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INDIA@75: INDIAN START-UP DEVELOP AN UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE ‘ASTRO’ IN JUST 2 MONTHS
UNVEILING EDGEFORCE ASTRO UGV On the occasion of this 15th August, Col. P Hani and Mr Ramachandran Andayi from Edgeforce India took upon the initiative to unveil Unmanned Ground Vehicle Continue Reading
Mig-21 Crashes: IAF-Politico-Bureaucratic Logjam
The loss of Wing Commander M. Rana and Flight Lieutenant Adivitya Bal in the MIG-21 crash this year caused jitters around the nation. The crash happened on the night of Continue Reading
India and IPEF: Its Time for India to Take Responsibility
A proposal made by the U.S. President during the East Asia Summit in October 2021 has fructified recently during the second in-person Quadrilateral alliance (Quad) summit in Tokyo amidst the Continue Reading
Kurds And The Perplexed World
The recent cold-blooded assault by Turkish forces against Kurds in Syria sparked off the dispute between Kurds and Turkey again. The strike against Kurds is not new but neither common Continue Reading
Military Domains, Dimensions, Doctrines: Towards Design Centric Warfare
We need a clear, comprehensive and unambiguous delineation of military domains, military dimensions and of course emerging military doctrines and forms of warfare. In this new column “Of Military domains, Continue Reading
Cybersecurity Skills A National Imperative
New sciences and technologies in the field of cybersecurity are the driving force in the next decade. These demand new roles and skill sets. Hence, cybersecurity infrastructure, training and development Continue Reading
The Unconventional Military Tactics We Learned From The Ukrainian War 2022
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine. Russia didn’t mention that it is going to conduct a full-fledged military manoeuvre against the Ukraine, rather it named it’s military operations against Ukraine as Continue Reading
The 13th Para SF Battalion Raised
It is nowhere in the mainstream media but as per sources on the 1st of May this year, the Indian Army raised another battalion of Special Forces, the 13th PARA Continue Reading
The IAF Needs to Revisit Its Doctrine
Article by Mr. Shantanu K. Bansal Excerpt as follows. … The reality is that while the world is moving to develop a 6th Generation fighter, India is still struggling to Continue Reading
Pakistan’s New National Security Policy: A Decent Document but Away From The Ground Realities
Article by Mr. Shantanu K. Bansal The article is based on Pakistan’s National Security Policy 2022-2026 Available for Media Release. The Process Of Planning Spans To 7 Years The Pakistan Continue Reading