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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…

Matters Naval

39. Midget/Mini Submarines and AUVs – Force Multipliers for Littoral Defence of India

1 Aug 2014

(Published Defence ProAc Biz News Jul-Aug 2014) "...the very shallow water (VSW) region is a critical point for our offensive forces and can easily, quickly and cheaply be exploited by the…

Matters Naval

38. Air Warriors and their Weapons

1 Jul 2014

(Published SP’s Naval Forces, June –July 2014) The armament carried today by maritime aircraft and helicopters includes, depth charges, bombs, lightweight torpedoes, and anti ship cruise missiles. Air Dropped Depth Charges…

Matters Naval

37. Ship Building and Modularisation

20 Jun 2014

(Published SP's Military Year Book 2014-2015) Naval ship design is unique in itself because of its complexity, long service life of the ships and the very few numbers that may be…

Matters Naval

36. Humanitarian Assistance & Disaster Relief by Indian Navy

20 May 2014

(Published SP's Naval Forces Apr-May 2014) Natural disasters have always posed severe problems for nations. During the period 1904-2003 there were over two million deaths (75% of these were in Asia)…

Matters Naval

35. India’s Warship Building Capability

20 Mar 2014

(Published SP's Naval Forces Feb-Mar 2014) "Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made, for somewhere deep in their oaken hearts the soul of a song is…

Matters Naval

34. Naval Combat Systems

20 Feb 2014

(Published Defence Security India, Feb 2014) The ultimate aim of a combat weapon system is to destroy the target by transferring energy (through warhead explosion, directed energy etc.) to it, sufficient…

Matters Naval

33. Preparing for Warfare of Tomorrow- What India can Aspire for in Unmanned Systems and Cyber Warfare

20 Jan 2014

(Published India Strategic, 20 Jan 2014) “We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense. And for those who seek to advance their aims…

Matters Naval

32. Naval Armament on a Warship – A Perspective

1 Jan 2014

(Published Defence ProAc Biz News Jan-Feb 2014) Blue water navies defend and attack with a variety platforms utilizing wide range of weapons. The three-dimensional operations of a formidable navy involves aircrafts,…

Armament…

31. Safety of Ammunition on the High Sea

4 Dec 2013

(Published in SP's Naval Forces Dec 13- Jan 14) Safety of Ammunition on the High Sea “Unfortunately, naval warfare always will be an exceedingly dangerous activity, whether ships are operating…

Armament…

30.Autonomous Undersea Vehicles Surfacing

3 Dec 2013

(Published in SP's Naval Forces Oct- Nov 13) Autonomous Undersea Vehicles Surfacing “It’s [NSCT-1 UUV Platoon] done a wonderful job for us over there in the Umm Qasr vicinity and…