“Artificial Intelligence in Military Domain,” is an institutional policy paper prepared by the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS) under the Ministry of Defence, Government of India as a framework for adopting and integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) across the Indian Armed Forces. Here is a review of the policy paper by A Sathwik Raja Bose.

In the coming years, incremental increase in nuclear warheads by India can be anticipated given the versatile delivery systems planned for deployment, this should not be alarming as it will be well within the two principles of credible minimum deterrence and NFU.

Defence cooperation has emerged as a major vector in India's diplomatic engagement contributing to achieving foreign policy goals globally as well as regionally with the latter as the geographic focus constructing long lasting parnterships between the defence community and military alike

The month of May [2026] has been particularly significant for the Indian Air Force [IAF]. The call for accelerating projects and programmes by the IAF Chief Air Chief Marshal A P Singh appears to be finally paying off as the Ministry of Defence initiated combat fighter acquisitions with one Request for Proposal [RFP], another Letter of Request [LOR] and US firm Honeywell delivering the first batch of three engines for the overdue indigenous basic trainer aircraft to Hindustan

A debate on relations between India with Pakistan that is familiar has emerged a year after Operation Sindoor 1. The Operation is continuing per se. Concomitantly, a debate over dialogue with Pakistan is doing the rounds in India, while some voices have gone to the opposite end of the spectrum talking of ‘dismemberment'

Lt General NS Raja Subramani has the onerous responsibility now of heading one of the most profound transformations in the Indian Armed Forces, the creation of Theatre Commands.

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.

What’s changed between Op Sindoor 1 and a projected Operation Sindoor 2 – here is a review of nine variables - strategic, diplomatic, military and terrorism which are likely to change and one constant.

India’s conflict with Pakistan in May 2025—which involved the use of combat aircraft, drones and missiles— pushed up military spending during the year. Pakistan’s military spending grew by 11 per cent to $11.9 billion in 2025.

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.