Research Reports

JAN-FEB 2017: There are drones in thesky, in R(D centers and more varieties are making their debut  as the advantages

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JAN-FEB 2017: The Indian Air Force has projected a requirement of an additional 200 aircraft to be able to put up
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JAN-FEB 2017: Today, start-ups depictthe growing entrepreneurial culture encouraging youth to become the leaders

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NOV-DEC 2016: The one instrument thatrevolutionized warfare is the night vision device. Offensive and defensive operations no longer
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NOV-DEC 2016: The anti submarine warfare operations are gaining a strong foothold as nations are facing acute threat from
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NOV-DEC 2016: The Indian Army’s surgical strikes along the Line of Control (LoC) recently has once againhighlighted

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SEP-OCT 2016: In the age of satellitewarfare, guns and assault rifles are still the main chorus of the war fighting despite
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SEP-OCT 2016: Going by the recent trend, in another 15 years from now the terrorists will be able to acquire the capability for new types of mass

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SEP-OCT 2016: India is in the processof replacing its military heavy lift capability to be able to manage, with some credibility,
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SEP-OCT 2016: Political turmoil is rampant on both sides of the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Chinaand Pakistan have held

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MAY-JUNE 2016: Imagine a next-generation attack helicopter platform so advanced that it can

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MAY-JUNE 2016: With the responsibilityof protecting and projecting power across more than 50 million square kilometers

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JUL-AUG 2016: The Defence Research and Development Organisation has been working on robotics to create unmanned ground vehicles
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JUL-AUG 2016: There is a clear distinction between deep submergence rescue vehicles (DSRV) and unmannedunderwater
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JUL-AUG 2016: A Directed Energy Weapon (DEW) is still in its nascence but there are signs that it could soon bloom into effective reality. India has already made some progress in the use of laser energy for the precision delivery of bombs
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JUL-AUG 2016: China has become a teacher in matters pertaining to non proliferation regime and issues involving its conduct among technologically superior nations who are holding signing of NPT as criteria for entering into NSG club.
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MAY-JUNE 2016: Protecting India’s vastcoastline of around 7500 kms is not an easy task. The challenge assumes

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MAY-JUNE 2016: A paupered Artillery Regiment of the Indian Army is now suddenly inundated by a surfeit of weapons systems be
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MAY-JUNE 2016: As prime Indian military objective in the event of an outbreak of hostilities between

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MAR-APR 2016: India is seeking to create a credible military industrial complex which can meet technological needs of
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MAR-APR 2016: Maritime surveillance capabilities of the Indian Navy would not be complete till the medium range maritime
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MAR-APR 2016: Indian Air Force is not only bedevilled with its fighter strength, even the easily available cheap Basic

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MAR-APR 2016: The infantry fighting vehicles are getting popular among the leading militaries in recent timedue to their high mobility

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MAR-APR 2016: Maritime security is a two-ply concept. One is that on the surface of the sea and its atmospheric dimension
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MAR-APR 2016: With the introduction of 3D technology, military aircraft training for pilots and air force jet trainer schools are

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MAR-APR 2016: A nation that feels itself hemmed in by hostile neighbors needs to look for ways to preserve its own

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JAN-FEB 2016: Among the first weapons system not driven by the need to match the Chinese was initiated almost

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JAN-FEB 2016: The tank warfare just few years ago was being dubbed as ‘history’ after the invention of military satellite
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JAN-FEB 2016: The evolution of multidimensional new age battlefield has rendered the modern MBTs insignificant a
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JAN-FEB 2016: Any military action requires political will. Does the Bharatiya Janta Party which leads the National Democratic

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SEP-OCT 2015: With concerted attemptsto make the oceans transparent and the development of technologies

