Opinion

Why IAF Pilots Die in Peacetime?

the Indian Air Force (IAF) has lost hundreds of its finest pilots and airmen —over the past 50 years, not in battle, but in peacetime. The reason - aging fighter jets and transport crashes. ...

Kargil Conflict to Operation Sindoor: Transformation of Military Doctrine

India’s military doctrines have largely developed conventional capabilities with a focus on air-land battle scenarios. India’s military engagements and skirmishes with Pakistan have historically shaped its strategic doctrine, foreign policy, and defence modernisation. Two...

Sky Wars: India’s Role in Shaping the Global Drone vs Anti-Drone Arms Race

The world is witnessing a dramatic transformation in the skies. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), also known as drones, have evolved from niche military tools into powerful, multi-purpose machines that are reshaping industries, redefining warfare,...

Big Antenna, Bigger Dreams: The Story of NISAR

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...

Paradigm Shift in India’s Tibet Policy

Ever since Xi Jinping’s rise in 2012, China has been acting offensively and aggressively against India. In the past, India had always responded in a muted manner to aggressive Chinese acts. Accordingly, for far...

South Asia Needs a ‘Water NATO’

South Asia, home to more than 1.9 billion people, is a land of stark contrasts — lush monsoons and chronically scarce drinking water, abundant rivers and empty wells, and the deep-rooted environmental agendas of...

LCA Tejas: Far Away From Being IAF’s Mainstay

Despite being plagued by persistent delays in delivery, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is set to receive at least six Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) by March 2026, according to Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)...

Indigenous Astra BVR Missile Seeker Powers a New Era in Air Combat

The successful testing of the Astra Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) in India has marked an important turning point in the country's defence capabilities. The missile is now outfitted with an indigenous radio...

Safer, Smarter Skies

A profound transformation is underway in how we manage complex systems, fundamentally redefining the relationship between the physical and digital worlds. At the core of this shift is the concept of the Digital Twin: not...

Modi’s Global March: How India’s Foreign Policy is Rewriting the World Order

Since 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has redefined India’s foreign policy with clarity, courage, and conviction. Gone are the days when India was a silent observer in global affairs. Today, under Modi’s leadership, India...

Torn Apart, A Forgotten Nation

Sudan is located in Northeast Africa and is the third largest African nation after Algeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, Libya to the northwest,...

India’s Truck-Mounted MGS Aims to Outgun Global Rivals Caesar and ATMOS

As the Indian Army prepares to evaluate a new, locally developed Mounted Gun System (MGS), it is on the brink of a substantial transformation in its artillery capabilities. This 155 mm/52 caliber truck-mounted howitzer,...

Fortifying Security

India and the United States recently announced the inking of a ten-year defence cooperation framework that would set the future of the ties between the two countries. This was followed by the announcement to...
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