The atmosphere of suspicion in the People’s Liberation Army is an indicator of the troubles within. Whether these are serious issues or just to ‘scare the monkeys’, is another matter. India... Read more
The name Zhang Jiadong may be familiar to India’s community of China watchers. He was posted in the Chinese embassy in New Delhi a few years ago and is presently Director of the Centre... Read more
Cyber has become a means for nations and organizations to achieve objectives below the thresholds of conflict. In this new digital warfare domain, traditional conceptions are being flipped o... Read more
Editor’s Note If the fortunes of any country has taken a turn after Trump’s winning the American Presidency, perhaps Iran could be foremost on the list. Trump’s trashing of the JCPOA and res... Read more
Overfeeding is a health hazard. In the case of India’s public sector defence shipyards, recipients of Rs 1.3 lakh crore worth of orders from the government over the last decade, it can... Read more
The four different studies being pursued by the Army HQ have the potential of transforming our army into leaner and meaner force. Amongst these studies is the one focused on the re-organisin... Read more
China and India have both decided to expand their navies by building their own aircraft carriers. Both nations began by refurbishing Russian carriers before designing and building their own.... Read more
The Indian Army has undertaken a comprehensive time-bound set of four different studies to achieve (a) An agile structure for field formations, (b) A responsive mechanism at the army headqua... Read more
The trade war that the U.S. has unleashed on China continues to ratchet up. The next round of 25-percent tariffs on $16 billion of imports from China will go into effect Aug. 23. China is co... Read more
Editor’s Note The Indian Army has got its first imported gun after the Bofors scandal three decades back. India has contracted for 145 of 155mm M777 Ultra Light Howitzers manufactured by BAE... Read more
