The U.S. National Defence Strategy [NDS] 2026 outlines strategic priorities of the United States,  how do these impact India, here is a preview Key Deductions Indian Perspective India and the United States have renewed their defence cooperation agreement for another 10 years in 2025. As one of the important strategic partners of the U.S. in the Indo Pacific, the NDS is of considerable interest to India. While the US National Security Strategy 2025 had outlined priority of the

Front Page US NDS 2026 The U.S. National Defence Strategy 2026 outlines strategic priorities of the United States with many of the issues having debated extensively over the past year, may not come as a surprise, yet the NDS is the basis on which the Trump administration is set to employ the miiltary as a part of an extensive domestic and global agenda. It was unusual for the high-profile United States Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to release the National Defense Strategy [

Contrary to earlier concerns about diminished US interest under President Donald Trump, the first foreign ministers' meeting of the Quad during his second term reaffirmed the grouping's continued relevance to his administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy, according to rediff.com . The Quad, which began in 2007 and was revitalized in 2017 as a formal forum, maintains several mechanisms despite limited summit-level meetings. Although President Trump appears wary of such forums, so

MQ 9 B SEA GUARDIAN SOURCE GENERAL ATOMICS WEBSITE The United States Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has approved US $ 5.611 Billion to India in 2024-25 and US $ 9.095 Billion arms sales to India from 2019 to April 2021. Total sales during the two periods amount to US $ 14.7069 which includes a variety of major platforms and support equipment. The basic objective sales was as per DSCA mission statement to advance U.S. national security and foreign policy interests

Repersentative Image from Wix Media Annotated   Why the Indian military must sustain commitment to professional ethos, avoiding the pitfalls of momentary fame at the cost of the integrity of the institution, ultimately impacting national security interests?   We are in an age of unreason. The Bad Religion album of 2019 explores societal issues that have led the world to become incoherent, fitting the "unreason" concept. This contrasts with the Age of Enlightenment, an 18th-ce

Source Press Information Bureau of India After weeks of hype over possibility of multiple defence sales agreements to be announced if not contracts inked during the Annual India and Russia Summit on December 05 in the presence of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the absence of any major declaration may seem underwhelming. For the record there was a mention in the Joint Statement  by the two leaders which had a separate section on M

Representative Image Wix Media The aggregate arms revenues of the three companies in India in the Top 100 rose by 8.2 per cent to $7.5 billion in 2024 as a result of orders from the Indian government orders. These include Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Bharat Electronics Ltd and Mazagon Docks   Revenues from sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest arms-producing companies rose by 5.9 per cent in 2024, reaching a record $679 billion, according to new data released t

CNS FUJIAN SOURCE CHINA MILITARY   On 05 November days after attending the Asia Pacific Economic Community [APEC] summit and meeting with the US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the commissioning  and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian (Hull 18), China's first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults, in South China's Hainan province. The Fujian was launched in June 2022 and named after Fujian province. The aircraft carrier Fuj

Xi Jinping at the Inauguration of Fujian Aircraft Carrier Five core themes identified in the Fourth Plenum for the PLA were absolute loyalty to the Party, enhancing combat power, innovation, civil military fusion and 2027, 2025 and 2050 steps to a World class military. While unceremonious sacking of nine senior generals of the People’s Liberation Army [PLA] including a Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission [CMC] was much in the limelight just before the Fourth Plen

Amidst challenges to political and trade relations India and the US defence relations are on a positive track. Here is a list of recent events that denote that politics may not be impacting defence cooperation so far.   Indian Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh met with US Secretary of War Mr Pete Hegseth on the sidelines of 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting - Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 31, 2025.  The two signed the ‘framework for the US-India