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Pentagon’s Directed Energy Weapons: From Sci-Fi to Battlefield Reality

The US military has spent billions over the past 50 years on developing  Directed Energy Weapons (DEW). Now, they are finally being used in combat. Directed Energy Weapons are advanced weapons that use focused energy,...

Artificial Intelligence: The Next Frontier of Human Evolution

Human evolution has been an accident of sorts. The accidental invention of fire and agriculture contributed to the gargantuan advancement of the human race over eons. But fast forward to the post-Christ era, we...

50th Anniversary of Operation Smiling Buddha – A Landmark in Indian History

On May 18, 1974, at 8.05 AM IST India successfully carried out its first nuclear test codenamed "Operation Smiling Buddha" at the Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan. This operation was a significant milestone in...

Deciphering Putin’s New Cabinet

Amid the ongoing special military operation in Ukraine, at an ornate Kremlin ceremony attended by over 2000 invitees on May 7, Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin took the oath of office for the fifth...

India May Have to Take Sides in Volatile Polycrisis

The leadership of the United States of America, with NATO nations, is hell-bent on reducing Russia’s power by providing weapons, economic aid and ‘five eyes’ intelligence to Ukraine in the war with Russia, which...

Chabahar Port: Will India Cave in Under the US Threat?

  While constantly interfering in India’s domestic issues, including its religious affairs and electoral process, the US has now warned New Delhi of facing sanctions if it enters in to a deal with Iran on...

Open Conflict Under Perpetual Wraps

On May 10, Turkish forces killed 17 members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) across various regions in northern Iraq and northern Syria. Four days earlier, on May 6 as well Türkiye had conducted air strikes in northern...

Exploitation of Nuclear Weapons During the Russia-Ukraine War

On May 9th, 2024 Victory Day, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a warning in a speech in Moscow’s Red Square before thousands of soldiers, saying that his country would not accept any threats from...

Unit 61398: Inside China’s State-Sponsored Cyber Warfare

FBI Director Christopher Wray dropped a bomb shell during a House hearing in Washington DC on April 11, 2024 when he claimed that China was developing the ability to physically wreak havoc on critical US...

SQUAD to Replace QUAD?

Apparently the latest American move could be described as an American move to thwart threat of a war over Taiwan and stepping up its regional defence diplomacy in a forceful challenge to China’s rising...

Admiral DK Tripathi Has His Work Cut Out as CNS

On April 30, 2024, CNS Admiral R Hari Kumar, who took over from CNS Admiral Karambir Singh in 2021, handed over the big white chair in South Block to Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, a...

Global Peace is a Chimera, Hard Reality is the Mindless Arms Race

The history of arms races spans across centuries and has occurred in various forms, from naval competitions to the development of advanced weaponry. A notable period was the naval arms race between Britain and...

A Comparative Analysis of Iranian and Israeli Military Capabilities

Iran and Israel are pivotal states in the Middle East, each possessing unique strategic military capabilities shaped by their distinct geopolitical narratives and threats. The geopolitical dynamics between Iran and Israel have escalated into...
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