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LCA Tejas vs J-17: Who Would Fit the RMAF?

Girish Linganna - July 6, 2022

The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) is seeking to rectify multiple problems related to its strength and fleet structure. India's Tejas and China's J-17 aircraft have become embroiled in the resultant tender. RMAF's Problems Due to...

Sinking of Moskva – Lessons to be Learnt

Neeraj Mahajan - July 2, 2022

On April 14, 2022 two ground-launched R-360 Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles punched big holes in the side of a warship called Moskva, the pride of Russia’s Black Sea fleet which went down to the...

Kashmiri Pandits: Time to Bring Them Home

Ravi Srivastava - July 1, 2022

Before independence, the princely state of Jammu & Kashmir had to reluctantly give up the idea of staying independent, primarily because of massive polarisation between the newly-born states of India and Pakistan. The only...

India-Japan Towards a Strenghening Relationship

Maj Gen (Dr) Rajan Kochhar - June 29, 2022

Japan is known as the ‘land of the rising sun’. The country has truly risen to its name. We are commemorating 70 years of our diplomatic relations with Japan, with 2022 being a landmark...

The Collateral Benefits of Deploying Su-57 Aircraft to Ukraine: Russia’s Potential Plan

Girish Linganna - June 28, 2022

First came the reports of Russia's Su-57 next-generation fighter operating in support of the country's war effort in Ukraine. Then came news of sightings of the stealth fighter over the city of Zhytomyr starting...

Agniveer or Tour of Duty: Not to Reject but seek Improvement!

Col Rajinder Singh - June 25, 2022

In its bid to reduce the sky-rocketing defence pension bill and also to keep the armed forces young, the Government of India has announced a policy of Agnipath recruitment. The policy envisages that recruits...

Xi Gang in Shock, Premier Li Takes Shine off President’s Halo

Shankar Kumar - June 23, 2022

In fact, for the first time Premier Li’s assertive move on the economic front, has left President Xi, hailed as the tallest leader of the Middle Kingdom after paramount leader Mao Zedong, to fend...

Two Years after Galwan: China Must Realise Its Behaviour is Counter-productive

Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja - June 21, 2022

In May 2020, amid the thick of the coronavirus-induced pandemic, when the world was still trying to understand the intricacies of the pandemic and plan a strategy to tackle it, the Indian Army (IA)...

Agnipath: Playing with Fire?Those who feel ‘Security of the Nation’ is costly, can buy Defeat

Maj Gen C P Singh - June 18, 2022

‘Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.’ Defence Forces are a ‘force of deterrence’ and a price that the nation-state pays for unhindered peaceful growth and prosperity of its...

Agnipath Scheme Receives Mixed Reactions, Witnesses Violent Protests

Sri Krishna - June 17, 2022

The government on June 14 unveiled an ambitious scheme which aimed at giving a youthful look to the armed forces under which about 46,000 youth — boys and girls aged between 17.5 years and...

Agnipath: Dousing the Fire

Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja - June 17, 2022

Just two days after the announcement of the new recruitment policy for the three Services, Agnipath, protests have begun, without even trying to understand the nuances of the scheme, or the first recruitment being...

Military Reforms Require Soul Searching

Lt Gen A B Shivane - June 16, 2022

The rapid transformation in society, geopolitics and the character of war will require a deeper understanding of the larger construct of warfare. Legacy structures, processes and doctrines are increasingly at odds with emerging realities....

100 Days of Russia’s ‘Special Operations’ and Beyond – An Analysis

Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja - June 15, 2022

It is more than 100 days into the special operations launched by Russia and the narrative changes as per the narrator! And, it is more than 50 days since the Russian forces withdrew from...

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