The Chinese are masters of deception and denial is well known, for they see nothing illogical as being deceptive and talking of trust. In 2016, to neutralise India’s position on…
As India rightly pushes for Atmanirbharta, it is very clear that the highest dividend for indigenisation in defence is in aviation sector. Aircraft requires the leading-edge technologies. No country shares…
India’s largest international air exercise, Exercise Tarang Shakti 2024, is in progress. Phase I at Sulur Airbase has been completed, and phase II is now underway. Military exercises are an…
On October 16, 1966, a monstrous 300-foot-long aircraft, longer than a Boeing-747, with a 125-foot wingspan/121-foot tail-stabiliser span, glided over the Caspian Sea. The machine was as high as a…
The largest-ever International Air Exercise that mainland Asia has seen in over six decades is underway as the Indian Air Force hosts friendly foreign Air Forces from thirty nations, ten…
Anyone avidly following the war in Ukraine would realise that it is a futile war where termination is going to be a real challenge. It is a war of national…
The Indo-Pacific region can be understood as a geopolitical area that comprises of the waters of the Indian Ocean, the central and western Pacific Ocean, and the seas that connect…
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The Chinese are masters of deception and denial is well known, for they see nothing illogical as being deceptive and talking of trust. In 2016, to neutralise India’s position on Masood Azhar, Beijing raised some impalpable rules under the 1267 regime of providing “
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Anyone avidly following the war in Ukraine would realise that it is a futile war where termination is going to be a real challenge. It is a war of national egos of not just the contestants but a host of countries who seem to back it, some apparently quite reluctantly. P
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The Chinese are masters of deception and denial is well known, for they see nothing illogical as being deceptive and talking of trust. In 2016, to neutralise India’s position on Masood Azhar, Beijing raised some impalpable rules under the 1267 regime of providing “
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India’s largest international air exercise, Exercise Tarang Shakti 2024, is in progress. Phase I at Sulur Airbase has been completed, and phase II is now underway. Military exercises are an important part of military cooperation and defence diplomacy. Worldwide, about
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The largest-ever International Air Exercise that mainland Asia has seen in over six decades is underway as the Indian Air Force hosts friendly foreign Air Forces from thirty nations, ten as active participants, and the rest as observers. Exercise Tarang (Wave) Shakti co
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