Curtains came down on more than a yearlong intense campaigning in the US Presidential election by Republicans and Democrats at the end of voting hours in Alaska, the western most…
By Ashok SajjanharAs the world’s focus is riveted to the rapidly spiraling crisis in the Middle East which threatens to escalate with Iran’s retaliatory missile strike following Israel’s extensive air strikes and…
By Air Marshal (Dr) Diptendu Choudhury (Retd) PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSMThe 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.)Last year, I discussed how India’s neighbouring countries were increasingly burdened by debt, which I referred to as the ‘Ring of Debt.’ I also predicted that after this phase, anti-India…
By Cdr Sandeep Dhawan (Retd)Introduction Decades ago, ballistic missile defence was developed to intercept predictable targets outside the atmosphere. Since then, the missile threat spectrum has broadened, becoming more endo-atmospheric and manoeuvrable. Hypersonic weapons,…
By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd)Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh, during the Air Force Commanders' Conference in New Delhi on October 26, 2023, pointed out that new trends have emerged in the field of air…
By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd)Djibouti is a small country in the Horn of Africa located on the southwest shores of the Gulf of Aden. It is adjacent to the narrow Bab el-Mandeb Strait (a…
By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd)Fernand Braudel, academic and historian of the early 20th Century, is widely credited with the statement that “The geography of a region plays a significant role in shaping its history.”…
By Brigadier Sanal Kumar (Retd)On March 11, 2024, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under “Mission Divyastra” successfully tested the Agni-V ballistic missile, which uses Multiple Independently Targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) technology. This is…
By Air Cmde SP Singh (Retd)Washington, DC [US], March 26 (ANI): The US has imposed sanctions against 13 entities and two individuals for operating in the financial services and technology sectors of the Russian Federation…
Washington, DC [US], March 26 (ANI): White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby said that they are "perplexed" by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to cancel Israeli delegation's…
By now the backdrop is clear and almost getting stale. Yet, it may be worth recalling the sincerity with which India recommenced its engagement with Xi Jinping’s China soon after…
By Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)