Economic Crisis in Nations on Indian Periphery: A Sub Nationality Syndrome and Chinese Afflictions
It is not a coincidence that all the nations on the Indian periphery have been showing signs of economic down fall and political instability in recent times. Two years of Wuhan virus is surely one of the catalysts impacting economies of most of the nations across the world. However, economic shortfalls have always been...
Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri
The killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Sherpur, Kabul’s neighbourhood, by a US drone strike on July 31 using a Hellfire R9X missile made headline news. The Hellfire R9X has no explosive and has no collateral damage; just 45 kgs of metal with blades opening close to the target for the kill. Zawahiri had a...
Perpetual turmoil till November
In the ancient Chinese game of Weiqi, better known in the West as Go, the objective is not to knock out your opponent but to weaken and stifle the enemy with more space. Players seek to build large structures and shun contact that adds to more unresolved challenges and frustration for the adversary and the advantage...
Economic Crisis in Nations on Indian Periphery: A Sub Nationality Syndrome and Chinese Afflictions
It is not a coincidence that all the nations on the Indian periphery have been showing signs of economic down fall and political instability in recent times. Two years of Wuhan virus is surely one of the catalysts impacting economies of most of the nations across the world. However, economic shortfalls have always been...
Killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri
The killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Sherpur, Kabul’s neighbourhood, by a US drone strike on July 31 using a Hellfire R9X missile made headline news. The Hellfire R9X has no explosive and has no collateral damage; just 45 kgs of metal with blades opening close to the target for the kill. Zawahiri had a...
Perpetual turmoil till November
In the ancient Chinese game of Weiqi, better known in the West as Go, the objective is not to knock out your opponent but to weaken and stifle the enemy with more space. Players seek to build large structures and shun contact that adds to more unresolved challenges and frustration for the adversary and the advantage...
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DRDO successfully test fires indigenously developed laser-guided ATGMs
Indigenously developed Laser-Guided Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) were successfully test-fired from Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army at KK Ranges with support of Armoured Corps Centre & School (ACC&S) Ahmednagar in Maharashtra on August 04, 2022....
Kargil War 1999: Capture of Point 5770 -'Navdeep Top'
Background 23 years may have passed by, but memories of the exemplary valour exhibited and sacrifices made by the Indian armed forces during ‘Operation Vijay’ are as fresh in everyone’s mind just as they were in 1999. While names of many relatively unknown mountain peaks like Tololing, Tiger Hill and several...
The CAATSA Waiver
There is considerable euphoria in media over the US House of Representatives approving an exception from the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) for India in connection with the purchase of S-400 air defence systems from Russia. The motion was passed by voice vote as part of an en bloc...
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centre of Excellence (COE) Launched by Indian Air Force (IAF)
- IAF participate in Tactical Leadership Programme in Egypt
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- 1971 War movie 'Pippa' brings a forgotten tank battle to life
- CDS General Bipin Rawat Helicopter Crash - An Account From Ground Zero
- An Interview with Sam Manekshaw: Kashmir:1947
Article 370 Abrogation: An Appraisal
August 5 marks the third anniversary of the center’s decision to abrogate Articles 370 and 35[A] of the Indian Constitution, and though it’s still too early to comprehensively comment on the pros and cons of this move, however, after evaluating the developments in the union territories of J&K and Ladakh post...
Kargil: Ours must live, enemy must die!
Even as the nation readies itself to pay homage to the extraordinary bravery displayed by the young officers and the men of the Indian Army during the Kargil conflict, the lessons thrown up raise many questions that reflect the political and the military leadership in poor light. The infiltration by Pakistanis and...
Upgraded tactics of Pakistani terror in J&K
In a press conference at Jammu, the Additional Director General of Police, J&K, disclosed some sensitive information about the drone deployment strategy of Pakistan’s ISI in its Kashmir terror policy. No less than 20 drone sorties in the area along International Border in Kathua and Samba and Rajouri districts have...
12th DefExpo to be held in Gandhinagar between October 18-22, 2022
The 12th edition of DefExpo – India’s flagship exhibition on Land, Naval and Homeland Security systems – will be held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat between October 18-22, 2022. The five-day event will witness three business days followed by two public days. Live demonstrations showcasing the equipment and skill set of the...
Advanced Maritime Technology Partnership with Thales Group
British maritime technology company Kraken Technology Group (KTG) today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thales for the ongoing development and provision of bespoke systems for the Kraken K50 maritime precision engagement platform. The K50 has been designed to deliver unparalleled...
Air Works delivers Sixth P-8I to the Indian Navy after successful completion of phase 32 checks
India’s largest independent MRO and aviation services and solutions major – Air Works – has handed over the last of the six P-8I maritime patrol aircraft after completing Phase 32 maintenance checks to Boeing and the Indian Navy. The heavy maintenance of these aircraft was successfully completed at the Air Works...
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Restructuring the Indian Military in the 21st century
Defence modernisation has a major chunk of share in the rhetoric “Atmanirbharta”. With offence becoming the...
10th Review of Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
March 5, 2020 marked the 50th anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) coming in...
Terrorism boomerangs on Pakistan
In its editorial captioned ‘Hotbed of Militancy’, the leading English daily of Pakistan Dawn of 25 July has opened a Pandora’s Box of militancy in Afghanistan. It warns Pakistan of the consequences of combined terrorist activities of Al Qaeda, ISIS and local known terrorist groups like the Haqqani network under the supervision of TTP. The apprehensions raised by the editorial about the...
India’s ‘IPKF’ Intervention in Sri Lanka: A Study in Retrospect
Introduction The Indo-Sri Lankan Accord (ISLA) was signed between Prime Minister Rajeev Gandhi and President JR Jayewardene on 29 July 1987. The fundamental purpose of this pro-active action by the Indian Government (Govt) was to bring about an end to the murderous Civil War going on between the Sri Lankan Armed Forces (SLAF) and the Tamil Rebel Organisations fighting for independence in their traditional and majority-inhabited areas of...
The Union Minister for Defence Rajnath Singh visits the ‘Artificial Intelligence in Defence’...
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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the flight test of...
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The Union Minister for Defence Rajnath Singh at the ‘INS Khanderi’ during his visit to Karwar Naval...
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The President Ram Nath Kovind at the Presidential Fleet Review-2022 at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on...
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The Union Minister for Defencei Rajnath Singh visiting the exhibition of Defence Research and Development...
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