Category: Special Report

Increasing role of unmanned armoured vehicles Militaries around the world are looking for ways to introduce armoured unmanned ground vehicles to protect the soldier from boobytraps and improvised explosive devices (IED) and the increasing possibility of a chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear (CBRN) threat to ground forces. The experience of Iraq and Afghanistan is beginning […]

Managing intrusion along Indian borders China has fallen back on an old blueprint to keep India unbalanced. It has revived the insurgencies in the North-east and extended the proxy war to India’s western sector, giving the Pakistan Army encouragement to exacerbate tensions by frequent violations of the ceasefire and deadly cross-LoC attacks. The statement during […]

Indian troops and difficult terrain warfare By dint of constant deployment over decades in the Himalayas in some of the highest battlefields in the world, Indian troops have accumulated significant expertise in difficult terrain warfare. However, the threats to Indian territorial integrity are not confined to mountain warfare. They include the deserts of Rajasthan and […]

The government is poised to give serious consideration to the Indian Navy’s suggestion to build a second aircraft carrier, estimated to cost around Rs 40,000 crore. This significant decision comes amidst growing concerns about China’s expanding presence in the Indian Ocean region. According to reliable sources within the government, the Defence Procurement Board (DPB), a […]

Elbit Systems Ltd. has delivered a self-protection suite to the Royal Netherlands Air Force’s (RNLAF) Gulfstream G-650ER VIP Aircraft. The delivery was carried out within a year of signing and after comprehensive flight acceptance tests. The flight acceptance tests included the examination of the system over a number of flights, all of which were successful […]

G20 summit, currently being held in New Delhi, carries the potential to redefine global gatherings as events that genuinely serve the interests of the common people. Always multilateral engagements are complicated but India’s determination to make the G20 a success has finally yielded results. There were several key take away of the G20 Summit on […]

Taking the defence cooperation between India and France to a new level, the two countries announced that they will extend their “ground-breaking” defence cooperation in advanced aeronautical technologies by supporting the joint development of a combat aircraft engine and also an engine for the Indian multi-role helicopter (IMRH) being designed and developed by Hindustan Aeronautics […]

RAKESH DATTA Politics has no sustainability. Geography has, but is a great pendulum notwithstanding its marked value. Given the geopolitical trends in South Asia it was divided between USA and erstwhile USSR. While Pakistan was American blue-eyed India kept struggling for US proximity, but was tied to her Foreign Policies compulsions. US indeed wanted her share […]

The Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), currently being developed by HAL and DRDO in which Indian Air Force is a partner and a lone customer, should be given top priority for mass production and export. The LCA, which has taken enormous time and had undergone immense technological changes, is a potential platform for IAF. Therefore even […]