice between Third Aircraft Carrier and SSNs

Cmde Ranjit B Rai - February 10, 2021

Following the incursion by China’s PLA into Ladakh in early 2020, India’s economic resources will be stretched to revive country’s economy after the deleterious effects of the Covid pandemic. India’s budget on February 1...

Third Aircraft Carrier: Defence Budget Maritime Imperative Demands Prioritised Revival

Cmde Ranjit B Rai - July 19, 2020

Viceroy of India Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, former Supreme Commander of South East Asia Command (SEAC, 1943-46) and Governor General of India (1947-48), always lauded the Indian Armed Forces for its pivotal contribution in...

Indian Navy’s SSN Strategic Programme Moves Ahead in Tandem with Time?

Cmde Ranjit B Rai - April 18, 2020

The historical progression of submarines in the world has traversed from conventionally propelled diesel electric boats, which run underwater on batteries and need to surface (for air) for charging batteries, to the era of...

INS Nilgiri to Nilgiri: The Saga of Modern Day Warships Building and Technology

Cmde Ranjit B Rai - December 4, 2019

This is the story of a path setting ship of Indian Navy and all round operational performance of the 3,000 tonne modern Leander Frigate INS Nilgiri (F33). Indian Navy selected the proven Leander design...

P-8I: A Boost to Maritime Domain Awareness

Cmde Ranjit B Rai - December 3, 2018

Indian Navy celebrates Navy Day on December 4 every year. It commemorates that night in 1971 when three Osa class missile boats nick named Killers struck Karachi in Op Trident in the opening bell...

Indian Naval Aviation to Play Critical Role in Ensuring Maritime Security, Economic Success

Cmde Ranjit B Rai - October 16, 2018

BEFORE INDEPENDENCE in 1947, India’s Navy was preferentially treated by the Royal Navy as its daughter Navy called the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) till 1950 when it became the Indian Navy with a Directorate...

EUROSATORY-2018: With emphasis on Modern Technologies

Cmde Ranjit B Rai - July 30, 2018

Paris. The world’s total military expenditure has been rising steadily with no peace dividend in sight, and rose to $1.739 trillion in 2017, according to figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). This...