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

Reprsentative Image of a Thermonuclear Explosion by Wix AI In the last fortnight or so, two events as diverse as they can be once again reminded the World of the apocalypse of a nuclear war. One lesser-known release, perhaps, in strategic circles was the political thriller “A House of Dynamite” by Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, which traced a scenario of a nuclear weapon headed for the United States Mainland. In the perilous world we live in today, fiction i

Missile Defence Shield Representative Photo by Wix AI Pak Army Chief Munir’s misreading of the contemporary nuclear theory and praxis in the Subcontinent is disastrous for his country. Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal Asim Munir completely misconstrues the nuclear narrative claiming on October 18 there was “no space for war in a nuclearised environment.” What the Army Chief failed to understand and so is the top brass of the country for decades is that ther

AMCA Design Form Despite the high decibel narrative on Atma Nirbhar Bharat and strategic autonomy, India faces multiple dilemmas to acquire capabilities for a fifth generation force. Here is a look at the Indian Air Force dilemma India is actively considering acquisition of a fifth-generation fighter with the Russian Su-57E presently the frontrunner for direct acquisition and local production. While the IAF has performed well during Operation Sindoor after clearance for attac

Today is Indian Air Force Day, felicitations to the IAF on reaching the 93 rd  Founding Anniversary in a saga notched up by significant...