The Big Picture

New Delhi cannot afford to sit around while others plot its destruction.
Surrounded with sullied strategic environment and the spreading fire that engulfs the region, New Delhi can either continue to live in fear as it has in the past, or fight back.

Defence & Aerospace Digest

Indian Air Force
Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA)
Flight evaluation of the six contenders in the race for the $11 billion (Rs 52,508 crore) MMRCA contract commenced at Bangalore in mid-August 2009,

Kargil Controversy: Sorry State of Higher Defence Management

During the Second World War the British Army’s operations in Greece ran into near disaster and to save the army, its immediate evacuation by sea became imperative. During this phase of the war, the Atlantic was dominated by the German U boats and the naval commanders

Myanmar Going Nuclear

There has been an unmistakable spurt in the development and acquisition of nuclear weapon capabilities by the Military Junta regime in Myanmar. Given the level of progress in this regard, it is reckoned by various agencies that this would be realized by the year 2014.

India 1998-2001: Neutralizing Its Military Power

Crises of Command. Each year India sustains a gigantic military power. Continuous. Dedicated. And capable. But the leadership since Independence, in its ignorance, has been neutralizing it with equal ferocity. Unwittingly. Illogically.

Defining Victory: The Dilemma in Anti-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency

“Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894
Abstract
The usage of the term, ‘war’ when battling terrorism or insurgency raises several issues. An important one is the use of the term ‘victory’ to delineate the desired objective in this conflict. There are vital differences between terrorism [...]

The naked truth of Naxalism

A couple hailed by the Indian Express for their stupendous social work in a village ‘Sabdo’ in Bihar were killed, because the Maoists felt that their influence was being eroded. A Maoist activist, Mushar by caste, committed suicide in a village of Patna district, because his wife was raped by the local Maoist leaders.

Need for Defence Manufacturers Association

Although manufacture of components, assemblies and sub-assemblies was thrown open to the private sector in 1991, it was only in 1998 that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) took the first major step to involve the private sector in defence production.

Communication Technologies and non-state Actors

Technology brings development. However, every new technology comes with few drawbacks. At times the drawbacks of new technologies are so serious that they could change the strategic focus of the world. The best example in this regard could be nuclear technology.