- 06 October, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityMaritime Affairs
Air Domain Awareness and Regional Security
The Indian Air Force, on the sidelines of ‘Tarang Shakti 2024,’ the largest multilateral exercise carried out in the country, also conducted a symposium on air domain awareness. The theme…
By Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani (Retd.)
GROUND EFFECT MARITIME VEHICLES: A RESURGENCE?
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…
By Brig Arvind Dhananjayan (Retd)
The Rising Wave of Air Power -Exercise Tarang Shakti
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…
By Air Marshal (Dr) Diptendu Choudhury (Retd) PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM
India’s Maritime Diplomacy: Strategies for Navigating the Indo-Pacific Landscape
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…
By EKAMVIR SINGH research associate
Eastern Naval Command Chief compliments the crew of INS Vagir submarine
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Vice Admiral Rajesh Pendharkar, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C), Eastern Naval Command (ENC), on Sunday interacted with the crew of INS Vagir on return…
Indian Navy implements ‘360 Degree appraisal mechanism’ to enhance promotion evaluation
New Delhi [India], October 7 (ANI): The Indian Navy on Saturday unveiled the '360 Degree Appraisal Mechanism,' to evaluating officers' suitability for promotion. The new mechanim is being billed…
India Needs Large Aircraft Carriers
The recent public statement by the serving Naval chief that the navy hopes to place a repeat order on Cochin Shipyard for another Vikrant class is only partly encouraging. Partly…
By Rear Admiral K Raja Menon (Retd)
Landlocking India—Warning Bells In Andaman And Kerala
India is blessed to have a coastline that juts into the world shipping routes. Since ancient times India capitalised on its thousands of kilometers long coastline but the recent incidents…
By Levina
Chinese Port In Myanmar – Threat To India
China has found the shortest possible entry into Indian Ocean to circumvent the traps laid by QUAD. India’s eastern belligerent neighbour China has expedited its work in the Kyaukpyu dual…
By Levina
Rising Rivalry in the Indian Ocean
As two major emerging powers, India and China are maritime-oriented nation-states. New Delhi and Beijing have a unique set of vested interests in the Indian Ocean region (IOR). Geostrategic supremacy…
By Jay Maniyar
Tightening the Noose Around Chinese Ships: India’s Coastal Surveillance System & SAGAR Policy
Bangladesh’s PM Sheikh Hasina was in India recently. The visit helped fructify many projects, especially one that India had been executing since 2019-- Coastal Surveillance System (CSS). India nudged Bangladesh…
By Levina
Pakistan Navy – A Navy That is Detached from Reality
Today, 08 September, is Pakistan Navy Day. After decades of being in service, why is Pakistan Navy, today finding itself in a fix? Pakistan Navy has acquired two and is…
By Captain DK Sharma (Retd)
