by Prakash Nanda | Dec 4, 2025 | Defence & Foreign Policy
Controlling the Seas As the Indian Navy celebrates the “Navy Day” on December 4, it deserves plaudits for its multi-decade initiative towards indigenous fabrication, infrastructure development, strategic alliances, capability enhancement, and doctrinal progression. It...
by Jyoti Singh | Nov 27, 2025 | Defence & Foreign Policy
Self-Reliance in Defence Indigenous defence production hit a record ₹1,27,434 crore in FY 2023-24, a 174% surge from ₹46,429 crore in 2014-15 The rise in the defence budget, from ₹2.53 lakh crore in 2013-14 to ₹6.81 lakh crore in 2025-26, underlines the...
by Jyoti Singh | Nov 6, 2025 | Defence & Foreign Policy
Stirring the hornet’s nest? US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to resume nuclear testing has sent shockwaves across the globe by provoking Russia and China to take similar steps. India can’t afford to lag behind either. On October 30, 2025, US President...
by Prakash Nanda | Oct 10, 2025 | Defence & Foreign Policy
IAF & Theaterisation American example may have inspired India’s theaterisation plan, but the same example now strengthens the Indian Air Force to scuttle it Has the idea of theaterisation of Indian forces, now nearly five years old, gone under pause? This...
by Mahendra Ved | Sep 30, 2025 | Defence & Foreign Policy
Farewell to MiG-21 During an informal discussion on India’s defence sector with Western European military officers in the 1980s, this writer was asked: why a ‘democratic’ India was buying defence equipment from a ‘communist’ Russia. Since furnishing details and data...
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