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Why is Astra BVRAAM a Great Deal for India?

Girish Linganna - June 7, 2022

For bringing an end to decades old dependency of India on French and Russian-made air-to-air missiles (AAM), the Indian defence and security establishment has braced itself for testing the indigenously developed Astra Mk 2...

The Rationale Behind UK’s Purchase of Drones Blacklisted by the US

Girish Linganna - June 6, 2022

The British defence ministry is purchasing Chinese drones, which the United States already blacklists over human rights and national security concerns. As per a recently published contract notice, an order worth £132,337 for drones...

Tackling New Terrorism in the Valley

Pranay K Shome - June 5, 2022

Kashmir is on the boil again. This time a spate of killings has rattled the security and state dispensation. Concerns have emerged over the new hybrid mode of terrorism in the valley which has...

Factors Militating Against India’s National Security

Col Rajinder Singh - June 4, 2022

India’s national security environments ought to be analysed in three dimensions, namely - International, regional and internal i.e. Russian - Ukraine conflicts in Europe, Sino - US rivalry in the Indo-Pacific region; Sino- Pak...

Where Do Indian Anti-Ship Missiles Stand As Compared to their Chinese Counterparts?

Girish Linganna - June 3, 2022

In the previous month, the Indian Navy along with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a maiden flight-test of NASM-SR, an indigenously-developed Naval anti-ship missile that was launched from a helicopter from...

Quad Finally Displays Its will to Counter China in Indo-Pacific

Shankar Kumar - May 29, 2022

India’s firm stand that the Quad’s agenda shouldn’t be changed and the kind of backing it received from Australia which is highly concerned about China’s activities in the Pacific, the informal group during its...

Playing a Balancing Game: Quad Countries Must Jump the Trade Barrier for the Sake of Taiwan

Pranay K Shome - May 28, 2022

US president’s remark that the US will intervene militarily in case Taiwan is attacked is encouraging but the million-dollar question is: Will the other Quad countries follow suit? The Russo-Ukraine war, which enters its third...

Quad Revisited – An Update

Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja - May 25, 2022

As I ‘download’ my thoughts for this piece, the Indian PM, along with other leaders of the Quad, namely, the President of USA, and the Prime Ministers of Australia and Japan, would have met...

KALI: India’s Rumoured Secret Weapon Might be a Potential Game-Changer

Girish Linganna - May 25, 2022

K𝐀𝐋𝐈, the acronym for Kilo Ampere Linear Injector, is a top-secret weapon that India has designed as a potential response to any incoming missiles whose objective would be to disrupt the country's peace. It is...

Quad is No Panacea for the Himalayan Challenges

Lt Gen Ashok Bhim Shivane - May 25, 2022

Quad is a strategic security dialogue to overtly realise the need for a “free, open and inclusive Indo Pacific” based on shared values and common interests. However its primary convergence irrespective of its concealed...

Is Russia’s Hypersonic Missiles Strike on Ukraine a Desperate Attempt?

Girish Linganna - May 21, 2022

Russia is now going all out to threaten its adversaries. In the ongoing war against Ukraine, Russia declared that it used its Kinzhal hypersonic missiles for the first time to destroy an underground weapons...

India’s Naval Strength is Growing But Not Enough

Girish Linganna - May 20, 2022

The addition of two more frontline warships to the Indian Navy on May 17 is another milestone in the Atmanirbhar Mission. The Surat (Project 15B), the Destroyer, and the Udaygiri (Project 17A) Frigate can...

Ukraine: Supremacy of National Interests

Maj Gen C P Singh - May 20, 2022

It gives me great pride as an Indian to say that India is the only country in the world that liberated Bangladesh with the surrender of fully armed one Lakh Pakistani troops in just...

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