Rakesh Krishnan Simha

For the past two decades, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has grappled with a pressing and distressing issue - its inability to maintain the combat aircraft fleet at the authorised level of 42 squadrons....

On November 25, 2023, Russia launched its largest drone attack since the start of the Ukraine War, damaging several facilities, including critical infrastructure and civilian and commercial buildings throughout the country. Massed drone attacks,...

  The Tejas light combat aircraft is arguably the most impressive achievement of India's aerospace industry, today. The Mark 1 version is already a capable fighter and after years of being based at Tamil Nadu’s...

  From 1991 to 2020, the Indian Navy underwent a remarkable transformation, evolving from a force focused on protecting India's immediate periphery to one capable of projecting power in the Indo-Pacific. The driving force behind...

  The tools, methods and perceptions of war may have changed, but war itself has not changed. As UK-based strategist and author Colin Gray says, “Some confused theorists would have us believe that war can...

In February 2023 the US brought its most advanced jet, the F-35, to India for the first time alongside the F-16 and FA-18 fighters and the B-1B bomber. This year’s US delegation at Aero...

  In 1940 legendary Indian industrialist Walchand Hirachand struck a deal with an American businessman to produce combat aircraft in India. One of the investors in the project was the Maharaja of Mysore who agreed to...

  The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will soon be equipped with the world’s fastest cruise missile. The first battery of the made in India BRAHMOS supersonic missile for the Philippines Marines Corps’ Coastal...

In June 2023, as 11.6 million young people in China graduated from university, the traditional pictures of joyful students throwing their hats and gowns into the air were replaced by photos of them throwing...

  India’s intensified competition with communist China, heightened instability in Pakistan, New Delhi's growing military ties with the West, the linkup between home-grown radicals and the Islamic State, and the festering Maoist insurgency have transformed...

  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...