Artillery Modernisation- A Realty Check
Editor’s Note Napoleon had said, “Artillery is the God of war.” However the Indian Army’s artillery had been buried deep in a seemingly bottomless pit for decades. The Bofors ghost had disal... Read more
Local Suppliers to Get Purchase Preference for 109 Defence Items
Editor’s Note DPP 2016 was a path breaking documents in many ways, but was yet not quite adequate to either boost defence exports or bring in additional FDI in the sector. However, the gover... Read more
South China Sea: The Simmering Cauldron
Editor’s Note The waters of South China Sea have been on the boil for quite some time now. Inspite of the ruling by the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration that clearly went against C... Read more
India-Russia Summit Conveys a Message
Editor’s Pick India – Russia summit had as much of relevance for the two counties as it had for Indo – US relations. India emerged from it making a clear statement about its independen... Read more
Indigenising Defence Production
Editor’s Note The need to indigenise defence production by a country which is the world’s largest importer of weapons is barely an argument that could be a subject of debate. In the la... Read more
India-Russia Summit Conveys a Message
Editor’s Pick India – Russia summit had as much of relevance for the two counties as it had for Indo – US relations. India emerged from it making a clear statement about its independen... Read more
China an Overstretched Hegemon
Editor’s Note The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has a greater strategic thrust as compared to being an economic bonanza for the participating countries. A host of countries have already sta... Read more
Apache Attack Helicopters to Land in Army’s Inventory
Editor’s Note The Apache Guardian is among the meanest platforms being employed primarily in the mechanised battlefield. The highly maneuverable Attack Helicopter (AH) comes with a deadly co... Read more
McCain’s Life and Death: An Indian Sailor’s Musings
Editor’s Note Americans mourned, without exception, when Senator John McCain expired on 25 August, 2018. He stood tall among American leaders, both as a soldier and a statesman. The author t... Read more
Rafale: The Deal and the Din: A way forward
Editor’s Note The Rafale deal has been dragged to the streets. It’s not the first time that a defence deal has been questioned so volubly by our political parties, however, the facts and bar... Read more