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Chinese PLA: Glorified ‘Paper Tiger’ With No Battlefield Experience

  China’s strength is highly overrated by friends and foes all over the world. The Chinese armed forces are dens of corruption, nepotism and bureaucratic red-tape. Many Chinese army Generals – including those nearing retirement...

Narratives Could be Misleading

  After spending almost six months in India under the volley of Western narratives about Russia’s failing special military operation in Ukraine and Kiev on the cusp of turning the tide in its NATO-backed counter-offensive...

Wings of Collaboration

"Tarang Shakti”, the largest air exercise of the Indian Air Force (IAF) involving 12 air forces, has been postponed to 2024 to accommodate certain nations. The exercise will feature fighter combat jets, large transport...

Is India Ready to Stop Malice-Driven Dragon?

China is at war with us. This statement may shock some because the general hierarchical understanding of war is confined to conventional war. But the character of war turned hybrid long back, which encompasses...

India or China: Who is Ahead?

The string of diplomatic events, with India as an important member, started with the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) annual summit hosted by India virtually in July earlier. The SCO meeting was held days after...

Beyond the Hype

  The recent speculations about the state of affairs in China are thought-provoking. Stagflation and sluggish economic growth, US sanctions on the sale of high-tech equipment to China, a floundering real estate sector, ‘friend-shoring’ of...

‘The Induction of MRFA is Essential to Maintain the IAF’s Combat Edge’

Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari has been tirelessly working towards transforming the Indian Air Force (IAF) into a modern and capable fighting air force, with a focus on developing both offensive and defensive...

F-35 vs AMCA: India’s Options in the Stealth Era

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...

A First Glance at the Ukrainian Counter-Offensive

A trumpeted and long-awaited counter-offensive: Since the beginning of the Russian onslaught, the landbridge between mainland Russia and Crimea has been a key point. The Mariupol oblast, or region, serves several strategic purposes all to itself,...

IAF and the ‘Era of No War’

On 8th October 2023, the Indian Air Force completes 91 years of glorious service in defending the territorial integrity of India. The IAF, along with the Indian Army and the Indian Navy, make the...

Another Shot at Revamping DRDO

  In less than fifteen years since the last major overhaul of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) based on Dr P Rama Rao Committee’s recommendations, the government has constituted a high-powered committee to...

Securing Space Through SDA

  The escalating population of space objects, including operational satellites and orbital debris, along with the associated collision risks, threatens the safe and sustainable utilisation of outer space. The growing congestion in Earth’s orbits presents...

Countdown to Milipol India’s Debut Begins

Milipol India, the latest addition to the Milipol International Network of events dedicated to internal security will take place in New Delhi from October 26 – 28, 2023. Placed under the patronage of the...
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