Istanbul: The Turkish navy is wrapping up the week long Mavi Vatan 2025 exercise this week, a large-scale operation meant to showcase Ankara’s strategic maritime ambitions in the region and beyond.
The Mavi Vatan (Blue...
New Delhi: The Ministry of Defence is expected to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) shortly for acquiring 15 maritime variants of the Airbus C-295 aircraft, following the Defence Acquisition Council’s (DAC) approval earlier...
Tel Aviv. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), a world-class aerospace and defence leader, has been awarded a contract, by competitive tender, to provide the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) with airborne radios, for installation on Unmanned...
That aggressiveness is anchored in human nature is a known fact. Robert Sapolsky, an American primatologist and neuroscientist in his book Behave has succinctly portrayed this, just like human beings are biologically wired to...
New Delhi: INS Sunayna on long range deployment to South West IOR, entered Port Louis, Mauritius on June 20. Prior entering harbour, the ship was engaged in maritime surveillance of Mauritian EEZ along with...
Grey zone warfare is often described as the ambiguous and murky realm that exists between outright conflict and peace in international relations. In this space, both state and non-state actors engage in campaigns that...
On April 30, 2024, CNS Admiral R Hari Kumar, who took over from CNS Admiral Karambir Singh in 2021, handed over the big white chair in South Block to Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, a...
Hong Kong: Chairman Xi Jinping, as part of his hardening stance against the Philippines, has obviously instructed agencies like the China Coast Guard (CCG), which is directly under his command, to demonstrate greater vigour...
New Delhi: The second edition of India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise concluded at Nacala, Mozambique on March 28, 2024. The week-long exercise underscores the importance of enhanced maritime cooperation and interoperability between the Navies of India,...
New Delhi: INS Tir and INS Sujata will participate in the forthcoming second edition of India-Mozambique-Tanzania (IMT) Tri Lateral (TRILAT) Exercise, a joint maritime exercise scheduled from March 21-29, 2024. The first edition of...
The Indo Pacific: As the US realigned its focus back to the emerging Chinese threats in Asia in 2018, it rechristened the region as Indo-Pacific. The name change was purposeful to indicate a seamless...
There has been massive turbulence in geopolitics across the globe. The year 2023 will be remembered as a ‘watershed’ in which conflicts emerged in various parts of the universe, posing a considerable challenge to...
Lakshadweep is a picturesque group of 36 islands, famous for its rich biodiversity, blessed with the hue of natural opulence and surrounded by turquoise water bodies. The word Lakshadweep translates to ‘one lakh islands’ in Malayalam and Sanskrit, though the...