Rakesh Krishnan Simha

  The 1971 War was a military and political disaster for Pakistan as the Islamic Republic lost its more populous and economically dominant eastern half which became the new nation of Bangladesh. The conflict was...

“After the rapid transformations and the excitement of the past few years, the US-India bilateral relationship must now settle down: leaders should focus on strengthening ties by embracing small, concrete opportunities to cooperate rather...

  In 1758, the Maratha Empire defeated the Afghans and captured Lahore, bringing Punjab briefly back under Hindu rule after a gap of nearly 800 years. After the Marathas planted their flag on the walls...

  With the Americans bringing the F-35 stealth fighter and the F-21 (a rebadged F-16) to Aero India, there will be a deluge of articles in the media that India and the US are about...

  "The safety, honour and welfare of the country comes first, always and every time. The honour, welfare and comfort of the men you command comes next and your own ease, comfort and safety come...

  In 1963, T.N. Kaul, India’s ambassador in Moscow, asked Russian Defence Minister Marshal Rodion Malinovsky what sort of defence preparedness India needed. The Indian Navy’s official history ‘Transition to Triumph’ records the Russian minister’s...

  "A mistake in strategy cannot be undone in the same war,” said German General Erich von Ludendorff at the end of World War I. In the Ukraine War, Russia had all the advantages -...

  In 2018, India’s elite Special Forces unit, the National Security Guard, acquired the world’s smallest micro drone, the Black Hornet. Weighing just 33 grams and able to fly 25 minutes on a single charge,...

  For the past 75 years the Indian Air Force has displayed complete disinterest in acquiring a strategic arm, remaining content with operating at the theatre level within the geographical confines of the subcontinent. Despite...

  Sometime in 2024, the Gaganyaan mission will launch a three-member Indian crew into low-earth orbit, making India the fourth nation (after Russia, the US and China) to acquire human spaceflight capability. The Indian Space...

The fastest way to sink an enemy warship is by attacking it from the air. Modern combat aircraft can travel hundreds of kilometres an hour, patrol far from their bases, and use standoff weapons...

  Space has always been part of China’s strategy for future conflict. Since 2003, when it became only the third country to undertake manned spaceflight, the Dragon has aggressively surged ahead in several critical areas,...

China is a bully, and like all bullies, the communist dictatorship only understands the language of force. In 2017, when the Indian and Chinese militaries were engaged in a Mexican standoff in Doklam, China’s...