Almost six months after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh officially launched it in January this year, the ‘Soul of Steel Himalayan Challenge’, one of the toughest high-altitude end... Read more
While Ashley Tellis set the simmering pot aboil with his calling India a bad bet for the US, Arzan Tarapore, in his rejoinder, as India being the best bet returned the pot to a simmer. Both... Read more
Setting the tone for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s State visit to Washington on 22 June, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has given the nod for buying armed US drones. The Biden Adminis... Read more
Proverbially, the rule goes: Old soldiers never die, they fade away. That’s what we have always heard and sung. The note has its origin in a British Army parody of the Gospel song Kind thou... Read more
With an economy in an absolute mess, social cohesion in taters, and people dying as they rush for subsidised food grains, Pakistan has produced an unlikely defence budget. As per the budget... Read more
Days before cyclone Biparjoy hit coastal Gujarat and Sindh in Pakistan, there was another deadly force making waves in the Arabian Sea, as the Indian Navy conducted a massive exercise involv... Read more
NEW DELHI: China is marking the third anniversary of the Galwan clash in eastern Ladakh in its time-honoured manner: portraying it as an achievement that young people should emulate. Meaning... Read more
India and Pakistan appear to be expanding their nuclear arsenals, and both countries introduced and continued to develop new types of nuclear delivery systems in 2022, says The Stockholm Int... Read more
Editor’s Note The debate on the necessity of first writing a National Security Strategy (NSS) before undertaking the exercise of theaterisation, has gathered some echoes, recently. However,... Read more
Using simulators to train the Indian army not only leads to a dramatic reduction in costs, it also helps save our planet, says a report released by The Energy and Resources Institute (better... Read more
