Special Feature Archive

  The announcement of AUKUS, the recently established Anglo-Saxon trilateral between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America in September 2021 took the world by surprise and generated a great deal of...

  The Strategic Partnership (SP) model has been one of the most pioneering recommendations of the Dhirendra Singh Committee, which aimed to create a vibrant defence industrial base within the country. The most distinguishing feature...

  Last April, His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain presided over the launching ceremony of S-81, the first submarine of S-80 class, at the Navantia Shipyard in Cartagena (Murcia, Spain). The submarine was sponsored...

Navy Week 2021 kicked off from November 30 as the 24th Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Karambir Singh, a specialist Helicopter Observer, also known as the Grey Eagle, (the senior most aviator in the...

History is testimony to the fact that any Ruler who went on to become an Emperor always had a strong Navy. The ones that conquered the Blue Waters conquered the world. India was a...

  The protection of national interests is a major concern for any sovereign country, which implies the control of borders as well as maritime, air and land spaces. To ensure this strategic mission, armed forces,...

Sometime in the first decade of this millennium, this southerner took up his first posting to Naval Headquarters, Delhi. After the initial hiccups, we settled down respectably in a rented house at Sector 28,...

The role of naval aviation in defending India’s maritime interests is expected to get significantly enhanced as a result of the current geo-political situation that India is facing. The formation of the QUAD and...

  India faces a complex and interesting geopolitical challenge, ranging from maritime sovereignty to securing its mountainous border with China or Pakistan. This challenge will necessarily be addressed in an inter-service environment. By facing this...

The role of the Infantry Combat Vehicle (ICV) has gone beyond the traditional axiom of operating in conjunction with tanks, a concept that has been evolutionary in the realms of mechanised warfare. Today the...

HENSOLDT group core competence has been to recognize a wide range of threats and to provide practical and optimal solutions to improve the safety and operational effectiveness of military platforms. Evolution of HENSOLDT’s MUSS...

  Wars have changed, and this is especially true for the Indian Army. In previous wars, its primary aerial threat was the enemy air force, which was tackled by the Indian Air Force and the...

  The infantry will remain indispensable despite technological advances in warfighting because what eventually matters is where your boots are on ground. China is using this to nibble away at our territory on the premise...