Defence Technology… Evolution and Role of Naval UAVs 4 Dec 201711 Sep 2018 (Published in special edition of Economic Times, India on 04 Dec 2017) Earliest mention of a drone/unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the Naval context is found in 1917, when the…
defence… Book Review-Strategic Vision 2030: Security and Development of Andaman & Nicobar Islands 14 Nov 201711 Sep 2018 (Published IndraStra Global 24 Aug 2017) Air Marshal P K Roy and Commodore Aspi Cawasji, Strategic Vision 2030: Security and Development of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Pages 177. Vij Books…
Afghanistan… Three Ports Under China’s Gaze 9 Nov 201711 Sep 2018 {Published in Indian Military Review Aug 2017 (https://goo.gl/2A1PGt) & IndraStraglobal (http://www.indrastra.com/2017/08/Three-Ports-Under-China-s-Gaze-003-08-2017-0050.html)} The Baluch and their lands hold the key to prosperity of the land locked Central Asian Region and Afghanistan.…
AI… Weaponised Unmanned Vehicles in the Indian Navy: Technology Outlook 13 Jun 201711 Sep 2018 (Published IndraStra Global May 22, 2016 ) In the Navy unmanned vehicles constitute four types of vehicles which operate in aerial, surface-land, surface-sea and underwater environments. Even though more glamorous…
Cyber warfare… Hybrid warfare-The Naval Dimension 1 Jan 201725 Jan 2017 (Published IndraStra Global 01 Jan 2017, http://www.indrastra.com/2017/01/FEATURED-Hybrid-Warfare-Naval-Dimension-003-01-2017-0002.html) It is so damn complex. If you ever think you have the solution to this, you’re wrong, and you’re dangerous. You have to keep…
China… Jade Necklace: Naval Dimension of Chinese Engagement with Coastal Nations Across the Oceans 17 Dec 201625 Jan 2017 (Published IndraStra Global, 17 Dec 2017; for complete interactive experience visit http://www.indrastra.com/2016/12/FEATURED-Jade-Necklace-Naval-Dimension-of-Chinese-Engagement-with-Coastal-Nations-Across-the-Oceans-002-12-2016-0032.html ) “Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of…
Indian Navy… Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs)- Navy’s Armed Patrol 15 Dec 201625 Jan 2017 (Published SP’s Naval Forces, Dec 2016-Jan 2017. Vol 11 No. 6 ) “It is not surprising that some OPVs are multirole and heavily armed, lighter scantling and faster, whereas others…
Acquisition… Surface-to-Surface Missiles on Warships 6 Jun 201619 Jul 2017 (Published SP’s Naval Forces. Jun-Jul 2016 Vol 11 No. 3) Surface-to-Surface Missiles on Warships Blue water navies defend and attack with a variety platforms utilizing wide range of weapons. The three-dimensional…
Armament… Dimensions of Submarine Threat in the Littorals –A Perspective 9 Nov 2015 (Published : "FEATURED | Dimensions of Submarine Threat in the Littorals –A Perspective by RADM Dr. S. Kulshrestha (Retd.), INDIAN NAVY." IndraStra Global 01, no. 11 (2015): 0408. ISSN 2381-3652,)…
Defence Technology… Naval Sensors – a Perspective 1 Oct 2015 (Published in SP's Military Year Book 2015) We may produce at will, from a sending station. an electrical effect in any particular region of the globe; we may determine…
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