Maj Gen Rajan Kochhar

-The author retired as Major General, Army Ordnance Corps, Central Command, after 37 years of service. A management doctorate and expert on defence modernisation, he is the author of four books, including the Amazon bestseller “Breaking the Chinese Myth,” and a frequent media commentator. He is affiliated with several leading defence and strategic studies institutions in New Delhi. The views expressed are of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of Raksha Anirveda

Funding Deterrence: Does the Defence Budget 2026 Truly Equip India for the Next War?

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ABudget Shaped by Strategic Reality: When the Union Budget for 2026–27 was presented in Parliament, it carried strategic significance far beyond routine fiscal arithmetic. This was the first full defence budget after Operation Sindoor,...

Defence Budget 2026–27: Critical Opportunity to Correct Course

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Defence Budgeting and the Changing Security Environment: India’s defence budget today must be read against the backdrop of a fundamentally altered strategic landscape. Persistent friction along the Line of Actual Control with China, an...

The Myth of Caste-Based Recruitment in the Indian Army

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Some recent biased analyses alleging the persistence of caste in the Indian Army presents a deeply flawed understanding of military organisation, conflating historical legacy with contemporary policy and misrepresenting class-based formations as caste discrimination. These...

Strategic Convergence and Defence Exports: The Pakistan–Saudi Arabia–Turkey Defence Alignment and the Geopolitics of JF-17 Sales

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Defence pacts rarely emerge in a strategic vacuum. They are products of threat perception, alliance uncertainty, and evolving power hierarchies. The Pakistan-Saudi Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement (SMDA), signed in 2025, and subsequent reports of...

Galwan 2020: Lessons for India’s Himalayan Deterrence

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The Galwan Valley clash of June 15, 2020, represents the most serious military confrontation between India and China since the 1967 incidents at Nathu La and Cho La. The deaths of 20 Indian soldiers and an...

India’s Space Journey: From Strategic Aspiration to Heavy-Lift

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The successful launch of LVM3-M6 carrying the Blue Bird Block-2 satellite must be interpreted through the lens of space power doctrine, rather than as a standalone technological milestone. As strategic theorist Everett C Dolman...

Understanding Bangladesh From An Indian Perspective: A Strategic Prognosis

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Bangladesh occupies a unique and often underappreciated place in India’s strategic imagination. With a 4,096-kilometre-long border — the longest India shares with any country — Bangladesh is not just a neighbour but a determinant...

Vijay Diwas: Victory That Reshaped South Asia

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Strategic Context: Why 1971 Was Different: The 1971 conflict did not emerge suddenly. It was the culmination of political repression in East Pakistan following the December 1970 elections, where Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s Awami League...

What Makes the Russian S-500 More Effective than the S-400?: A Comprehensive Analysis

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Over the past two decades, Russia has steadily built one of the world’s most layered, integrated, and technologically diverse air-defence systems. The S-300 series laid the foundation; the S-400 Triumf expanded range and multi-target...

Battle of Rezang La: Lessons in Leadership

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The Battle of Rezang La, fought on November 18, 1962 in the Chushul sector of Ladakh, remains one of the most studied small-unit actions in India’s military history. C Company, 13 Kumaon—approximately 120 soldiers...

Pakistan’s 27th Amendment: Constitutional Embedding of Asim Munir’s Power

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The tabling of Pakistan’s 27th Constitutional Amendment bill marks one of the most consequential shifts in the country’s civil-military balance since the late 1990s. While Pakistan has experienced coups, hybrid rule, and military-backed political engineering...

India–Israel Relations: Deepening Strategic Convergence

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India and Israel today share a deep, multi-dimensional strategic partnership encompassing defence, intelligence, trade, agriculture, innovation, and diplomacy. Yet, this partnership has not emerged overnight. It has evolved slowly, deliberately, and often quietly, influenced...

Indo–US Relations: Coping with Strategic Strains

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Over the past year, the strategic embrace between the United States and India has become unmistakably more complex. Cooperation in defence, technology, and energy has been advancing, but so too have tensions — particularly...
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