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NOV-DEC 2015: Maritime sovereignty disputes in the region, particularly in the South China Sea, have been a source of tension and a destabilizing factor in the Asia-Pacific region.To translate the vision of a peaceful and prosperous Community into reality, ASEAN needs to address internal differences and garner a collective power of unity that pushes for a peaceful and durable solution to the South China Sea issue, such as setting up mechanisms to maintain maritime order and stability, prevent tensions and avoid escalation into armed conflicts.
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NOV-DEC 2015: High mountain terrain is often inaccessible, uninhabitable or of no apparent value, yet peoples and states still fight to possess it.  Long, bloody wars have been fought, and are being fought. Over the past six decaded, high-altitude combat has raged in Africa, Asia, and South America.
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NOV-DEC 2015: Submarine force is the most vital component of any military and it is the ultimate deterrence against the enemy but if the navy loses its platform and human resourcesin the midst of a war then it can be a big disaster to overcome.
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NOV-DEC 2015: 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.
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MAY-JUN 2015: Prime Minister Narendra Modis Act East diplomacy was in full play during his recent visit to Seoul, South Korea. Though the
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JUL-AUG 2015: With the advent of new technologies, unmanned ground vehicles are being increasingly used to defend ground
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SEP-OCT 2015: In this day and age there can be no argument against the presence of the unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) and the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the battlefield. They are fast becoming standard equipment in the order of battle
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JUL-AUG 2015: To keep an eye on the enemy activities deep inside the opponents territory, military commanders are increasingly relying
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SEP-OCT 2015: The saga of the Indian Army’s acquisition programme for small arms and assault rifles is a scam wrapped within a farce.

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SEP-OCT 2015: India is increasingly being confronted by a two-front war situation compounded by a Fifth Column of Pakistani trained jihadis operating
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JUL-AUG 2015: As modern battlefields get more and more complex, lethal, diverse and multidimensional, the fighting infantry soldiers need to be armed accordingly to face the challenge of operating across the entire spectrum of conflict.
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JUL-AUG 2015: Missiles in their surface-to-air configuration are dependent on their efficacy on range and a multi-layered nature of their deployment. Thus shoulder-fired man-portable (MANPADS) and fixed-launch point-defence missiles are considered the last shield against low-flying aircraft and, in the case of the latter, against surface-skimming projectiles.
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MAY-JUN 2015: There is evidence of a heartening improvement in maritime surveillance as seen in the pre-emptive interception of suspected Pakistani surface vessels to penetrate Indian territorial waters or indulge in criminal activity on the high seas.
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MAY-JUN 2015: Battlefield transparency under all types of conditions will hold the key to success of a military operation in the 21st Century. Militaries will need critical technologies and weapons which can provide the ability to overpower
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MAY-JUN 2015: Anti-submarine warfare is a multilayered operation involving all elements ranging from the air, surface to the sub-surface domains.

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MAY-JUN 2015: The saga of the indigenous creation of an ab initio propeller driven trainer aircraft and an initial jet trainer (IJT) aircraft for the Indian Air Force and the Indian Navy by the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd reads like the script of a farce
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JAN-FEB 2015: The Indian armored regiment’s modernization is not as pathetic as the Indian artillery regiments, which has not seen

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MAR-APR 2015: Though the sanction for814 artillery guns worth Rs 15,750 crore ( US$ 2.56 billion) was cleared last November, by the Defence Minister
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MAR-APR 2015: The recently concluded Aero India 2015 was a much bigger show as compared to last decade and with Indian Prime Narendra Modi

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MAR-APR 2015: The state of the submarine arm of the Indian Navy is dismal. With a high of 20 vessels in its inventory in the 80s when the threats to the Indian mainland were

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MAR-APR 2015: After about 28 years of misbegotten abstention in acquisition of new artillery guns for the Indian Army there is a glimmer of hope that an indigenous Bofors gun could emerge
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JAN-FEB 2015: India and Russia are once again set to further deepen their defence nuclear technology cooperation. The issue of acquiring

