For the Indian Armed Forces whose primary role is deterrence, war avoidance and territorial sovereignty – UAVs, missiles and air defence systems will be supplementary and complementary to tanks, artillery guns and infantry carriers. This will also give the commanders strategic as well as operational options, while ensuring tangible achievement of success rather than the narrative.

With over 11,000 kms of coastline and over 1300 islands, India’s onshore and offshore security assumes importance thus developing amphibious capabilities is an essential for the Indian Armed Forces, the Doctrine for which is reviewed by Shravani N

China is not visibly racing toward a near-term amphibious assault, but it does not need to. It is building the tools for coercion without operating on hard power, instead resorting to political pressure, economic leverage over transboundary assets, incremental construction on contested lands while holding a rapidly modernising Marine Corps in reserve, capable of seizing contested features quickly should the calculation ever favour says William Lalrinzuala

The review of USINDOPACOM back to the original USPACOM is more than a change in name. This has multiple implications for China, Taiwan India and US allies as South Korea, Japan and Australia as well as South East Asia. Here is a brief analysis of the level of impact and possible implications

In essence tactics and employment will determine the advantage and not merely the AIP of Pakistan Navy's Hangor Class subs over the Indian Navy's agile and silent Scorpene Class.

Targeted attacks on Indian flagged ship off the coast of Oman presumably by Iranian state or supported nonstate actors will test India’s multi-alignment policy in the Gulf balancing Iran with a tilt towards the UAE and Israel.

Several forcing events tend to suggest that at least preliminaries of the much vaunted plan to integrate the Army, Navy and Air Force operations through formation of Theater Commands may be reaching a degree of finality, or is it another so near yet so far moment.

The Defence Forces Vision 2047 outlines many of the desired capabilities for a modern military progressing over the next two decades or so. The ominbus approach denotes complexity of the mission and the necessity for political and military will and commitment to achieve the aims laid down.

As India continues to languish in the top two nations for arms imports globally, a conversation with SIPRI expert Siemon T Wezeman provides perspectives and how India could shed this “distinction”.

Screen Grab China Military Online 29 December 2025 China PLA Eastern Theatre Command announced the launch of Justice Mission 2025 on December 29 in the Taiwan periphery with integrated operations by PLAA, PLAN, PLAAF and Rocket Force. Here is a run of events and simulation of impact. In a series of press releases China Military Online [ http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/ ] Xinhua and Weibo/WeChat reports wherein forces of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberatio