Where’s the Money for Defence: Need to Think Out of the Box
Editor’s Note The lack of mention of the defence allocation in the Finance Minister’s presentation of the Union Budget was certainly most unexpected either by the forces or the strategic com... Read more
G- 20: Summit: Implications for India
The G-20 Summit on the World Economy brings together the members of the G 7 comprising France, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada and the European Union. It further... Read more
Indigenous Shipbuilding Industry: Key to Maritime and Economic Security
In a bid to promote the Make in India initiative and to give a major push to Shipbuilding Industry in the country, the Indian Navy is jointly organizing an international seminar on ‘Nation B... Read more
Indian Navy to Get Second Aircraft-Carrier by 2021
India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC), Vikrant ‘is alive’ and in an advanced stage of construction. It will be ready for delivery by February 2021, according to Vice Admiral A K Sa... Read more
Army’s Three Rs Plan Gets Going
Restructuring, resizing and reorganisation of the Indian Army, conceived and debated since 2016 (the DB Shekatkar Committee report, four different studies undertaken by Army HQ) is now getti... Read more
Union Budget 2019-20: Policy Roadmap for Defence would Matter More than the Numbers
The Union Budget is not just about numbers; it is also an important statement of how the government intends to fulfil its election-time promises and deal with other sector-specific issues. C... Read more
Pakistani Defence Budget: A Close Crop, Not a Crew Cut
Pakistan’s expenditure on its armed forces seemed to be have plateaued when the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) Chief Major General Asif Gafoor announced that the Pakistani armed forc... Read more
How AI Will Transform Anti-Submarine Warfare
In just about every submarine movie, there’s a scene where the heroes, aboard one sub, engage the villains, in another, in some sort of deep-sea shootout. Neither side knows exactly where th... Read more
Amphibious Wings for the Navy and Coast Guard: US-2i Back on Track
The Japanese ShinMaywa US-2i amphibious aircraft for the Indian Navy is back on track after leaders of India and Japan met on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan. Highly placed... Read more
5G Roll Out: “Bolt” Causing the Blues
“So the universe is constantly moving in the direction of higher evolutionary impulses, creativity, abstraction, and meaning.”- Deepak Chopra The surfers rejoice at the thought of enhanced ‘... Read more