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JAN-FEB 2015: The modernization of India’s tank fleet must begin with the upgradation of the long-delayed Arjun tank before the cumulative
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JAN-FEB 2015: With the recent successful test of 1000 kg glide bomb guided to its target with “great precision” a multi-disciplinary group of Defence Research and
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JAN-FEB 2015: Space for deployment of armor and mechanized forces is available at several points along the Himalayan range. In the north-east the defence of the Siliguri corridor which

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DEC. 2014: Air superiority is an essential military mission, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future. Control of the air is not

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DEC. 2014: For India it took decades of trial and error and competence building on manned target training aircraft to transit to pilotless target trainers to unmanned aerial
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DEC. 2014 : Todays naval aircraft have come a long way from the Wright Brothers flying machine. These modern and complex aircraft require a maintenance
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DEC. 2014: India is better prepared to deal with any Pakistan tank attack anywhere along its western front than it has ever been. The two major tank battles that
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DEC. 2014: There is no way that the Government of India can expedite the acquisition of submarines and anti-submarine assets

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DEC. 2014: With significant changes in mission requirements spawned by advances in technology and the threat, the role of submarine remains an
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NOV. 2014: The regional arms race has brought potent warfare capabilities to many countries that are now eager to either indigenously
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NOV. 2014: Given the increasing frequency of Chinese intrusions along the Line of Actual Control and Pakistan’s attempts at infiltration of terrorists
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NOV. 2014 : Amphibious warfare is normally synonymous with a cooperative naval and army operation with the former providing the transportation and the
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SEP. 2014: The Indian artillery modernization program has now become a subject of laughing stock in strategic circles.

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OCT. 2014: The modernization of Indian Air Force requires billions of dollars of budgetary support, the lack of which restrains the government from
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OCT.2014: Jointmanship of the armed forces was intended to ensure that there would be a commonality ofequipment wherever possible
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OCT. 2014 : The Indian Air Force is, in the year 2014, in a state of gradual denudation of its fighter squadrons and rather laborious and painstaking negotiations
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SEP. 2014: There are guns and there are guns. Depends on what one wants to shoot. If one wants to carry a gun for self-defence (or homicide) then the weapon
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SEP. 2014: The history of submarine operation is mixed with tragedy and success but modern navies are going for high quality deep sea rescue technologies to save
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SEP. 2014: It is heartrending to see Indian Navy, which had earned for itself an enviable reputation of being forward looking-as seen in
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AUG. 2014: Conceived in 2007 the Indian unmanned strike air vehicle (USAV)-an attack version of

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AUG. 2014: For long, the cry was heard that the Indian Army was largely night blind or unable to fight a war in

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AUG. 2014: With the advent of nanotechnology in military warfare, it is no more a dream or a just science fiction where
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AUG. 2014: There has been talk of improvement of infrastructure-helipads, airstrips for heavy-lift

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JUL. 2014: Difficult terrain in the early years of warfare (World War I and World War II) was that landscape that was serrated with trenches and cratered by the fall of heavy ball-type artillery which

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JUL. 2014: The Indian Army is considered as among the best trained army in the world when it comes to mountain or high altitude warfare. India, due to
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JUL. 2014: India is in the processof creating the Future Infantry Soldier As a System (F-INSAS). The conceptual framework of the project is to impart increased
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JUL. 2014: The efficacy of an attack helicopter or a helicopter gunship is best understood in pugilistic terminology. Where it enjoys the advantage
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JUL. 2014: Prime Minister NarendraModis brainwave to allow a transplantation of population in Arunachal Pradesh is a strategy that appears to have been only
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JUN. 2014: In April 2010, Chinese Rear Admiral Zhang Huachen, then-deputy commander of the East Sea Fleet of the Peoples Liberation Army Navy
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JUN. 2014: The then Chief of Army Staff General V K Singh had warned almost three years ago that Indian Army’s air defence system has become

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JUN. 2014: The scramble for the acquisition of the very short range air defence (VSHORAD) system began when it became known that Pakistan

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JUN. 2014: The Indian Navys Sukanya and Saryu class of offshore patrol vessels give India a trans-oceanic capability of sea control, sea denial

