Why the IAF’s Post-Sindoor Spending Surge is a Sign of Panic
After Operation Sindoor, India is spending billions of dollars on new weapons. This is being taken by many people as an indication of military prowess. It is not. This rush to procure
After Operation Sindoor, India is spending billions of dollars on new weapons. This is being taken by many people as an indication of military prowess. It is not. This rush to procure
Perhaps the most consequential aspect of any military campaign or national policy is strategic planning. Unfortunately, these decisions are often driven by ideological and political motives rather than reason
On 27-28 November 2025, India hosted its flagship high-level strategic forum known as Chanakya Defence Dialogue (CDD). Since it was convened in the strategic backdrop of Operation Sindoor, an event that India
On 31st October, the United States Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh renewed the 10-year defence framework at the ASEAN Defence Summit in Kuala Lumpur.

The present era is experiencing a shift from 4G (4th Generation) to 5G (5th Generation) networked communication. This shift will radically change all civil and defence communications. In future warfare, it is

Emerging technologies such as AI, robotics and cyber have been in the limelight in defence and military domains since the 1950s; however, nanotechnology has not had a fair share of publicity. The

Since the Russia-Ukraine war began, analysts around the world have been scrutinising the characteristics of the war as well as its tactical, operational and strategic aspects. They have debated how this war

India, the world’s largest democracy and a non-NPT nuclear weapons’ state, is plagued with scandals for military procurements. Despite stringent and painstaking bureaucratic processes for the approvals of defence procurements, India has

“Air superiority is the ultimate expression of military power.” Winston Churchill Airpower has always been one of the decisive factors in warfare given that airborne means of attack have the potential to inflict
As a result of developments in advanced technology, rigorous training and the role of leadership at the operational level of war, airpower has now reached a point where it has become truly

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