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the strategic realities of two-front border management and rapid out-of-theatre deployment have forced the Indian Air Force (IAF) to radically accelerate its heavy logistical lift capabilities. Facing an aging inventory of Soviet-era Antonov An-32s...

The conflict that began as a series of sharp, asymmetric naval skirmishes in the Persian Gulf has reached its grim centennial. Over the past 100 days, the United States and Iran have engaged in...

The international theatre of technology diplomacy witnessed a historic expansion as the Government of India’s Ministry of Education formally commenced the Bharat Innovates 2026 initiative. To be held from June 14 to 16, 2026, at...

In October 2025, when Defence Minister Rajnath Singh released Lt Gen Raj Shukla's book on the subject, he framed civil-military fusion not merely as integration but as a "strategic enabler" that fosters innovation, preserves talent,...

India has received the fourth batch of the famous Russian-made S-400 air defence system. With this new arrival, India's long-range air defence network has become much stronger and more capable of protecting its skies....

India does not suffer from a shortage of talent, ambition, resources, or strategic intent. It suffers from a shortage of integration.  Across sectors, institutions that should work together often work alongside one another. Nowhere is...

In the realm of International Relations, certain events have contributed to seismic shifts in the world order. The two World Wars and the Cold War in the 20th century, the 9/11 attacks on American soil — followed by America’s War on...

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) has historically been utilised by perpetrators in armed conflicts around the globe. Over the decades, devastating instances of these systemic atrocities have been documented in the Democratic Republic of...

The character of warfare is undergoing one of its most profound transformations since the Industrial Revolution. Emerging technologies, geopolitical competition, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, cyber warfare, and space-based capabilities are reshaping the future battlespace,...

The character of warfare has undergone a dramatic transformation over the past few decades. For centuries, military success depended largely on manpower, firepower, and industrial capacity. Today, however, the battlefield is increasingly shaped by...

On May 24, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on a train carrying military personnel in Balochistan. While the Pakistani army admitted to 24 casualties, including soldiers and their...

India has done it again. On June 02, the country successfully test-fired its own air-to-surface missile, the Rudram-II, off the Odisha coast over the Bay of Bengal. The missile was launched from a fighter...

The character of war is changing faster than the military institutions can keep pace with. The monopoly of the air power is now beyond question on the battlefields of Ukraine, West Asia, the Caucasus...