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JUN. 2014: The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) of the ministry of Commerce and Trade has delivered an old wine
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MAY 2014: With the change of Indian leadership after a decade, the international community is closelyobserving the strategic

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MAY 2014: Establishing air supremacy is the primary mission of any air force hence the air to air combat is often dubbed as the cat and mouse game in the skies.The ability to detect the enemy aircraft before being detected and immediate release of on board air to air missile will provide a critical edge to the air warriors. Air forces world over have been upgrading their air combat capability with more and more advanced platforms equipped with longer range and accurate hit capable air to air missiles.
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MAY 2014: Though armed forces all over the world are taking necessary steps to modernize and be ready to take on any challenge from rival

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MAY 2014: There has been a mad rush for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the past decade or so but it does not seem to have ameliorated
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MAY 2014: In today’s swift and intense warfare of 21st century, the Special Forces have already earned aspecial position for themselves

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APR. 2014: The creation of naval infrastructure has been dogged by an absence of funding. While there aremore than 40 warships in various

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APR. 2014: In 1999 during the Kargil war India felt very acutely the need for air-delivered precision guided munitions. Freefall bombs
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APR. 2014: Since conventional weapons are not able to deliver the kinetic punch, leading militaries are now looking for a more potent weapon that can travel near to the speed of light.
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MAR. 2014: With the acceptance of formal invite from Pakistan, it appeared that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would have visited Pakistan this month. It was supposed to be his final major diplomatic endeavor as Prime Minister.
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MAR. 2014: Much has been said lately about the China-Japan rivalry spreading to the continent of Africa. Perhaps, this is logically so.Japan’s growing interest in Africa as a lucrative market for economic ties and energy security
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MAR. 2014: Thailand’s anti-government unrest has taken an increasingly ugly, more violent turnwith children killed or injured, their tiny bodies maimed and turned lifeless by shrapnel or gunshots.
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MAR. 2014: Since many of the Indian airfields are of dual civil-military facilities it would be natural to assume that if anything interferes with the operation of civil aircraft the same would apply to military aircraft as well. Thoughthe latter are by and large “all weather” flying platforms they may be able to take off from a smog-bound airfield but getting back could become a problem without adequate instrument landing systems below.
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MAR. 2014: Poor state of the financial affairs of the country has ensured that the defence budget will not be a game changer in the coming financial year. The Indian armed forces are already feeling handicapped because of inordinate delayin finalizing cabinet
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MAR. 2014: Protection against nuclear, biological and chemical attacks is practically non-existent in India in the context of the urban target. So as far as the rural ambiance is concerned NBC protection is being provided only to troops that would be expected either to secure an area after an attack or launch counter-attacks on the enemy
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FEB. 2014: China’s rise in the past decades has been extraordinary. It has grown to become an economic powerhouse and a military giant.
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FEB. 2014: Almost 15,000 kms long border spanning six countries require constant monitoring but in terms of prioritizing the border areas for more effective surveillance, the Indian Army needs to focus more on the borders with China and Pakistan and to a lesser degree on the borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, whileother countries
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FEB. 2014: If the IAF philosophy is indeed one of capabilities and not just numbers there is a very validunderpinning to it in the series of upgradations that have been undertaken over the past decade and is still continuing.
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JAN. 2014: Since the sea warfare is changing at a rapid pace with the introduction of best of technology into the sea borne underwater
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JAN. 2014: As the fire and huge explosion incident in the INS Sindhurakshak submarine last 14 August is still fresh in public memory
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JAN. 2014: The template for modernization of the Army Aviation Corps, now nearly three decades of age, is the ability

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DEC. 2013: Over the past several years, one of the most defining trends at the Sino-Russian border, and possibly a defining trend in Sino-Russian relations
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DEC. 2013: Though there are serious protests by Maoists on alleged irregularities in the recent election in Nepal, the centrist Nepali Congress party won the
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DEC. 2013: Nano technology essentially brings to the military domain the capability of reducing weight of major weapons platforms
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DEC. 2013: By early next year India will have nuclear submarines armed with nuclear missiles thereby creating a minimum

