Articles By Radhakrishna Rao
Is North Korean Threat to Hit the USA for Real?
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Date: 02 Sep , 2016
The mercurial North Korean dictator, Kim Jong -un, seems to have perfected the fine art of threatening the US with a missile strike every now and then. For quite some time now, North Korea,...
Tejas Induction: A Boost to the Indian Aeronautical Technology
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 01 Sep , 2016
In what has been described as a shot in the arm for the Indian aeronautical technology, the fourth generation, home grown supersonic fighter, Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), that was once...
Will BrahMos Propel India’s Defence Export Drive?
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 14 Jul , 2016
Everything going as planned, the formidable, Indo Russian supersonic cruise missile, BrahMos, would be exported to Vietnam, with which India’s diplomatic, commercial and strategic relations are...
MTCR, Here Comes India
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Jul , 2016
It is a typical case of one up and one down. India has finally succeeded in becoming a member of the elite 34 nations Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), which, while boosting the arms...
Reusable Space Vehicle, Here Comes India
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 04 Jun , 2016
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 23 May 2016 successfully pulled off the maiden test flight of the Technology Demonstrator (TD) version of the Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) in a...
Will Export led Strategy Boost Indian Defence Sector?
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Jun , 2016
For quite some time now, serious discussions are on towards devising an efficacious strategy to turn India into a hub of defence export from being the largest importer of the combat hardware. In...
Why American Space Industry is Up Against Indian launch Service?
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 May , 2016
PSLV and other Indian launch vehicles including the high performance Mark Two version of three stage Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-MKII) have been developed by the Indian Space...
Why India Needs a Comprehensive Space Law?
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Date: 07 May , 2016
For many years now, space law experts in India have been vigorously debating the need for the country to enact a comprehensive space law to cover a wide range of issues concerning the exploration...
Building an Aerospace Eco System, Brick by Brick
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 May , 2016
Aerospace manufacturing is a complex exercise that is both capital intensive and technology driven and underpinned by a long gestation period and certain amount of risk. Even so, the rapidly...
North Korea Continues to Stir Controversy
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 May , 2016
India has reasons to worry about North Korean nuclear and rocket tests. Though not an immediate neighbour of the country, North Korea by its act transferring some of the critical missile...
South China Sea on the Boil Again
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 24 Apr , 2016
There never seems to be a dull moment in so far as the raging controversy over the strategically located South China Sea is concerned. The most recent development in the high voltage melodrama...
Anatomy of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Project
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Apr , 2016
It comes as a little surprise that Pakistani army chief Raheel Sahrif has blamed India for what he describes as the efforts being made by its long time regional rival to undermine the high profile...
China’s One Belt One Road Initiative Gathers Momentum
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Apr , 2016
In a major boost to China’s overambitious One Belt One Road Initiative, a train from the traditional hub of Yiwu was fagged off to Tehran earlier this year. This container train covered a...
Why Pakistan Orbited Out of SAARC Satellite Project?
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 06 Apr , 2016
In a surprising development, Pakistan has decided to opt out of the ambitious South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) satellite project, mooted by India to help the member...
Will India be able to outwit China in Iran?
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 Apr , 2016
With the Islamic Republic of Iran coming out of long standing global isolation in the aftermath of the lifting of sanction early this year, there is a sort of gold rush to exploit a range of...
Meaning and Message of Building Fighter Jets in India
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Mar , 2016
In what has been described as a strategic master stroke aimed at helping India position itself as a well equipped hub for the manufacturing of combat aircraft, featuring cutting edge technologies...
China beefing up its military muscle to counter US threat
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 Mar , 2016
The Middle Kingdom, which, has for long been nourishing the vision of steadily modernizing and upgrading its defence forces to emerge as a numero uno global military power of 21st century, could...
India Set to Boost the Lift-Off Power
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 16 Mar , 2016
In a major breakthrough in the quest of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to build a heavy lift capability, the cryogenic engine, forming a part of the upper stage of the next...
Race for the Final Frontiers: Is India Lagging Behind China?
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Mar , 2016
In an report submitted by the Indian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Science, Technology, Environment and Forests last year,it was observed that delays in the implementation of Indian space...
The Strategic Importance of Space Law for India
By: Radhakrishna Rao | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Mar , 2016
Since the dawn of the space age heralded by the launch of Soviet Sputnik way back in October 1957, there has been a burgeoning growth in the global space activities, underpinning the need for a...