Girish Linganna

-The writer is an award-winning science communicator and a Defence, Aerospace & Geopolitical Analyst. He is the Managing Director of ADD Engineering Components India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of ADD Engineering GmbH, Germany. You can reach him at: girishlinganna@gmail.com. The views expressed are personal and do not necessarily carry the views of Raksha Anirveda

The Invisible Fourth Line Revolution: HAL’s Outsourcing Signals the End of In-House Composites?

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For decades, the Aerospace Composites Division (ACD) at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's (HAL) Bangalore Complex has been quietly fabricating the carbon-fibre skins, honeycomb panels and structural assemblies that go into nearly every Indian aircraft —...

Sword Out of the Sheath: India’s 12 Deployed N-Warheads and the Message to Adversaries

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For the first time ever, India has kept some of its nuclear weapons in a "deployed" condition. This important news comes from SIPRI, a well-known research institute based in Sweden that keeps a close...

1,300 F-35s vs Russia’s Su-57 Dozen: The Stealth Revolution India Must Master for AMCA

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Why This Matters for India: As India builds its own fifth-generation fighter, the AMCA, and keeps growing the Tejas programme, the world's top two stealth jets offer big lessons. The American F-35 and the...

AI Meets S-400: India’s Sky Shield Gets Smarter, Deadlier, and Truly Indomitable

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India has received the fourth batch of the famous Russian-made S-400 air defence system. With this new arrival, India's long-range air defence network has become much stronger and more capable of protecting its skies....

Mach 5.5 Fury – DRDO’s Rudram-II Blinds Enemy Radars

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India has done it again. On June 02, the country successfully test-fired its own air-to-surface missile, the Rudram-II, off the Odisha coast over the Bay of Bengal. The missile was launched from a fighter...

The Carbon Fiber Trap: Why the Airbus A350 is a Masterpiece in the Sky but a Nightmare on the Ground

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The Airbus A350XWB is one of the most modern passenger planes flying today. What makes it special is that nearly 53% of its body is built using lightweight carbon-fiber composite materials instead of the...

Big Antenna, Bigger Dreams: The Story of NISAR

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What is NISAR? NISAR is a special satellite that India’s space agency ISRO and America’s NASA have built together to observe and study Earth from space. It stands for NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar. Why is...

Securing the Nation from Earth to Orbit

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Every year, on January 15, India marks Army Day — a solemn occasion to commemorate the day in 1949 when Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) KM Cariappa took command of the Indian Army, becoming...

Aatmanirbhar Indian Navy: Powering a Transformative Journey through Innovation, Indigenisation

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The Indian Navy with its strategic mandate to safeguard over 7,500 kilometres of coastline and a vast Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of over 2 million square kilometres, is a cornerstone of India’s national security...

India at the Cusp of Redefining Global Power Dynamics

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With its rich history, diverse culture and rapidly growing economy, India stands at the cusp of redefining global power dynamics. Its journey from a post-colonial state to an emerging superpower is marked by significant...

Aatmanirbharta in Defence: Why We Need Indigenous Quality Standards Now

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India’s journey toward self-reliance in defence technology and manufacturing, or ‘aatmanirbharta’, is making significant strides. The most recent testament of this is the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, developed jointly by India and Russia, manufactured...

Confronting the China Challenge

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There is no denying the significant asymmetry between India and China in terms of their military capabilities and resources. China, with its larger economy and substantial defence budget, appears to have a clear edge...

SAR Technology: Beyond the Visible Spectrum

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Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) enables satellites to send radar signals to the ground and analyse the echoes that come back. This technology can see through clouds, making it a powerful tool for observing the...
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