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5Jan 202625 Feb 2026

Strings Attached: How Military Aid Shapes Alliances

Published Taaza Khabar News 05 Jan 2026 https://taazakhabarnews.com/strings-attached-how-military-aid-shapes-alliances/ The global arms trade has transcended mere commercial transactions and emerged as…

16Dec 20251 Jan 2026

Deconstructing and Countering the Triple Trap of Defence Dependency

Published 17 Dec 2025-Taaza Khabar News https://taazakhabarnews.com/deconstructing-and-countering-the-triple-trap-of-defence-dependency/ The “Triple Trap” is a significant issue encountered by nations that are heavily…

12Dec 20251 Jan 2026

China’s Strategic Penetration in the Pacific Islands: Geopolitical Dynamics

Published 12 Dec 2025 Council for Strategic Affairs, USA https://www.councilforstrategicaffairs.org/csa-journal/dr-s-kulshrestha#h.tl4nicrtpcvv The vast Pacific Ocean would always remain the islanders’ great…

Armament…

50.Policy Level Intervention Imperative for Accelerating Indigenous Manufacture of Weapon Systems for Indian Navy

16 May 2015

(Published in IndraStra Global - Strategic Information & Intelligence Forecasting on 16 May 2015) Weapon systems on a warship depend upon the assigned role and mission of the warship in war. Generally,…

China…

49. A Tale of Two Ports; Gwadar versus Chahbahar

14 May 2015

(Published in World news report and Tazakhabarnews on 14 May 2015) Two important declarations in the past few days have brought in to focus the importance of the Makaran Coast to Middle…

A244S Mod 3…

48.Airborne Anti Submarine Warfare

23 Feb 2015

(Published SP's Special Supplement to Aero Inida 2015;19 Feb-21 Feb 2015) Standoff antisubmarine capabilities continue to be of vital interest to the Navies across the world. The current environment of…

Armament…

47. Resurgence of the Naval Gun

1 Feb 2015

(Published in Defence and Security of India; Feb 2015) "Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious." President George Washington Blue…

China…

45. Interview- Future of AFPAK Region- Think South Asia Journal-16.

1 Jan 2015

Think South Asia (TSA): Historically Afghanistan and India have shared rather warm relations. In Afghanistan, India has much higher approval rating amongst the people than Pakistan, China and many other…

Matters Naval

44.Naval Modernization: Role of Private Players

20 Dec 2014

(Published in Defence and Security Alert; Dec 2014) The modernization plan of the Indian Navy has been provided a great impetus under the new government as is evident from two…

Matters Naval

43.Warships Sensors as Elements of Geo-intelligence

20 Nov 2014

(Published in GEO Intelligence; Nov-Dec 2014) Warships at sea are humming with inputs from a multitude of sensors. Sensors ensure the survivability of a warship at sea during peacetimes as…

Matters Naval

42. Major Weapon Requirements of Indian Navy

12 Nov 2014

(Published SP’s Naval Forces, Oct-Nov 2014) The Indian Navy is set to acquire over 80 new warships, including two aircraft-carriers and nuclear submarines each, scheduled to join its fleet in the…

Matters Naval

41. Formidable Weapons of the Submarines

20 Sep 2014

(Published SP’s Naval Forces, Aug-Sep 2014) A modern conventional submarine has a formidable array of weapons at its disposal for dealing with the adversaries, be it a ship, another submarine or…

Matters Naval

40. Naval Communication and Sensors

20 Aug 2014

(Published Defence Security India, Aug 2014) Introduction A warship at sea functions like a huge sea creature in respect of a majority of its functions. For example, there is a need…