- 23 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National Securityiaf
EGYPT INTERNATIONAL AIRSHOW: SEPTEMBER 2024
In the global airpower arena, advancements in aerospace power are frequent, swift and multi-dimensional. Airpower proves to be a critical facet in the race for global/regional dominance and as a…
By Brig Arvind Dhananjayan (Retd)
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.)
EXERCISE TARANG SHAKTI: INTRICACIES OF MULTI-NATIONAL MILITARY EXERCISES
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…
By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (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
Mission Divyastra Successful: New Frontiers
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)
SPEED RACE: HYPERSONIC WEAPONS
Hypersonic projectiles and platforms are emerging as a highly valued weapon system for militaries, the world over, due to their unique combination of attributes. The characteristics of hypersonic missiles include…
By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd)
PM Modi’s Visit To USA: Deal Or No Deal For Fighter Aircraft And Aero-Engines?
“Both sides will identify opportunities for co-development of new technologies and co-production of existing and new systems and facilitate increased collaboration between defence start-up ecosystems of the two countries.” Statement…
By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd)
PLA Air Force: Significant Air Power – Time India Must Act
Like the Americans and the Russians, China realised very early that one who controls the aerospace, controls this planet. They began setting up aircraft building plants, initially with the help…
By Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retd)
IAF’s Fighter Squadron Drawdown And The Mitigation Plan
“While, IAF has plans to steadily induct locally made fighter jets like Tejas Mk1, Mk2, and AMCA, the need for 114 jets under Multi-Role Fighter Aircraft (MRFA) will remain, due…
By Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd)
The Russia Ukraine War: Impact On IAF And Way Ahead
The current war between Russia and Ukraine which began in February 2022 has been continuing for more than a year now, with no signs of an end to hostilities. There…
By Air Vice Marshal Samir Borade, VSM (Retd)
Artificial Intelligence (AI) And The Armed Forces
Let me begin on a personal note. In the late 1990s, the efforts did not always bear fruit as we trawled the forests in the upper reaches of mountains in…
By Maj Gen Neeraj Bali, SM (Retd)
A Line Divided: The Frayed Edges Will Remain
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) released its Annual Report 2021-22 on March 13. The report notes: "Since April-May 2020, the Chinese side undertook several attempts to unilaterally alter the…
By Lt Gen D S Hooda (Retd)
