Opinion

Tata-Airbus C-295 Contract: A Cause for Celebration

  After a decade of dithering, the ministry of defence (MoD) signed the contract with Airbus Defence and Space S.A., Spain on September 25 for acquisition of 56 C-295MW medium transport aircraft. This over Rs...

Integrating High Value Capabilities to Win: A Brief Introduction to ‘Effects’ Thinking

As any other country with its strategic interests and international standing at heart would, India is thinking about the future of its defence system. Facing adversaries such as Pakistan, and China to an even...

Future-Proofing the Flanker: Why an Upgrade is Critical for the Sukhoi Su-30

  The formidable Sukhoi Su-30 MKI has been in service with the Indian Air Force (IAF) for nearly 20 years and needs a major upgrade to remain relevant to future air warfare. Codenamed Flanker by...

Imran Khan’s Rift with Army Chief: Will it make any Difference?

  It is hilarious to see our newspapers talking of the “wide open” rift  between Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan and Army Chief General QJ Bajwa, and similarly TV channels going berserk with debates inviting...

Chinese Incursions in Taiwan ADZ Backfires

  Ever Since the trade imbroglio between US and China reached its peak during the Trump’s Presidency (and which was later sustained by President Biden with call for open support for Taiwan), Chinese aggression against...

Will OFB Corporatisation be Panacea for the Armed Forces

  Post-independence, the defence industry followed the Nehruvian philosophy on the lines of the Russian model, which treated the defence sector as a strategic sector totally under the government with no interference from the private...

Tackling China

  There is a pattern in Chinese approach towards Taiwan-denying the legitimacy of the latter’s existence, reinforcing the principal of one China & the constant international propagation of the Chinese communist party’s message that Taiwan...

Indigenous Defence Manufacturing Plan Has Starting Problems

  The Indian Government has set an ambitious defence export target of Rs 35,000 crore ($5 billion) by 2025; and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been touting it achievements notwithstanding the pandemic. But the...

Quad Will Be Helpful But India Must Develop Capability to Face China

  US President Joe Biden hosted the first in-person summit of the Quad (Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, commonly known as the Quad) in Washington on September 24, 2021, which was attended by Prime Ministers of India, Australia,...

Dark Clouds Gathering Over Ladakh

  After his recent visit to Ladakh, Army Chief General MM Naravane stated that the Chinese Army has deployed its troops in considerable numbers all across Eastern Ladakh and Northern front right up to our...

China Needs Magnifying Glass to See Quad and Its Purposes

  When Quad leaders held their first in-person meeting in Washington DC last week, Chinese propaganda machinery was seen projecting about an issue which was not on the agenda of discussion of the informal group....

The AUKUS, India and the QUAD

  The month of September saw the annual UN General Assembly (UNGA) session as world leaders assembled for the in-person session after last year’s virtual sessions due to the severity of the pandemic. In a...

With Amarinder Singh’s Removal, Pakistan Has Scored Big in Punjab

  Punjab has always been in the crosshair of Pakistan’s ISI especially after the last round of Pakistan-sponsored militancy in Punjab that witnessed a blood-soaked period before subsiding. In recent years, Pakistan’s induction of weapons,...
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