Tour of Duty: Give it a Chance
Modernisation of IA : Crying for Help 1.Why do we need it? Primarily for two major reasons. Defence budget falls drastically short of meeting the needs of capability development of the Armed... Read more
How the Military can Get a Bang for Every Buck
COVID-19 has had an unambiguous impact on the Indian defence forces. The establishment cannot afford to ignore it. Under the circumstances — whereas Reserve Bank of India Governor Shak... Read more
L&T Delivers Critical Nuclear Power Plant Equipment to Global Customers During Lockdown
Engineering and construction firm Larsen & Toubro on Wednesday said it has delivered critical nuclear power plant equipment to its global clients during the lockdown. The company’... Read more
The Inside Story of Two Supersonic Flights that Changed how America Operates the F-35
The F-35 pilot who flew the two infamous supersonic missions that inflicted damage to the jet’s stealth coating and tail wants to set the record straight. When pilots conduct supersonic inte... Read more
Corporatization of OFB – The Unknown Angel
General Corporatization of OFB and ‘not privatization’ repeat ‘not privatization’ of OFB was announced with emphasis by the Finance Minister as one of the big bang reforms being undertaken i... Read more
A Cold War is Heating Up in the South China Sea
I spent most of my seagoing career in the Pacific, and sailed many times through the humid waters of the South China Sea. It’s a big body of water, the size of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexi... Read more
Military Pressure on India hasn’t Worked After 1962: Lt Gen DS Hooda
Amid an unprecedented spurt in Chinese transgressions at various places in Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), former Northern Army Commander Lt Gen DS Hooda (retd) says India wil... Read more
Ladakh Standoffs Continue as India-China Search for Solution
India and China continue to talk at multiple levels to resolve the current dustup along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh even as troops from either side are in eye-to-eyeball posit... Read more
China Has Two Paths to Global Domination
Xi Jinping’s China is displaying a superpower’s ambition. Only a few years ago, many American observers still hoped that China would reconcile itself to a supporting role in the liberal inte... Read more
Lack of Consensus in MoD Grounds Navy’s Acquisition of 111 Copters for Now
With Ministry of Defence unable to decide on who would be the Indian partner — a private company or a Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) — Indian Navy’s acquisition of 111 he... Read more