In battle to control sea and air, how do China’s aircraft carriers stack up against other nations?
China is about to launch its first homebuilt aircraft carrier, once the tidal conditions are right at the dock where the vessel has been under construction in Dalian. Weighing 70,000 tonnes... Read more
Fifth column: A new jihad in Kashmir
The Kashmir Valley has become a warzone today because of radical Islam. This is the exact same genre of Islam that caused the terrorist attack in Paris last week. And the exact same genre th... Read more
Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan’s Changed Calculations
A Pakistani committee has recommended to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that Gilgit-Baltistan should be declared the country’s fifth province. For 70 years Pakistan has avoided integrating its... Read more
Army Modernization
The Indian Army Armored Corps comprises 63 regiments and has massive modernization and upgradation program to match the rival forces across the border. However the tardy manner in which the... Read more
Surgical Striker: How the BrahMos is Becoming India’s War Winner
There’s a reason why rocket scientist Sivathanu Pillai likes to describe the BrahMos cruise missile as the “Brahmastra for the Indian armed forces.” Although the supersonic BrahMos is not qu... Read more
Opinion: summit was not quite the meeting of equals Xi would have wanted
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day visit to US President Donald Trump’s over-the-top estate at Mar-a-Lago in Florida was meant to offer an opportunity to showcase China as an equal to th... Read more
Israel’s Role in Strengthening India’s Air Capabilities, An Exclusive Opinion Piece Ahead of PM Narendra Modi’s Israel Visit
India has recently cleared purchase of Barak 1 missiles as well as payment for armed Heron TP unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) from Israel. This is a welcoming development before India’s Prime... Read more
Advanced Air Defense: Consolidating a Defensive Deterent
One of the greatest threats facing India today is the increasing proliferation of ballistic missiles and weapons of mass destruction in the region. India’s nuclear-armed bellicose neighbors,... Read more
Pakistan’s Focus on Babur and Raad Cruise Missiles
Cruise missiles, unlike ballistic missiles, fly an essentially horizontal cruise path for most of the duration of its flight and can manoeuvre like an aircraft through way points. They are d... Read more
Resurgent Russia Joins Great Game in South Asia
Russia’s efforts to emerge as a more consequential global security actor center on diminishing US influence, and its next battleground could be South Asia. Russia has revamped its South Asia... Read more