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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…

29.Guns Remain in Navy’s Future Plans

(Published in SP's Naval Forces Oct- Nov 13) Guns Remain in Navy’s Future Plans "The kind of fire support that the Marines need for manoeuvre ashore in the littorals is…

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28. Seabed Mineral Wealth of India and its Security

(Published in Defence and Security Alert Dec 2013) Seabed Mineral Wealth of India and its Security The Indian Ocean region’s states are very rich in mineral resources; they contain ~80…

27.Indigenous AUV’s Get Thumbs Up

(Published in Indian Military Review, Oct 2013) Excerpts from the article:- // http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js Indian Navy currently employs Hugins AUV manufactured by Kongsberg Maritime for deep water survey purposes. These AUVs operate…

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26. Navy Completes Technical Evaluation of DSRV’s

(Published in Indian Military Review, Oct 2013.) Excerpts from the published article:- // http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js Free escape from a submarine by the crew is feasible up to a depth of ~60…

Emerging Technologies…

26 B. Raising QA Concerns as Nanotech Products Permeate Society

I delivered a poster presentation at Asia Network for Quality Congress 2013 ( ANQ 2013) at Bangkok from 16 Oct to 17 Oct 2013. // http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js It was a great…

25.China’s Road to Reforms in the Defence Sector

(Published in Defence ProAc Biz News Sep-Oct 2013) China’s Road to Reforms in the Defence Sector // http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js The Chinese modernisation plan for its armed forces has made significant progress…

24. Hovering Danger- Guided Weapons of Naval Helicopters

(Published in SP's Naval Forces, Jun-Jul 2013) Hovering Danger- Guided Weapons of Naval Helicopters The first helicopter to be widely used in the US and the UK navies was the…

Defence Technology…

23 A. Quality the ‘Rickoverian Core’: a Tribute to Admiral Hyman G Rickover

Quality the ‘Rickoverian Core’: a Tribute to Admiral Hyman G Rickover Introduction The first submarine of the Trident class, the Ohio, was launched on April…

23.Navy’s Need for Quality Based Structural Change

(Published in Defence ProAc Biz News Jul-Aug 2013) Navy’s Need for Quality Based Structural Change With a small close knit group of about 150 Naval Armament Inspection (NAI) officers…

22.An Umbrella of French Connections in the Indian Ocean Region- A Naval Perspective

(Published in Defence and Security Alert, Jun 2013) An Umbrella of French Connections in the Indian Ocean Region- A Naval Perspective France continues to accord strategic importance to the Indian…