AI… 5. Indian perspective on massive damage potential of advanced military technologies 21 Apr 202026 May 2020 Sanatan Kulshrestha (Book Chapter published in The impact of artificial intelligence on strategic stability and nuclear risk volume iii South Asian perspectives edited by Petr Topychkanov. SIPRI. April 2020. https://www.sipri.org/publications/2020/other-publications/impact-artificial-intelligence-strategic-stability-and-nuclear-risk-volume-iii-south-asian…
Ammunition… Sensitive Evolution of Insensitive Munitions 25 Dec 2019 Published Indrastra Global 24 Dec 2019 Everyone was stunned by the explosion and the shrapnel that hit all about the island…. Both twin agent units [full of flame-retardant foam] were…
Ammunition… Cupping the Pacific — China’s Rising Influence 27 Mar 201811 Sep 2018 (Published March 27, 2018 IndraStra Global) Cupping the Pacific — China's Rising Influence China's Rising Influence in the Pacific through Sale of Arms There is one aspect of the recent…
Ammunition… Civilian Micro Drones, IEDs, and Extremists 21 Jan 201811 Sep 2018 Citation: Kulshrestha, S. "Civilian Microdrones, IEDs, and Extremists", IndraStra Global Vol. 04, Issue No: 01 (2018), 0035, | ISSN 2381-3652 “I look to the skies and expect artificial passenger pigeons, blackening…
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…
Ammunition… Russia Deploys the Father of all Bombs? 14 Nov 201711 Sep 2018 (Published IndraStra Global 12 Sep 2017) “These are fuel-air explosives, designed to generate intense blast pressure over a large area. It is reported that the Russian bomb is a…
Afghanistan… Massive Ordnance Air Blast, MOAB – A Perspective 9 Nov 201711 Sep 2018 (Published in CASS Journal, Vol4, No.3. Jul-Sep 2017. ISSN 2347-9191) On 13th April 2017 at 7:32 p.m. local time[1], U.S. Forces Afghanistan conducted a strike using a GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air…
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…
Ammunition… New Nukes on the Block? 6 Jun 20164 Oct 2016 (Published 06 Jun 2016, CLAWS) 'As long as the United States continues to have nuclear weapons, we must ensure that they remain safe, secure, and effective without the use of…
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