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DEC. 2013: The saga of much delayed and talked about controversial project of Indian Navy is going to be over now. Indian Navy is now

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DEC. 2013: The Indian defence establishment is suffering from not one but several malaise, which is seriously hampering the modernization

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DEC. 2013: After lulling India into slumber with its Border Defence Cooperation Agreement (BDCA), the Chinese have done something that

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NOV. 2013: No matter how eloquently a justification for the existence of an organization like Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
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NOV. 2013: With China showcasing early this year two prototypes of heavy lift intercontinental range transport aircraft Y-20 alleged to be a copy
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NOV. 2013: To be able to foreclosea war in quick time as it did against Pakistan in 1971, India is preparing to refurbish one means of achieving
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NOV. 2013: Even as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh prepared to leave for talks in Beijing there were disconcerting reports that China

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NOV. 2013: Even as a larger geopolitical game plan to drag in foreign interlocutors into the Kashmirissue is being played out, the issue of better management
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SEPT. 2013: By 2022, those living in poverty will be a minority for the first time, as the global middle class- particularly from BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,
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SEPT. 2013: Manmohan Singh's wish, to be able to have breakfast in Amritsar, lunch in Lahore and dinner in Kabul, may finally see the light of day
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SEPT. 2013: The resumption on Palestine-Israel peace talks in late July 2013 after four year interregnum at the behest of US has
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SEPT. 2013: The tri-junction of India, Bhutan and China is like a Chinese dagger held at India’s throat. At this point the Chumbi valley
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The modern trends in Electronic Warfare have brought lot of changes in recent times to incorporate large volume of electronic activities which

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For most nations air defence is a multilayered proposition. Given the threat perception most nations have to set up a triple barrier of surface-to-air 

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There is a great deal of puzzlement in India about why a newly-elected Prime Minister of Chinashould indulge in so blatant a violation of the concept of 

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With the arrival of thefirst of ten C-17 Globemaster heavy lift aircraft from the US the possibility of India being able to deploy tanks in support 

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As Maldives prepares for Presidential election in September, a fierce debate is going on in the Maldivian political circles about the US offer to sign 
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As compared to the four China-Africa summits held since2000, Indiacould organize only two. But the second India-Africa summit held in Addis Ababa on


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It does not need a rocket scientist to understand the game that China and Pakistan are playing on the roof of the world. Its first impact is intended 

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After indulging in portdiplomacy with India’s neighbors China is now engaged in Space diplomacy with them. This has caused jitters 

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Though India and China have signed two landmark agreements on the maintenance of peace and tranquility on the border, the two armies have

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Even as the Indian Navy is being modernized with the acquisition of stealth technology frigates and fast offshore patrol vessels 
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The supersonic MiG-29K joined the Indian Navy on the day when the Indian Naval Aviation  was celebrating the diamond jubilee of 

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The manner in which the USmanaged to find and destroy Osama Bin Laden, the founder of the umbrellaterrorist organization Al Qaeda, it has changed


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The recent experience with China along the Line of Actual Control in the Ladakh sector has brought to the fore the need for 

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China has announced recently about its plan to that it would setup its first military base in the Indian Ocean Island of Seychelles. According to officials

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The much awaited Myanmar gas has started flowing to China as part of Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline project marking the start 

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What began as a movement devoid of any structure and fueled mainly by long standing anger and frustration of the people 

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For centuries, the mighty and magnificent Himalayas have remained an integral and inseparable part of the national consciousness of India.

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China always has awkward surprises in store for India and offers non-conventional ideas translated into greater enemy difficulties.

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Air-to-air missiles are part of modern battlefield which could help the pilots to lock on early and decimate enemy aerial control of the skies.

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Indians can be forgiven for wondering what were Indian border guards doing while the Chinese intruders were dismantling and destroying the 

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