Will Hypersonics Finally Force the Pentagon to Integrate Kinetic and Non-Kinetic Defenses?
It’s long been too hard to get the U.S. military’s cyber-EW-IO operators on the same page with more traditional trigger-pullers. If the United States is to have a chance at warding off new h... Read more
India-Pakistan Dogfight: The Little Known Role of a Woman Fighter Controller
An alert and calm woman fighter controller of the Indian Air Force (IAF) played a key role in thwarting the major Pakistan air attack on the Nowshera sector in Jammu and Kashmir on 27 Februa... Read more
Pakistan Military Loves ‘Land’ More Than ‘Motherland’
Pakistan military’s lust for land is so prolific that their Generals conduct themselves in the manner of feudal landlords and carry the tags of ‘biggest land grabbers and land mafias’... Read more
Stealth Sadness: Why Russia’s New Su-57 Might be Doomed to Fail
No matter how large or populated, a country with GDP comparable to that of Australia cannot afford to play at being a superpower, fight a protracted war in Syria and develop its own stealth... Read more
Breaking! Indian Navy May Finalise $2 billion MH60R Seahawk Multirole Naval Helicopters Deal Later this Year
Indian Navy is expected to conclude contract with the US-based aerospace giant Lockheed Martin for 24 MH60R Seahawk multirole naval helicopters by October this year. The Indian Navy $2 billi... Read more
Laser Weapons: A Blueprint for Adding Them to the Force
The country that is first to develop and field battlefield lasers will have a distinct military advantage. Directed energy weapons promise to complement kinetic weapons and help fight off va... Read more
Is the Pentagon Moving Quickly Enough on Hypersonic Defense?
As the Pentagon looks to catch up with China and Russia in the hypersonic arms race, there is a widespread acknowledgement that the technology to defend against weapons capable of reaching M... Read more
US Army Wants $228 Million to Build ‘Super Gun’ That can Fire Shell 1,150 Miles in War With Russia or China
The United States military wants to build the most powerful cannon ever created, a “super gun” that can fire an explosive shell more than 1,100 miles. Together with new, hypersonic missiles... Read more
US, Russia Divided on Venezuela Crisis After Talks as Moscow Warns Against Military Intervention
Russia and the United States remain split on how to resolve the crisis in Venezuela, officials from both powers said Tuesday after talks in Rome. Elliott Abrams, the Trump administration’s s... Read more
Manohar Parrikar: India’s Former Defence Minister was a General at Heart
My first encounter with Manohar Parrikar was when he was the Defence Minister. He was scheduled to address a seminar jointly hosted by my organization and an Industry Association on 25 Febru... Read more