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China’s naval expansion
[Chinese warships at sea: firing drills] A recent Sansad TV programme — ‘The Defenders’ featured a discussio on “China’s naval expansion” with Vice Admiral Satish Soni (Retd), former FOC-in-C,...
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Getting the Thermonuclear Bomb
[Explosion of the Russian “too big to use” 60 megaton — “Czar Bomba” over the test site at Semipalatinsk on 30th October 1961] A bit of serious reading is required by Indian decisonmakers and lay...
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Modi’s visit to America: Springing India from a trap, or into one?
[Modi & Biden, Jaishankar looking on] One thing is certain: As Washington prepares to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a State Visit June 21, the Joe Biden Administration is intent on...
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GE 414 (EDE?) versus new Safran engine — the larger strategic dynamic and...
[Prime Minister Modi and US President Biden in a deep clinch in Washington] Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Munnabhai-type “jaddoo ki jhappi” is what, in my 2018 book (Staggering Forward), I called a...
View ArticleBharat Karnad Explains Why India Must Fix China
An ‘Offensive Defence’ podcast may be of interest:
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France gets a sweetheart sub deal, makes bogus claims, and atmnirbharta gets...
[French Barracuda-class SSN] The mystery of the draft joint communique featuring mention of the deal for three “Scorpene” submarines and 26 navalised Rafale aircraft, which mention went missing from...
View ArticleG20 takeaway: Watch out Middle Kingdom, India is rising!
Global Express (New Indian Express) podcast hosted by Neena Gopal, recorded yesterday, uploaded today with Lt Gen Anil Ahuja (Retd) and yours truly
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Stryker ?! Why, when local options are available?
[Stryker ICV] Like the one-time ruling Bourbons in France, the Indian government and military remember nothing, learn nothing! Another India-US summit/2×2 or whatever meeting, yet another...
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Placating the US has Modi govt in a pickle
[Putin & Modi] On December 8 at an unrelated event in Moscow, the Russian President Vladimir Putin, out of the blue, praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he “cannot be intimidated,...
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India going down the familiar import route, this time on UAVs
[India’s Tapas BH 201 drone] There are good reasons for redoubled skepticism about Narendra Modi’s policy of atmnirbharta (self-sufficiency) in armaments. My books and writings over the past...
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Defence Secretary misspoke or, revealed a glaring secret?
Download [Defence Secretary Aramane and CINC, PACOM, Admiral Aquilino at INDUS-X] If one mulled the statement by Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane at the INDUS-X (India-U.S. Defense Acceleration...
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FINALLY, Divyastra, 19 years late. Next up — Thermonuclear testing
[MIRVed Agni-5 launch] FINALLY, the Multiple Independently-targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) system-armed Agni-5 intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) — the Divyastra was successfully...
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