Editor’s Note The author feels that the Cold Start Doctrine is no longer the option that can be exercised in a technology driven battlefield with a looming nuclear threat, omnipresent. He go... Read more
Editor’s Note The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) clearing projects at the trot after years of sloth is no doubt very heartening news. But, Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) isn’t exactly the... Read more
Part I EDITOR’S NOTE The new Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2016, released at Goa during the last DefExpo is undoubtedly a path breaking document. However, it falls short in not address... Read more
At a time when the Indian industry is faced with the specter of a falling rates in the index of industrial production, stagnancy in the index of employment and very little increase in the off take of industrial goods the defence manufacturing industry is on the cusp of delivering a number of world class weapons, bulk of them in land systems. Read more
If India has not bought a single piece of artillery for over 28 years, the story is as dismal for the fleet of combat jets. No new fighter planes have been procured by the Indian Air Force (... Read more
Last year in April, I almost ignored one of the biggest tip-offs I have received as a journalist but managed to put it up on my blog 12 hours after I first heard about it. The story begins o... Read more
There is not much clarity about the number of ‘hands’ that this information has ended up in. It is quite likely that The Australian may not reveal all the information it has or may not be permitted to do so. It is possible that not all information was shared with the newspaper by the person who met the reporter. It is probable that the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) and security agencies may use their own levers to contain the leakage. Read more
Quietly, almost without any fanfare, India and the United States signed an agreement that enables militaries of both countries to use each others’ facilities to replenish warships, aircraft... Read more
EDITOR’S NOTE The award by the Permanent Court of Arbitration against the Chinese in the South China Sea (SCS) case that Philippines had initiated, has been received with much enthusia... Read more