Special Feature : Navy Day 2025

Editor Note 2025

Guardians of the Blue Frontier Anchors Viksit Samriddha Bharat

Rakesh Krishnan Simha -
In 1945, diplomat and author KM Panikkar foresaw that India’s future lay in the sea. In his book, ‘India and the Indian Ocean,’ he wrote: “While to other countries, the Indian Ocean is only...

Indian Navy: Combat Ready, Cohesive and Aatmanirbhar

Asad Mirza -
The Indian Navy (IN) is undertaking an ambitious modernisation drive fuelled by its expanding area of operations and growing global geopolitical tensions. With advancements in indigenisation proving to be the key factor, the Indian...

Smart Sonobuoy Revolution

Commander (Dr) Jayakrishnan N Nair -
India has reportedly paused the acquisition of six additional Boeing P-8I maritime patrol aircraft due to rising costs driven by US tariffs, global inflation, and supply chain disruptions. This pause may also reflect a...

From Uncertainty to Understanding: The Rise of Rotary UAVs in India’s Maritime Forces

Jajati Mohanty -
If you have stood on the deck of a ship at sunrise, watching the first light soften the horizon, you know that the sea rarely reveals everything at once. What appears calm can shift...

India’s Naval Diplomacy: Building Trust and Security in Indo-Pacific Region

Shankar Kumar -
For India, the world’s 4th economic power, the security and stability of the Indian Ocean is essential for its own strategic interest. Stretching from Africa’s eastern coast to Australia’s western coast, the Indian Ocean...

Aatmanirbharta: Indian Navy’s Strategic Foundation

Dr R Shivaraman -
India’s journey towards becoming a Vikshit Samriddha Bharat by 2047 depends significantly on secure maritime corridors. Nearly 95% of national trade by volume travels through sea routes, and India's coastline spanning over 11,000 km...

Indian Navy’s Maritime Makeover

Commander Sumit Ghosh -
India has always been a maritime civilisation. Its geography, stretching along a 7,500-km coastline with island territories dotting the Indian Ocean, has long dictated its destiny. For centuries, the subcontinent’s prosperity, security, and strategic...

Indian Navy’s Quantum Shield

Sudiptaa Paul Choudhury -
As India celebrates Navy Day on December 4, 2025, the nation honours not just the historic success of Operation Trident in 1971, but also the transformative journey toward becoming a self-reliant maritime superpower. This...

Human-Machine Teaming Will Win Future Wars

Neeraj Mahajan -
The battles in future will not be won by navies which have the biggest ships, maximum number of submarines or long-range missiles, but by those who have the smartest team – of humans and...

Indigenous AI Technologies Can Transform Naval Special Operations and Decision-Making for Maritime Dominance

Aastha Verma -
In a world where maritime boundaries are increasingly blurred and the tempo of conflict is accelerating, the Indian Navy stands at a pivotal moment. From safeguarding vital sea lanes to countering new-age asymmetric threats,...

War Beneath the Sea

Srijan Sharma -
During the Cold War, the US Navy and the CIA executed one of the most audacious intelligence operations in maritime history — a mission that almost altered the balance of naval power between the...

Silent, Stealthy, and Submerged: P-75I Submarines to Secure India’s Maritime Future

TKMS -
India faces increasingly complex maritime security challenges in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), stemming from geopolitical competition, strategic rivalries, and the growing importance of the region as a corridor for global trade and the...

Guarding the Blue Frontier

Sri Krishna -
"To be secure on land, we must be supreme at sea,” proclaimed India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, envisioning a future where maritime power would define national destiny. More than seven decades later, his...

Digital Revolution Transforming the Indian Navy

Sarjan Shah -
There are moments in a nation’s life when its armed forces cease to be mere instruments of deterrence and become, instead, metaphors for what the nation itself seeks to be. The Indian Navy stands...

Sagar to Mahasagar: Indian Navy’s Switch from “Brown-Water” to “Blue-Water” Navy

Neeraj Mahajan -
Over the past seven and a half decades since Independence, the Indian Navy has undergone a remarkable metamorphosis from a “brown-water” force—focused on defending harbours, ports, and near-shore trade routes—into a confident and capable...

Silent Sentinels at Sea: Sagar Defence and Indian Navy’s Unmanned Leap

RA Editorial Desk -
India today stands at the epicentre of a rapidly evolving maritime landscape. The Indian Ocean,  viewed largely as the country’s commercial lifeline, has become a geopolitical hotspot, often invisible borders—where even low-signature actors can...
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