Opinion

Starlink has held a satellite communications licence since 2025, along with an IN-SPACe authorisation. It still lacks spectrum and final security clearance, and those two factors determine whether a single terminal can legally connect...

In the high-altitude border regions of India — places like the snow-bound stretches of Siachen and the contested heights around Galwan — surveillance is a constant, high-stakes challenge. Electronic warfare, GPS disruption, and radar...

The NDTV Defence Summit 2026, held under the theme “India’s New Defence Edge”, offered a revealing snapshot of how India’s defence establishment is thinking about tomorrow’s wars. More than a conventional defence conference, the...

At the NDTV Defence Summit on September 27, Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh spoke of building an ‘AI spine’ for the armed forces rather than buying isolated applications. It sounds like a minor phrase,...

When the government announced a ₹1 lakh crore fund to back India's scientists, startups, and deep-tech entrepreneurs, it sounded like a turning point. The idea was simple and bold: if private investors won't take...

Speaking at his annual press conference at New Delhi on October 3, 2026, Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal AP Singh has said "If there are delays in the AMCA fifth-generation fighter programme,...

Last week, Shehbaz Sharif walked up to the green-marble podium in New York and told the world that Kashmir “has and always will be Pakistan's jugular vein.” That same week, India's External Affairs Minister...

The high-profile bilateral state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the United States has generated global headlines; countries around the world are brainstorming steps necessary to navigate the relationship between these two behemoths....

The 2026 exercises of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO)- were held in Russia from September 28 to October 3. The CSTO’s members are Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. Its collective forces...

The Iran war has exposed a paradox at the heart of the emerging international order: American power can be weakened without an alternative power being ready to replace it. Washington has paid a substantial...

The Hand on the Himalayas: The Himalayas can be read as a mountain wall, a civilisational frontier or a military theatre. This region can also be imagined as a strategic hand: Tibet as the...

India's latest defence procurement announcement carries the kind of number that immediately attracts attention: ₹1.10 lakh crore. On September 7, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, accorded Acceptance of...

Airbus Defence and Space has published a photograph of the second A400M in Kazakhstani livery. The aircraft is built and undergoing technical acceptance. It is the second of two ordered in 2021; the first...