India pays dearly for poorly negotiated arms deals

It has recently been reported in the Israeli press that India paid more than double the amount for the purchase of three AWACS aircraft from Israel in March 2004. These aircraft were earlier being sold to China for US $358 million but the deal had to be aborted under US pressure. Subsequently, India agreed to [...]

Nuclear and Missile Threat from China

Founded in 1966, the PLA’s dedicated missile force was named the Second Artillery Corps by former Premier Zhou En Lai. It has been an independent branch of the PLA since 1974 and controls the day-to-day operation of nuclear and non-nuclear long, intermediate and short range ballistic missiles. The Second Artillery fired its first long-range DF-5 [...]

Export potential in naval sector

The defence systems are country-specific so as to meet the nation’s security requirements in most efficient manner and at economical terms. All the countries would like to have the defence systems made in their own country for reasons of self-reliance so that plug is not put in time of need. There are variations to this [...]

Missiles in Tibet

Hans Kristensen, the Director of The Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) a few weeks ago posted on his blog an interesting article entitled Extensive Nuclear Missile Deployment Area Discovered in Central China.1 He identifies a new deployment of medium range nuclear missiles in Tsonub Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous

State, Strategy, Power & Policy: analysing China and India

The grand strategy of a state may be described as a long–term plan to accomplish its domestic and external objectives. Policies flowing from the grand strategy must aim to promote the vital interests of the nation while preventing other nations from interfering with such interests. The power that a state wields and its foreign policy [...]

India Needs Independent Defence Think Tanks

During his address at the 42nd foundation day function of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), the Vice President of India, Mr M Hamid Ansari stressed the need for structured thinking. “Governments busy with the concerns of the moment sometimes do not have the time and the energy to devote themselves in sufficient measure [...]